PEOPLE FOR THE PLANET
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED
EARTH DAY AT 50: EXPANDED COVERAGE
Join with others to make a difference for Mother Earth and honor those who have. Here’s how.
Work*Play*Earth Day
Cleanup projects and general maintenance activities are popular for Earth Day, and Friends Groups at Wisconsin State Park System properties sponsor a long list of Work*Play*Earth Day events. Make it a year-round activity to help out at a state park by volunteering or joining a Friends Group. Or get involved in cleanup and other projects around your own neighborhood. Pick up and pitch in for Earth Day and beyond.
Volunteers at State Natural Areas can help to maintain some of Wisconsin's most outstanding native landscapes.© JARED URBANSNA Volunteer Program
State Natural Areas represent some of Wisconsin’s most pristine public lands, and plenty of help is needed to keep them that way. Collect seeds, cut brush, remove invasive species and more as an SNA volunteer. Check dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/StateNaturalAreas/volunteer for details.
Citizen science
Data collection is vital in supporting the state’s vulnerable plant and animal resources, and volunteers are needed for statewide surveys and other projects. The DNR’s Citizen-based Monitoring Network administers numerous projects in the Aquatic and Terrestrial Resources Inventory. Learn more at wiatri.net [exit DNR].
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Input from the public through this statutory body helps inform and advise the DNR and Natural Resources Board on management issues. Regular meetings are held year-round, with annual Spring Hearings to collect statewide input held county-by-county each April. Check dnr.wi.gov/about/wcc.
Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame
More than 35 conservation-related groups make up this nonprofit organization in Stevens Point. From John Muir and Aldo Leopold to Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, Hall of Fame members represent the best of Wisconsin’s conservation legacy. The public is invited to the 2020 induction ceremony on April 25 beginning at 9 a.m. at SentryWorld, 601 Michigan Ave. N, in Stevens Point. The ceremony will honor three inductees — landscape architect Jens Jensen, and UW-Madison professors Stephen Born and Stanley Temple — bringing the Hall of Fame total to 100. See wchf.org [exit DNR] for more on the event and a full list of Hall of Fame members.
— DNR staff
