VOLUME 15, NUMBER 5 - September & October 2006

TIME FOR A VISIT! by Ken Leinbach, Executive Director

If you haven’t visited the Urban Ecology 2. NEW KID POWERED FOUNTAIN Center in a while, perhaps you should plan When is the last time that you walked a visit in October. Here are ten brand-new by our pond? Constructed as a memorial reasons why! to June Woodland, this pond has a new pedal powered fountain that circulates and 1. NEW TRAILS aerates the water. Our unique pump is Have you heard about the newly constructed built in Kenya as an affordable means for East Bank Trail? For the first time, one can a subsistence farmer to irrigate more land. now walk south from the Center on a well With one family member stepping on ped- graded stone path along the river to the new als connected to the pump (that looks like bridge at Caesar's Park and connect to the a stair master), a farmer can irrigate five River Walk on Commerce Street without times the usual area. This extra acreage ever crossing a city street! provides a cash crop never available to the family before. Alternatively, one can hike north through the upper park and take the rerouted path Come and try this unique, efficient foun- under the Locust Street bridge. Here you tain; no electricity needed, only the energy will find a new connection trail created by a from passing kids! group of intrepid city high school students from the Student Conservation Association. 3. NEW SOLAR PANELS Pick up one of our new park maps to find Come October, we should be the largest your way to these and other trails in the Beginning of the new wheelchair solar power generating plant in the state! park. You’ll be amazed by the transforma- With the addition of 213 new panels we tion along the river! accessible trail to the Milwaukee River

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JUMPING THE WAVES OF GROWTH CLIMBING IN A NEW CLASSROOM by Beth Fetterley, Director of Education by Patty Sibbernsen, Intern

Do you remember the wonderful feeling of jumping through waves If you have ever taken your kids to one of the Center’s festivals then as a child on a hot, windy day? I remember waves, as high as I was you’re probably familiar with the stone block retaining walls we cur- tall, cresting while I stood knee deep in water, shivering with excite- rently use for climbing along the Oak Leaf Recreational Trail. These ment. Crashing with such power, the water felt like it was rushing walls work well for beginning and intermediate training, but are a around my waist and legs from every angle. Watching my four-year- bit boring for advanced climbers. Thanks to a generous donation old niece splash along Lake Michigan this summer, I was reminded from the Reiman Foundation, our 75-foot observation tower will of those days I spent in the waves and the excitement I felt. This is gain a new 40-foot rock climbing wall this fall. Construction begins the same excitement I now feel as I stand waist deep in the waves of in mid-September. growth at the Center. The new climbing wall will enable the Center to expand the existing With anticipation and excitement, we designed a building that climbing program to incorporate advanced learning, ideal for young would be able to serve almost every school in our neighborhood. We people and adults who have mastered the challenges the retaining envisioned an inviting, inspiring space that would not only model an walls offer. environmental ethic, but would contain exhibits encouraging people to explore the urban wilderness. As we opened our new doors for the The wall will extend from the tower base near the water fountain to first time, it felt like standing in the surf. Within months, people the railing on the second platform. Placing this highly visible wall

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DROPLETS W I S H L I S T If you have a donation for the Center, please call Judy Krause, x102. S The Urban Ecology Center has been • Minivan (7 passenger minimum) named the recipient of a $99,000 grant for next school year • Ballpoint pens River Reflections is created and distributed from the Toyota USA Foundation to expand its Neighborhood Environmental • Chain saw through a team effort by the following Education Project (NEEP) The award, • Coffee maker people: McDill Design, Carijean Buhk, Gin- one of seven announced by the founda- • Desk & table lamps ger Duiven, Judy Krause, Pat Mueller, Shirley tion in June, will enable us to increase • File cabinets (sturdy, 2-drawer) Spelt and a volunteer mailing crew. the reach of NEEP from 21 to 33 neigh- • Firewood borhood schools. “We are pleased to be • Garden hoses Contributing writers: Brenden Crain, Beth associated with the Urban Ecology Center • Gently used sweatpants Fetterley, Ken Leinbach, Lorraine Jacobs, Art and support this important environmental • Hoe science program for underserved schools in • Iron Paque, Patty Sibbernsen and Susan Winans. Milwaukee,” said Yukitoshi Funo, presi- • Kayak dent of the Toyota USA Foundation in • Portable outdoor sound system River Reflections is a publication of the Ur- announcing the grant. The Toyota USA with microphones for musical ban Ecology Center. The Urban Ecolo- Foundation is a charitable endowment groups to use during events gy Center is a 501(c)3 tax exempt noprofit created to support education programs th • Professional weed whacker organization. Its facility and programming serving kindergarten through 12 grade • Skewers for roasting are made possible through the generous students and their teachers in the United marshmallows States. The foundation’s funding emphasis annual contributions of 50 foundations and • Sledge hammer is on programs supporting mathematics, • Step stools corporations, over 1700 member and donor science and environmental learning. • Unwanted CDs for art project families and many in-kind donors. No tax S The Center has added to its fleet • Vacuum cleaner dollars are used to operate the Urban of bikes and helmets thanks to the • Wood chipper Ecology Center. generosity of Trek Bicycle Corp. and Wheel and Sprocket. Not only are these To make a contribution, please see page bikes an asset to our expanding education 12 for the easy to use form or call Ginger program, but they’re also available for use Garden Room in Shorewood. We wel- come her to the team! Duiven at x106. by our members. S Sad to say goodbye. Three of our staff The Urban Ecology Center is a neighbor- S Many thanks to REI, the recreation equipment retailer located in Brookfield will be leaving us at the end of August. hood-based, nonprofit community center on Capitol Drive near 125th street, who Tory Bahe, an Environmental Educator in located in Milwaukee's historic Riverside awarded the Center a $5,000 grant in sup- our Neighborhood Environmental Educa- Park. Using this living laboratory, the Urban port of our park stewardship projects. tion Project, will be leaving the Center. After extending her one year Lutheran Ecology Center: Provides environmen- S Meet Jamie Ferschinger. Please Volunteer Corps commitment to two, tal education programs to neighborhood welcome Jamie Ferschinger, our new Tory will be continuing on her teaching schools, Promotes environmental awareness Weekend Coordinator. She has recently career path. The staff and students will in the community, Preserves and enhances completed her Master’s of Science degree miss her humor and creativity. the natural resources of Riverside Park, and in Conservation Biology. Most of Jamie’s teaching experience has been at the college Some of you may know Carrie Koss Protects the Milwaukee River. level, serving as a teaching assistant, lead- Vallejo from seeing her at the reception ing the outdoor tripping club and green desk. A self starter, she also helped the Urban Ecology Center campus initiatives. In addition she was staff on numerous projects. Due to her Riverside Park, 1500 E. Park Place the youth adventure instructor at Camp ingenuity and determination, the Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 Lohikan in Pennsylvania. now sells eco-friendly t-shirts. Carrie will be continuing her education this fall at (414) 964-8505 S What happened to Sarah Rohe? Sarah UW-Milwaukee. Fax: (414) 964-1084 has been promoted from Weekend Coor- dinator to School Program Coordinator Ginger Lee has completed her year-long internship with us through Public Allies. [email protected] and will be working weekdays with local schools supporting the Neighborhood Ginger did a fabulous job working with www.UrbanEcologyCenter.org Environmental Education Project. Con- our River Connection program and the gratulations, Sarah! New Horizons students. Her passion, Hours of operation: energy and hard work helped the Commu- S Meet Caitlin Reinartz. Caitlin Reinartz nity Supported Agriculture project grow Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. joins the staff in September as a part- significantly during the past year. Ginger Friday & Saturday: 9 a.m - 5 p.m. time bookkeeper. She is pursuing her recently received her PhD in Philoso- undergraduate degree at UW-Milwaukee. phy and will be teaching at Marquette Sunday: 12 noon - 5 p.m. Caitlin has most recently worked at the University this fall. We wish all three best wishes in their future endeavors! 2 3

JUMPING THE WAVES OF GROWTH VOLUNTEER CORNER continued from page 1 by Susan Winans, Volunteer Coordinator seemed to rush in from all angles, twice as in 2003. Immediately upon graduation she many school students, three times as many took a teaching position at the Milwaukee Urgent Need for Afternoon, members, more volunteers, weekend pro- County Zoo. She then traveled to Costa Evening and Weekend Recep- grams full and some overflowing, a constant Rica to build her Spanish speaking skills tionists. Are you outgoing and rush of energy. and teach environmental education at the excited about sharing informa- Cloud Forest School in Monteverde for three This school year we have tripled the reach of tion about the UEC? Do you like months. Returning to the states, she taught a busy, fast-paced environment? the Neighborhood Environmental Educa- in a residential camp serving students pri- tion Project, our award winning school marily from Los Angeles. Wishing to move Come play a crucial role at the program. Each field trip day 150 school back to the Great Lakes, Jess has been teach- UEC, greeting visitors and directing students will explore Riverside Park. This ing Chicago school students at Lorado Taft phone calls. Please contact Kim- number was at 50 students a day three years Campus in Illinois for the past year. berly Fein, x150, to sign up for a ago and 100 last year. The classrooms and three or four hour slot. offices will be filled to capacity and the With great gratitude, we thank the Toyota dream of five years ago will be realized. USA Foundation, which is sponsoring 11 Volunteers needed for UEC's new schools for the next three years. Their New educators, Matt Flower and Jess Ice Cream Social, Saturday, support is exciting, not only because it th Mathewson, join the existing teaching October 7 , 2006. It’s time for brings with it national recognition, but another big festival at the Center! team of both paid and volunteer educators also because it allows us time to grow more who work as mentors, or as tugboats if you school sponsorships and scholarships. Our Come and face paint, cook food, will, guiding the students. Matt has had membership and donor base supports our lead children’s activities and crafts. three years of experience as a teacher and school program and environmental educa- Ice cream, great music and a warm land steward for the Neighborhood House tion as a whole so that we eventually can fuzzy feeling will be your reward! Nature Center. He also spent two years as a reach the goal of an environmentally literate Call Susan, x110, to sign up. professional mentor for five adolescent boys Milwaukee. at Lad Lake in Dousman, Wisconsin, and a year in Madison as a teen and family crisis You are invited to come experience the Professional Painters and counselor. waves of energy for yourself as a volunteer or Electricians Needed. Skilled visitor. It is the best way to truly under- Jess has been teaching environmental educa- professionals needed for occasion- stand the value of your support. Please sail al jobs around the Center. Can be tion since receiving her biology/zoology by for a visit soon! Bachelor’s degree from UW-Stevens Point a great tax write-off for your busi- ness! Please contact Judy Krause, x102, or Kimberly Fein, x150, for more information or to volunteer.

YOU MET THE CHALLENGE! Alterra Pick-up. Are you a by Ginger Duiven, Development Manager morning person? Every day Al- terra Coffee Roasters on Prospect Back in July Ken told you all a story about work of so many organizations. It is mov- Avenue provides us with bakery to a cooper’s hawk, some chimney swifts, some ing, encouraging and inspiring to us when serve to our students. You must anniversaries and a challenge grant. As you support the Center’s work. We know be able to lift heavy loads. If you only Ken can do, he perfectly explained how that you are out there believing in the im- would be willing to make an 8:30 in his eight years with the Center he has portance of showing a child the wonder and a.m. run to Alterra to pick up the witnessed some thrilling natural happenings science of nature, believing in the impor- bakery one or more days a week, and some thrilling donations from a quarter tance of protecting urban green places, and please contact Susan Winans at sized snapping turtle to $1 million to kick believing that by doing these things we are x110. off our building campaign to a surprise chal- making the world a better place. lenge grant arriving just when we needed help to meet the needs our growth has cre- With hundreds of those forms came your Park Rangers. Did you know ated. Shortly thereafter we sent out a letter kind donations. We are delighted to report Park Rangers are walking through we have met the challenge to raise $35,000. to you describing this challenge grant in Riverside Park and the Habitat Play- more detail and asking for you to help. Thanks to the responses from families, individuals and foundations, the Center ground each day helping to keep it It has been thrilling to get the mail each will receive the matching $35,000 from clean and safe for wildlife and hu- day as those envelopes with the little green the Greater Milwaukee Foundation – Alice mans? Join our team of volunteers forms came back to us with your special Uhrig Boese Fund right on schedule. It is by picking one day a week to walk donations to help us meet this challenge. truly thrilling. the trails and make minor repairs We know you get asked a lot to support the in our outdoor area. 4 5

TIME FOR A VISIT! continued from page 1 will not only 5. NEW BRIDGE 40-foot climbing wall. A surprise local create all of the I’m scared to predict this one, as the stars celebrity will be on hand to be the first energy needed to will need to be aligned just right. But if climber! See the article on page 1 for more run our building, we are fortu- details about this exciting donation from but should have nate with our the Reiman Foundation. some left over to bids, the new sell for our neigh- arched concrete 8. WILLOW ARCH bors. Climb the vehicular bridge tower to see for While it has been there for a while, the vol- extending Park unteer efforts of Jane Porath have enhanced yourself! Many Place across the thanks to volun- our living willow archway. Look for it at bicycle path the northwest corner of the building. teer Ric Birch for pulling this complicated will be under project together. construction in October. A huge 9. NEW COMPOST SYSTEM 4. NEW PUBLIC SCULPTURES project led by Come see the work of Eagle Scout Michael If all goes well, three new sculptures created the volunteer efforts of Al Heldermon, this Hahn. During the last week in August, by Peter Flanary should be installed in time bridge will connect the Center to a desper- he designed and constructed a unique and for the October 7th Ice Cream Social. Peter ately needed parking lot and allow for easy much needed terraced compost system into was selected through a competitive process wheelchair access to the park, river, bike the bluff next to the community gardens. by neighborhood residents to enhance the path and Center. This is a tremendous asset to the Center, our park with his stone and metal art. He has gardens and the education of our youth. created a beautiful set of sculptures entitled 6. FALL GARDENS “Walk like a River”. The first piece, a seven If you haven’t biked on the Oak Leaf Trail 10. ENHANCED EXHIBITS foot circle of glacial field stone wrapped recently you must do so by October. The All visits to the Center must include a trip in a bronze cage, is called “Drop” and will first year of the Community Garden Project to the basement to see the enhancements to be located in the playground at the end along the bike path has been a success. The the community room. By the end of Octo- of Newberry Boulevard. The next, called eighteen gardens are spectacular with rows ber, the hands-on “Gather”, is similar but represents a series of corn, squash, tomatoes, beans, flowers, library of sustain- of circular “drops” gathering together. Kids etc. Thanks to the efforts of our gardeners, able materials will be able to climb and interact with this we can use the gardens to teach kids where should be very piece just north of the sledding hill. The food comes from close to comple- final sculpture is entitled “Flow”. The drops and beautify the tion and ready for have coalesced into the provocative shape bicycle path at active use. It is of a walking river: thirty feet of stone and the same time! shaping up to be a bronze in soft curves that beg you to climb valuable means of up and sit. This will reside in the back of Speaking of “greening” home the building above the football field. The gardens, the remodeling and three pieces are in a direct line across the rain gardens and building in the area. park, leading people from the playground to native landscap- the Center. Many thanks to the Mary Nohl ing around the In addition, our volunteer Arts Commit- Fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation building are tee is creating an exciting array of quality and Murph Burke for the financial support looking great artwork to be continually displayed in our to make this happen. thanks to the scores of volunteers who come lower level gallery. The current exhibit, every Tuesday and Saturday morning and “Inside the Fence”, is a remarkable set of 4. NEW GAMES interns who worked throughout the week. photographs depicting the transformation Be sure to visit the sensory garden on the that has taken place at the decommissioned A volunteer green roof under the Tipi poles. All five Badger Ammunition Plant. Every three and friend of senses are represented by native Wisconsin months a new exhibit will be displayed in the Center, Erv plants. Shake the seed pods of Rattlesnake this space. Russell, has Master for sound, taste the onion, feel the chosen to spend cacti or soft leaves of the mullein, smell the Of course the best reasons to visit are to feel his retirement bergamot and see the beauty of it all. the energy of a dynamic community, talk crafting unique, with neighbors and friends, meet our new handmade, staff, help a kid grow with nature, learn wooden games 7. NEW CLIMBING WALL from each other and make this world a bet- for our visitors Need a challenging adventure? Then join ter place. Hope to see you soon! to enjoy. They are beautiful, fun and us at our Fall Ice Cream Social on Saturday, captivating. Come play marble football, October 7, when we officially open our new skittles, five in a row and others. 4 5

ASTRONOMY NOTES RIGEL by Art Paque, community volunteer

The pleasant weather of early fall will help September's Full Moon (Corn/Nut/Leaves Rigel (pronounced us enjoy the subtle beauty of September Changing Color) is on the 7th and New "ri´jul”) is in the nd and October’s celestial displays. Don’t miss Moon is on the 22 . constellation of Orion. Venus’ coupling with a slender Crescent st Rigel, a bluish-white Moon on the morning of September 21 ; or OCTOBER 2006 the other conjunctions with a crescent lunar color, is the left foot of form. The Moon will be ablaze, when it Saturn will greet early predawn risers in the Orion, "The Hunter". returns, again, to occult the Pleiades Octo- east southeast. Evening planet watchers The name Rigel derives th must be alert to catch Mercury and Jupiter ber 9 . Please keep in mind, several of the from the Arabic word (-1.7) very low in the southwestern sky. other upcoming events taking place near the meaning "foot”. The name is ap- Sun at sunrise and sunset. Use good judg- On October 4th, find Uranus 1.5° to the ment and caution. proximately 1000 years old and one upper right of the Moon. Use binoculars to of the oldest Arabic star names used look from after full darkness until Uranus SEPTEMBER 2006 sets. Look for the lunar occultation of Ple- today. th Venus and Saturn will decorate our late iades on the 9 . At moonrise they will be 2˚ apart, by 10:30 p.m. they will be almost Rigel is a blue supergiant star Summer’s eastern sky, though by month’s as well as an irregular variable end Venus will have risen only 15 minutes touching and at midnight the Moon will be in their midst. Saturn will be 2° to lower star, changing from 0.08 to 0.20 before the Sun. Evening skies will show th only Jupiter. Experienced planet hunters left of the Moon on the 16 . magnitude and is now 0.12. It is may find Mercury and Mars in the twilight The Orionid meteor shower peaks on the also part of a multi-star system; just above the horizon. 21st! This shower is best viewed in the very though its companion stars are On September 19th, Saturn will be 2° south early morning. Face south and look directly difficult to see due to the main star’s of the Moon after moonrise until sunrise. overhead. Expect to see 15 per hour with brightness. This huge star has a no interference from the Moon. Be sure to Find Venus less than 1˚ from the Crescent th nd diameter 70 times that of our Sun st watch on 20 and 22 as well. Moon on the 21 . Look after 5:47 a.m. and shines 40,000 times as bright. nd Autumn begins on the 22 ! Autumnal Mercury will be 4° south of Jupiter on the Rigel is estimated to be 775 light Equinox is at 11:04 p.m. th 25 . Look extremely low in the southwest years away. Look for Mercury 1° above and Mars 6.5˚ after sunset until 6:36 p.m. Watch after to the right of the Moon after sunset on the sunset through the end of the month. Orion and Rigel rise about rd 23 . Find Spica 3˚ to right of the waxing Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. on the 10:30 p.m. in October and move Crescent Moon and Mercury 4.5˚ to the 29th. Set your clocks back one hour. Octo- west and higher in the sky as the right of Spica on the 24th. Look for this th ber's Full Moon (Harvest/Hunter’s/Falling night progresses. At 4 a.m. it will after sunset until 7:20 p.m. On the 27 , th Leaves) is on the 7 and the New Moon is be 45˚ above the horizon in the Antares will be to the upper left of the Cres- on the 22nd. cent Moon after 7:30 p.m. Southern sky. Look for Orion and Rigel when you are out viewing the Orionid meteor shower on the 21st.

CONNECTING TEENS TO ARTS AND NATURE by Brendan Crain, Intern

English essayist Francis Bacon once wrote connecting with nature, right in the middle art. If your teen isn’t sure which program that “[Nature] is the foundation of all. of Milwaukee. they’d like to join, all three can be sampled. We are not to imagine or suppose, but to The Center will invite family and friends to discover, what nature does or may be made This fall, TeensCAN will meet Saturday the last class so that you can see the things to do.” It is true that the exploration and mornings, using the rhythms, patterns and that your child has created. details of nature to inspire middle school- discovery of the natural world has served as TeensCAN will run from September 16 a source of inspiration for countless artists. aged teens in three programs: drawing/ visual arts, dancing, and writing. There through October 21, from 10 a.m. to noon. Now, through the Center’s new Teens Con- The admission fee is $30, but scholar- nected to Arts and Nature program, your will be no tests or grades, just excited instructors who are there to help. Activities ships are available based on need. See page kids can sharpen their own artistic skills and 6 for registration information. Special thanks learn to express themselves in the arts by will include hiking through Riverside Park, observing plants and wildlife, and creating to Danni Gendelman for providing vision and planning for this program. 6 7

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER CALENDAR OF PROGRAMS Unless otherwise indicated, participants meet at the Urban Ecology Center, 1500 E. Park Place. Scholarships are available for all fee-based programs. For general information call (414) 964-8505 or visit www.UrbanEcologyCenter.org Programs marked with an * are not accessible for persons with physical disabilities. All others have limited accessibility. Call if you have accessibility concerns SPECIAL EVENTS Free Ice Cream! Grand Opening of the new UEC Climbing Wall FALL ICE CREAM SOCIAL YogaKids demonstrations Introduction to the Sustainable Building Resource Center Saturday, October 7 Community Resource Booths Fall Harvest Celebration Noon - 4 p.m. with Friends of Real Food Arts & Crafts Carriage Rides For everyone Hike and Play at the Riverside Park Habitat Playgarden Free - Hay Sledding Animal Feeding donations Music and Entertainment Noon – 1 p.m. Running Rebels welcome 1 - 1:30 p.m. Juggling performance 1:30-2:45 p.m. Running Rebels 3 – 4 p.m. Holly Haebig and Harvey Taylor

ANNUAL MEETING TeensCAN & POTLUCK (TEENS CONNECTED TO ARTS AND NATURE) Tuesday, September 12 Saturdays, September 16 – October 21 WITH INSTRUCTOR, STEPHANIE SANDY, 5:45 - 7:30 p.m. CERTIFIED YOGAKIDS™ FACILITATOR (CYKF) For everyone 10 a.m. - noon Saturdays, Free - donations welcome For middle school students October 14 - November 18 Call to register. $30 for 6 weeks 10 - 11 a.m. Celebrate and learn about the Center’s ac- scholarships available For ages 6 - 7 complishments over the past year. Bring your Call to register. $68, (Members: $60) favorite dish to share. Meet new and returning Imagine exploring, writing, dancing and scholarships available board members. See page 10 for details. sketching in the woods. Inspired by nature, students participating in this exciting new six Register by October 11. week program express themselves through Bring a mat and wear loose visual art, movement, stories and poems. clothing. Celebrate your creations on the last day with friends and family. Call the Center to sign up YogaKids™ is coming to the Center! Yo- and for more information. gaKids™ combines fitness, fun and feeling great! Your child will experience the tradi- tional benefits of yoga (strength, stamina, flexibility, concentration and relaxation) in fun and playful ways. Games, ecology, visual arts, music and learning about body and mind are all part of YogaKids™ classes. 6 7

ADULT LEARNING

MONARCH TAGGING EXPLORING DEEP SOLAR PV SYSTEMS FOR Saturday, September 2 ECOLOGY HOME OWNERS 11 a.m. - noon Wednesdays, September 20 Brought to you by We Energies, For adults and - November 22 Midwest Renewable Energy accompanied children 6:30 - 8 p.m. Association and Focus on Energy $5 (Members: $3) For adults Tuesday, October 3 Call to register. $20 6 - 9 p.m. Join Monarch Watch, a national re- Call to register. For adults search project. Learn how to carefully Through this nine-week discussion $25 catch, course, discover how personal values, Call to register. tag and spirituality and current scientific Discover the basics of solar photo- release knowledge affect the way we view voltaic (PV) technology and how to monarch and treat the earth. Explore what it make solar PV work in Wisconsin. but- means to take personal responsibility Learn about site assessments and how terflies for the earth. Fee includes workbook. to install a renewable energy system. while Financial incentives are available, supply- through programs like: Focus on ing valuable data to scientists at the GREENING Energy incentives, We Energies HAWKWATCH University of Kansas. YOUR HOUSE: “Solar Buy-Back Rate” and federal Saturday, October 14 SUSTAINABILITY AND tax credits 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. (weather ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN dependent) ADULT BIRDING EXISTING HOMES For adults and WORKSHOP: Speakers: Nathan Engstrom, THE ECOLOGY OF accompanied children SPARROWS II Wisconsin GreenBuilt Home; BULLSNAKES IN UPPER Adult: $12 (Members: $8) Wednesday, September 6 Nikolai Usack and Stephen MIDWESTERN PRAIRIE Child: $8 (Members: $5) 5:30 p.m. Servais, Pragmatic Construction Speaker: Joshua M. Kapfer, Call to register. For adults Thursday, September 21 Department of Biological $5 (Members: Free - donations Come look for migrating hawks at 7 - 8:30 p.m. Sciences, University of the premier local hawk-watching welcome) For adults Wisconsin-Milwaukee Call to register. site, Concordia College. Local hawk $25 (Members: $20), Tuesday, October 10 expert Seth Cutright will explain We will continue to work on sparrow Students - $10 7 - 8:30 p.m. hawk migration and help with hawk identification, learn about sparrow Call to register. For adults $5 (Members: Free - donations identification basics. natural history and interesting facts. Green building need not be limited The program will be followed by welcome) to new construction. From a full Call to register. EARTH FRIENDLY a twilight walk through Riverside green remodel to merely adding Park. Binoculars provided. weather stripping, homeowners (and Bullsnakes are a protected species in INTERIOR FINISHES Wisconsin, yet little is known about Speakers: Andy Pace, Safe renters!) can employ a number of Building Solutions; Lyn Falk, RESTORING THE strategies to improve home efficiency, their ecology throughout the upper air quality, durability and more. Midwest. They are historically de- Solterra Studios LANDSCAPE scribed as preferring dry, open canopy Thursday, October 19 AT FAVILLE GROVE habitats with sandy soils, which are 7 - 8:30 p.m. Speaker: David Musolf INTRODUCTION TO declining throughout much of the For adults Tuesday, September 12 RENEWABLE ENERGY bullsnake’s range. This project used Adult: $25 (Members: $20) 7 - 8:30 p.m. SYSTEMS radio telemetry equipment to track Students - $10 For adults Brought to you by We Energies, bullsnakes and record data to aid cur- Call to register. $5 (Members: Free - donations Midwest Renewable Energy rent and future management officials These days our own homes are the welcome) Association and Focus on Energy in properly conserving this species. source of most of the air pollution Call to register. Thursday, September 28 we experience, including toxic paints This photographic presentation will 6 - 9 p.m. AN AMERICAN ICON: and formaldehyde based adhesives. take you through a seasonal progres- For adults Find out how to make your home sion of landscapes, native plants and $15 THE ZION / MOJAVE finishes (flooring, paints, countertops, restoration activities that have taken Call to register. WILDERNESS carpet, etc.) more sustainable, all place at historic Faville Grove, where Speaker: without sacrificing aesthetics. Attention home and property own- Clayton Daughenbaugh, Field Aldo Leopold conducted research and ers! Understand renewable energy restoration. Organizer for the Southern options for Utah Wilderness Alliance ADULT BIRDING residential Wednesday, October 11 WORKSHOP: BUNTINGS BIRD BANDING settings, in- 7 - 8:30 p.m. & BLACKBIRDS Twice weekly cluding solar For adults Saturday, October 21 September 12 - October 17 electric (PV), $5 (Members: Free - donations 4:30 p.m. call for schedule solar hot welcome) For adults For adults and water / solar Call to register. thermal and $5 (Members: Free - donations accompanied children Greater Zion contains Redrock welcome) Free - donations welcome small wind Call to register. Call to register. turbines. temples, profound gorges, Pondersa- This program studded plateaus and is home to the Blackbirds often get a bad rap but Few experiences compare with feel- provides an endangered desert tortoise. A group they include some of our most bril- ing the rapid heartbeat of a bird in overview of of citizens has proposed to inventory liantly-colored birds and elegant your hand while releasing it back to energy systems and describes the “10 and document the land in order to songsters. A short Powerpoint the wild. Join us for coffee and an steps toward installing a renewable help preserve it. This photo-pre- presentation will be followed by a up-close look at birds. energy system.” Plus, discover what sentation will address threats to this twilight hike through Riverside financial incentives are available for world-class wilderness and discuss Park. Binoculars provided. your new energy systems. steps we can take to help protect it. 8 9

FAMILY PROGRAMS URBAN ADVENTURES FRIDAY FIRE Fridays, September 15 & FAMILY NIGHT HIKE Advanced registration required for all Urban Adventures. Pay- October 20 Friday, September 29 ment due at time of registration. 7 - 9 p.m. 7 - 8:30 p.m. Call the Center at (414) 964-8505 to register at least two days 7 p.m. - Younger audiences For children before the trip. Trips run as scheduled, rain or shine. 7:45 - popcorn and s’mores ages 4 8:15 - for all ages and up For everyone accompanied BIRDING BY CANOE- FULL MOON $5 per person or $10 per by an adult NEWBURG TO CANOE TRIP family (Members: Free - $7, families WAUBECA Friday, October 6 donations welcome) of 4 or more: Sunday, September 24 5:15 - 9:30 p.m. Call to register. $24 (Members: $4, families of 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. For adults and September: Sweet Diversity is a 4 or more: $12) For adults accompanied children trio of three women adept in three Call to register. $30 (Members: $25) Adult: $30 (Members: $22) part harmony of the joy of life and Call to register. Child: $15 (Members: $10) We will hike through Riverside Park Call to register. living with nature. They perform after sunset as we explore our senses, Join Dan Gray, Urban Adven- original, contemporary and tradi- view the night sky and listen for tures Coordinator and Tim Vargo, Join us for an evening paddle to tional folk music. nocturnal creatures. Your perception Research Coordinator, as they downtown under the Harvest October: The Grumpystiltskyn of the dark will never be the same! explore the Upper Milwaukee River Moon. We will stroll through Jug Band is a one of a kind group looking for migrating birds. Please Riverside Park, launch the canoes playing jug band style. With tradi- FALL COLOR BIKE RIDE bring a bag lunch and dress for the and float downstream where we tional and improvised instruments, weather. will eat dinner at a restaurant on the Sunday, October 8 river (not included in price). After they perform thoughtful and funny 2 - 4 p.m. songs, including some of the worst dinner we will paddle upstream to For everyone the Rowing Club Boathouse. puns known to mankind! $8, families of 4 or more: $30 (Members: $5, families of 4 or DISCOVERY HIKE FOR more:$15) ANNUAL HALLOWEEN FAMILIES Call to register. Sundays, September 24 & All ages are welcome to join our fall COSTUME CANOE TRIP October 22 color bike ride along the Oak Leaf 1 - 2:30 p.m. Recreational Trail. Along the way, Saturday, October 28 For children ages 3 and up learn basic tree identification and accompanied by an adult why leaves turn brilliant colors in the 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. $7, families of 4 or more: $24 fall. We will start from the Center (Members: $4, families of 4 or and go as far as time allows. Come For adults and accompanied children more: $12) and use one of the Center’s bikes (ages Call to register. 10 and up) or bring your own. Also Adult: $30 (Members: $22) Discover nature in a guided walk bring a helmet and water bottle. Child: $15 (Members: $10) through the park with activities, games and stories. In case of extreme SCIENCE SATURDAYS Lunch is extra. inclement weather, we will move our AND SUNDAYS hike inside. Saturdays and Sundays Call to register. Saturdays drop-in between URBAN ECOLOGY 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Spook the tourists on the Riverwalk at our yearly on-the-water Hal- Sundays drop-in between 12: loween party! Meet at the Center for a walk through Riverside Park CENTER HIKE AND 30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. PLAYDATE to the Milwaukee River, then canoe downtown for lunch (costs extra). Saturday, September 9 For everyone 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Free - donations welcome After eating we will paddle upriver to the Milwaukee Rowing Club Suggested donation $10 Discover the world of science Boathouse. Cool prizes for the best costumes! For everyone through interactive activities. Register at http:// September: Seed Stories. Discover www.urbanplayground.info/ how plants produce seeds and how familywalk.html they are dispersed. Then make an art Join other project using a variety of seeds. families for a guided October: Predator and Prey. 45-minute Hunter or hunted? Learn how walk along animals are adapted to be excellent the new East predators and prey. Bank Trail to the Ur- ANIMAL FEEDING TIME ban Ecology Saturdays Center and 1 - 2 p.m. its Habitat For everyone Playground! Stop at the UEC for Free - donations welcome water and a restroom break. Then spend some time playing new games Help feed the Center’s resident turtles on the playground elements like the and snakes as you learn about the Spider Web and the Frog Pond. Bus animals that inhabit the river valley back to Brady Street. Bus tickets will be provided. 8 9

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EARLY MORNING FRIENDS OF REAL FOOD URBAN STARGAZERS VEGETARIAN POTLUCK BIRDWALKS* Wednesdays, September 13 & Thursdays, September 14 & Thursdays, September 21 & Every Thursday October 11 October 12 October 19 8 a.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 6:30 - 8 p.m. For adults and For adults For adults For adults and a accompanied children Free - donations welcome Free - donations welcome ccompanied children Free - donations welcome Call to register. For adults Free - donations welcome Interested bird watchers of all ability Join us in sharing a potluck dinner September: Join us for information Bring a plate and fork along with levels are invited to join us in explor- and enthusiastic, informative discus- and stargazing. your meatless dish to share at our ing for bird life. Binoculars available. sion. October: Astrophotography 101. picnic style meal. September: GMOs (Geneti- Speaker: Rick Kazmierski. Come URBAN ECOLOGY cally Modified learn the basic tools and concepts UEC BOOKCLUB CENTER PHOTO CLUB Organisms). needed to photograph the heavens. Saturdays, September 23 & Thursdays, September 7 & Exactly what October 28 October 5 kind of genetic URBAN ECHO POETS 10 - 11 a.m. 7 p.m. engineering is For adults going on in our Thursdays, September 14 & For adults October 12 Free - donations welcome Free - donations welcome food? What are Call to register. the health and 7 p.m. Explore nature in an artistic light and environmental Free - donations welcome The Urban Ecology Center Bookclub develop new skills. implications? Our purpose is to observe and experi- meets once a month to discuss an How can we ence nature, then to express these environmentally themed book. Join find food that is observations in poetry and essay. We us for conversation and refreshments. safe to eat? will read and write and appreciate September: Tales of a Female Nomad October: Eating Locally. Watch poetry with images from nature at by Rita Gelman a lively video “What will we eat?” its core. October: Nafanua: Saving the Samoan and learn why and how to eat locally Rain Forest by Paul Alan Cox. -- getting better food, improving food security and protecting our environment. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

SATURDAY STEWARDS* VOLUNTEER NATURALIST WALKS* BURDOCK BRIGADE* Saturdays ORIENTATION Mondays, September 25, Every Tuesday 9 - 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 16 October 9 & 23 and Saturdays, September 2, For all ages, children 14 and 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 11 a.m. - noon 16 & October 7, 21 under must be Thursday, September 21 For UEC volunteers only 9 - 10:30 a.m. accompanied by an adult 6:30 - 8 p.m. Free - donations welcome For adults and Individuals and small groups Saturday, October 14 Call to register. accompanied children welcome. 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Explore Milwaukee’s urban wilder- Free Please call the Center to For adults and ness and get to know other volunteers Improve biodiversity in the park by register so we know how accompanied children and Urban Ecology Center educa- removing alien plant species. many volunteers to expect. Free tors on the 2nd and 4th Monday of Kick-off your weekend by contrib- Call to register. each month. Build naturalist skills uting your skills and energy to the Learn about the Center’s programs as educators share their experience UEC and Riverside Park. On the 1st and how to get involved. and skills on these fun and informal and 3rd Saturdays you will work with walks. the Burdock Brigade to steward the natural area. On the 2nd, 4th and 5th Saturdays, you'll help with a variety of indoor and outdoor projects. URBAN ECOLOGY CENTER TOURS

WEDNESDAY WALK BETH’S BUILDING WITH KEN TOUR Wednesdays Wednesdays 9 a.m. - UEC Building 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. 10 a.m. - Riverside Park For adults and For adults and accompanied children accompanied children Free - donations welcome Free - donations welcome Call to register. Call ahead to confirm. Explore our green facility with Di- Explore Riverside Park and/or our rector of Education, Beth Fetterley, green facility with Executive Direc- and learn about the Center’s innova- tor, Ken Leinbach (staff substitution tive educational programming. on occasion). 10 11

FROM THE BOARD ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA by Lorraine Jacobs, President, UEC Board of Directors Celebrate and learn about the How did it happen? The Board has attend- We will also present our new Board com- Center’s accomplishments of the ed another full year of meetings, planning mittee structure and present the slightly past year. Bring your favorite dish sessions and events at the Center! It’s time revised mission statement which will guide to share. Meet new and returning for the Annual Meeting, when we share the us into the future. This restructuring is board members. activity and business of the past year. I hope a result of the strategic planning process that you can join the Urban Ecology Center embarked upon by the Board Executive Urban Ecology Center Staff, Board and Members at this fun event. Committee and the staff Leadership Team Annual Meeting with guidance from Miriam Reading. Business for the meeting will include pre- sentation of the following. Finally, we welcome Jeff Geygan, our new- Tuesday, September 12, 2006 est Board Member. Jeff will be joining the UEC Community Room Executive Committee: Board as a Financial Committee member Agenda President John Clancy and will serve as Treasurer on the Executive Vice-President TBA Committee. Jeff was recommended to us by board member Dennis Grzezinski and 4:30 p.m. Regular Board meeting- Treasurer Jeff Geygan all are invited to attend Secretary Jeff Anthony is highly qualified to continue in the fine tradition of sound financial management Board Members continuing through the as established by our prior Treasurer, Mark 5:45 Potluck dinner with staff, next year are: Sandy. A graduate of UW-Madison, Jeff board and members has over 20 years experience in business and Jeff Anthony Jennifer Bolger financial planning. He has served on the 6:30 Presentation by Dick Burke Ben Calsbeek Board of Artists Working in Education. Jeff Executive Committee, Kevin Carr Monique Charlier has thoughtfully considered his decision to Executive Director Ken John Clancy Danni Gendelman join our board in this capacity and looks for- Leinbach and Robert Graumann Dennis Grzezinski ward to working with the Center. I’m very Director of Education Troy Hilliard Lorraine Jacobs happy to welcome Jeff to our Board. Theresa Lins Charla Reetz Beth Fetterley Bill Rumpf Mark Sandy Kathy Werlein 7:30 Close

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on the tower along the are positioned close together, and advance • Applying and improving trail (an average of 800 climbers can work their way up the wall problem solving skills people use this trail ev- with small, distant holds. • Developing skills to overcome eryday during the non- physical challenges winter months) may In addition to the top-rope climbing cur- also provide an added rently taught on the stone walls, the new • Encouraging physical activity wall will allow for workshops in sport-lead benefit to the Center by • Modeling respect for nature attracting new visitors climbing during which climbers add bolt and members. clips to the wall to create their own path up. Climbing workshops of various levels will be available to people of all ages, includ- The rock wall will have A popular Center program, rock climbing is ing scouts, youth groups and after school numerous bumps and a non-traditional sport that benefits partici- programs. The wall will expand climbing a crack for climbers to pants by: programs to include corporate team build- push and pull them- • Teaching the value of teamwork ing and youth development programs with selves to the top. It will also feature adjust- leadership development curriculum. If you able holds in numerous sizes and shapes. • Developing trust and are interested in learning more about the Plus, the wall can be set for a variety of cooperation among peers Center’s rock climbing programs, call Dan, climbing levels. Novice climbers can gain • Instilling increased our Urban Adventures Coordinator, at x115. comfort on the wall using large holds that self-reliance and confidence 10 11

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Contact the Center for details (414) 964-8505 or visit www.UrbanEcologyCenter.org. Hours: Monday - Thursday 9a-7p, Friday - Saturday 9a-5p, Sunday 12 noon-5p SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9a Burdock Brigade 9a Building Tour 8a Birdwalk Science Saturdays with Ken (every Saturday) 10a Walk with Ken topic: Predator and Prey 9a Burdock Brigade 9a Saturday Stewards 10a TeensCAN 5:30p Beth’s Building Tour Fall Ice Cream Social Noon - 4 p.m. 6p Solar PV Systems 7p Urban Ecology 5:15p Full Moon for Home Owners Center Photo Club Canoe Trip 1p Animal Feeding 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Science Sundays 9a Burdock Brigade 9a Building Tour 8a Birdwalk 9a Saturday Stewards (every Sunday) 11a Naturalist Walks with Ken 10a TeensCAN topic: Predator and Prey 10a Walk with Ken

2p Fall Color Bike Ride 10 - 11a 7p The Ecology of 5:30p Beth’s Building Tour 7p Urban Echo Poets 10a Hawkwatch Bullsnakes in 6p Friends of Real Food: 7p Urban Stargazers: 10:30a Volunteer Upper Midwestern Eating Locally Astrophotography Orientation Prairie 7p The Zion / Mojave 101 Wilderness 1p Animal Feeding 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9a Burdock Brigade 9a Building Tour 8a Birdwalk Bird Banding Ends with Ken 9a Saturday Stewards 10a Walk with Ken 9a Burdock Brigade 10a TeensCAN 4:30p UEC Board of 10a YogaKids Directors Meeting 5:30p Beth’s Building Tour 6:30p Vegetarian 7p Friday Fire: 1p Animal Feeding Potluck The Grumpystiltskyn 4:30p Birding Workshop: 7p Earth Friendly Jug Band Buntings & Interior Finishes Blackbirds 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9a Burdock Brigade 9a Building Tour 8a Birdwalk 9a Saturday Stewards 11a Naturalist Walks with Ken Annual Halloween 10a Walk with Ken Costume Canoe Trip 10a - 3p

1p Discovery Hike 10a YogaKids for Families 5:30p Beth’s Building Tour 10a UEC Bookclub: Nafanua: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest by Paul Alan Cox 1p Animal Feeding 29 30 31 9a Burdock Brigade