Land Restoration School

08/16/2026

Year 5 complete - Eight insightful and enthused ecological restorationists (now 36 in all) begin the next phase of LRS – restoring. You will see them in your community! Thank you Daybreak Fund, The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin, Restoring Lands: A Wisconsin Land Trust, Mequon Nature Preserve, UWM Field Station

08/15/2026

Week eleven, year five! Written ecological restoration plans complete; seed collecting with The Nature Conservancy at Nachusa; bison too! Fullness and heart. Thank you, Mequon Nature Preserve, Friends of Nachusa Grasslands.

08/10/2026

Week ten, year five! Thanks Mequon Nature Preserve, Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium. Ecological Restoration Plan presentations tomorrow evening!

08/02/2026

Week nine, year five! Thanks to Mequon Nature Preserve and Nick, Restoring Lands: A Wisconsin Land Trust and Josh, Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium.

08/02/2026

Delighted to welcome LRS cohort plus The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin interns as Wisconsin Master Naturalists!

10 new Master Naturalists are officially ready to hit the ground running! 🎉
Huge congratulations to the 2026 Land Restoration School participants! Thank you for stepping up to lead, restore, and care for our natural world. Our local habitats are in great hands with you all.

07/26/2026

Week eight! year five: levers of ecological change, attending to climate, site visits, plan-writing, and time for invasive plant removal thanks to support from Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium and Mequon Nature Preserve.

07/18/2026

Week seven, year five: Wow - participation, Ho-Chunk educator and artist Melanie, hysteresis, GIS mapping, hydrogeology!

07/15/2026

Land Restoration School at ! What an amazing opportunity to learn and share with Society For Ecological Restoration (SER) Midwest Great Lakes and !

07/13/2026

Week six, year five: Nick Balster on soils and ecology; Karen Stahlheber on ecosystem dynamics and our friend succession. Superb, foundational, immersive, and fun! Thank you UWM Field Station for hosting LRS for the week!

07/03/2026

Week five, year five: guest faculty: August Ball and the principled struggle; Gary Casper and wildlife-first approach. With Jamie on odonates and Chris on being bold :).