Wild Ones Kettle Moraine Chapter presents: Phoenix from the Ashes – Wildlife Returns

Dr. Bridie Fanning

Naturalist and conservationist Dr. Fanning will take you on her journey of discovery from the realization that her property was a desolate ecological landscape to the multi-year journey of healing the eco-system and sharing key learnings along the way. Bridie will share how the North Shore of Bass Bay Lake had been a wildlife paradise for the Potawatomi Native Americans, destroyed by over hunting and development. It is now restored to provide a wildlife sanctuary for not only threatened species but also species of special concern, such as great egrets, nighthawks, rusty patch bumble bees, large and little brown bats, ospreys, purple martins, bluebirds, great horned owls, beavers, monarch butterflies and many more. Learn what was involved to reimagine the property to prairie, savanna, marsh, wetland, woodland, and sedge meadow. Bridie will show how the property was managed for the different stages of ecological succession along the multi-year journey.

WHEN:  Saturday, January 17 at 10 a.m.

WHERE:  South Kettle Moraine State Forest Headquarters, Eagle

      S91W39091 Highway 59, One mile west of Eagle.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  No admission fee.

Editor’s note: This press release was provided by Wild Ones Kettle Moraine Chapter.