We honored outgoing board president Jan Axelson for her 19 years of board service with the Friends of Cherokee Marsh.

Help sew bags for seed collecting

a video that shows the Friends' activities in 2024

The marsh is a snowy wasteland. Or is it? I hear Canada geese with their rapturous calls on the Yahara. Even in winter, life abounds.

The funds donated to the city were used to support 260 hours from seasonal staffers.

It's Time to Renew Your Membership. All memberships expire on December 31.

Statements from the slate of board candidates for four positions with terms that will end at our member meeting in January, 2025.

The holidays are upon us and the marsh is quieted by the soft wind and softer snow flurries.

For more than 12,000 years, people have lived and died here.

A beautiful October Saturday for our annual Hayrides & Hikes event.

by Jan Axelson, president of the Friends board Each fall, groups of volunteers fan out across Dane County to collect seeds from prairies...

The Friends are donating $5,000 each to Madison & Dane County Parks annually to support restoration crew hours.

More than 50% of the annual amount of phosphorus in urban stormwater can come from leaves in the street.

Sparrow-proof bird houses for chickadees and house wrens available

Autumn comes, as it does, with crispness in the air, color in the leaves, and introspection in the mind.

More than 400 species of plants exist on Wisconsin’s prairies. Whitman would have delighted in the rich variety, the rolling canvas of land

Over two days in late August, several shifts of students from Madison Country Day School, adding up to more than 50 sophomores and...

Essay and photos by Jonathan Shipley “I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.” —Conor Oberst The...

The North Unit of Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park was the site of a small snake survey in July and August 2024. Steve Davis, as part of...

On August 10, 2024, the Friends of Cherokee Marsh were Madison hosts for the annual search for aquatic invasive species on Snapshot Day....