The Friends of Schmeeckle Reserve is a community-based nonprofit organization that supports Schmeeckle Reserve, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus natural area. The mission of the Friends is to support the work of and advocate for Schmeeckle through engaging the local and wider communities. This is accomplished by:
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With great fall weather and community support, last Friday's Candlelight Hike Festival was a tremendous success! Thank you to all who joined us. Coming in as the second largest Candlelight Hike, 5,000 visitors traveled torchlit trails, marveled over hundreds of Jack-o’-lanterns, visited live raptors, explored rotting logs, dug for decomposers, met a few members of this local cleanup crew during the character program, and more.
Thank you to everyone involved in this fall’s Hike! Dozens of volunteers helped with planning, prepping, and running the event. This year we had a variety of pumpkin donors. Without them the magic of glowing pumpkins would have been lost. We had several UWSP student organizations develop passport stations which gave us a look into the sometimes-unseen worlds of decomposers. Rex Runke and family introduced us to their feathered friends who play a big role in cleaning up our world. The UWSP students in the Environmental Education and Interpretation program showed us just how hardworking decomposers are during the “Night of the Living Decomposers” character program. And last, but not least, the Friends of Schmeeckle sponsored this fun, family event! Thank you all. Without you the Hike wouldn’t be possible!
Feel free to share your pictures in the comments. We will see you at the Spring Candlelight Hike!
@uwspeena @uwsp_tws @entomologyclub_uwsp @stevenspoint_mycology @uwspawra @iasssp.society.uwsp @turnersfreshmarket UWSP Women in Natural Resources Bill Cook Chapter IWLA Feltz Family Farms and Dairy Store @aldiusa Metro Market
Thank you to everyone involved in this fall’s Hike! Dozens of volunteers helped with planning, prepping, and running the event. This year we had a variety of pumpkin donors. Without them the magic of glowing pumpkins would have been lost. We had several UWSP student organizations develop passport stations which gave us a look into the sometimes-unseen worlds of decomposers. Rex Runke and family introduced us to their feathered friends who play a big role in cleaning up our world. The UWSP students in the Environmental Education and Interpretation program showed us just how hardworking decomposers are during the “Night of the Living Decomposers” character program. And last, but not least, the Friends of Schmeeckle sponsored this fun, family event! Thank you all. Without you the Hike wouldn’t be possible!
Feel free to share your pictures in the comments. We will see you at the Spring Candlelight Hike!
@uwspeena @uwsp_tws @entomologyclub_uwsp @stevenspoint_mycology @uwspawra @iasssp.society.uwsp @turnersfreshmarket UWSP Women in Natural Resources Bill Cook Chapter IWLA Feltz Family Farms and Dairy Store @aldiusa Metro Market
Get your cozy on with these fun socks available in the Gift Shop at Schmeeckle Reserve. Men's and women's crew socks, fuzzy slipper socks and knee highs. Which will you choose?
Join us on November 8th at 6pm for "The Trails to Nature" Program. Discover the ways humans and animals use the trails at Schmeeckle Reserve. Share how you recreate on the trails and what animals you have seen on your adventure!
Join us on November 8th to explore the busy lives of squirrels at Schmeeckle Reserve. We will look at what squirrels do in the backyards, parks, and wild areas of Wisconsin!
Next time you’re walking through your neighborhood, look out for the squirrels. Share below some squirrel activities that you notice!
Next time you’re walking through your neighborhood, look out for the squirrels. Share below some squirrel activities that you notice!
Gather round, y'all! UWSP practicum students have been rehearsing hard for tonight's Fall Candlelight Hike Festival: "Night of the Living Decomposers"! Robin the Reporter from Nature News Network, Schmeeckle’s #1 news Source, gets the inside scoop on the hard-working decomposers of Schmeeckle. Will there be teamwork? Will the group break it all down? Will the team deal with storms and Mother Nature in time for a big celebration? We will see….
***Daily Donor Spotlight!*** Our community truly showed up when we had our "pumpkin emergency" due to poor growing conditions this fall. We had small groups and individual folks in the area donate over 60 carved and uncarved pumpkins to help make the Fall Candlelight Hike Festival: "Night of the Living Decomposers" a big hit. THANK YOU!!!! UWSP Women in Natural Resources Bill Cook Chapter IWLA
