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2019 CALENDAR STATE PARKS AND OTHER PROPERTIES

The mission of the Friends of State Parks is to preserve, protect, promote and enhance Wisconsin’s state parks, forests, trails and recreation areas for future s State Parks & Recreation Areas generations. FWSP n State Forests & Flowages accomplishes l State Trails this mission by Lake State Water Trail strengthening its National & State Scenic Trail network of local North Country National & State Trail Friends groups s l n Property Under Development and by enhancing For more information on Wisconsin State Parks, the relationship Forests, Recreation Areas and Trails, contact the properties directly or call or write: between the DNR and partner groups. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Parks and Recreation Management P.O. Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921 Phone: 608-266-2181

Email: [email protected] Website: wiparks.net We hope to see you this year! Letter from the President Friends groups and individuals contribute their time, energy and talents to preserve and improve the state properties they cherish. You The Friends of Wisconsin State Parks are can support this work by joining a Friends group or volunteering as an honored once again to partner with individual. See the back of this calendar for a list of all FWSP Friends Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine groups. We hope to see you in 2019! and to have the 2019 FWSP Wisconsin State Parks Calendar included with the Winter issue. The photos used in the 2019 calendar were winning entries from the 2018 FWSP photo contest, and this year 2018 Gold Seal Award Winners contest entries were offered in large numbers by users of the Wisconsin State The Friends of Wisconsin State Parks would like to congratulate the Park System properties. Contest photos included state 2018 Gold Seal Award winners. Every year, state park visitors vote isconsi W n S parks, trails, forests, recreation areas and natural areas. We f ta for their favorite parks in10 different categories. These parks are o t are only able to select 13 winning photos for the calendar, s e d P then honored at the FWSP annual meeting and awards n but the photos submitted are all winners and can be a e i r

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The Friends of Wisconsin State Parks are very proud of • • the support we and our local Friends groups have given 1.  Best state park system property for eagle watching: G to the state park system in order to help accomplish our O D L R mission to “preserve, protect, promote and enhance” these 2. Best state park system property for single-track mountain D A properties over the last year. FWSP also is proud of the joint biking: S E AW promotions this past year involving Department of Natural A L 3. Best state park waterfall: Resources staff, local Friends groups and FWSP for the new OutWIGo initiative to promote a healthy lifestyle while using 4. Best state park system property for stand-up paddle boarding: state park system properties. 5. Best state park system property for school trips and presentations: Richard Bong State To maintain the level of the beautiful Wisconsin State Recreation Area Park System that we have learned to enjoy, please 6. Best state park system beach: consider a tax-deductible donation to FWSP to help support these jewels of Wisconsin and the 2019 projects 7. Best dog-friendly state park system property: Governor Thompson State Park and programming. Some would say we are lucky to have 8. Best rock formations at a state park system property: Devil’s Lake State Park this great state park system, but it really is due to the 9. Best state park system group camping area: Council Grounds State Park forward thinking of our Wisconsin leaders and their efforts to 10. Best rail-to-trail in the state park system: Elroy-Sparta State Trail develop and maintain a state park system that is an envy across the nation! If your local state park system property Don’t forget to vote for your favorite parks in 2019. doesn’t have a Friends group, either rally the local users and start a Friends group or contact FWSP and volunteer as an individual to promote and maintain the property. Let’s all work together to preserve, protect, promote, enhance and enjoy these great jewels of Wisconsin in 2019! Friends of Wisconsin State Parks photo contest Photographs from the Friends’ photo contest are used to produce the annual FWSP Bill Zager calendar and may be used in other DNR publications, presentations, websites and President displays. Your photos help promote the Wisconsin State Park System and all seasons Friends of Wisconsin State Parks are needed. You can submit your photos throughout the year. The submission deadline for the 2020 calendar is Aug. 31, 2019. For more information, visit FWSP.org.

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Above: Peninsula State Park Photo by TIM SWEET JANUARY 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY WEDNESDAY SATURDAY It’s a new year! DECEMBER 2018 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 The Friends of Wisconsin State 1 Take a First Day hike! Parks offer a convenient 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 way to purchase state 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 park admission stickers and 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 state trail passes as part of 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 New Year’s Day New Moon gift packages through the 30 31 Friends online store at FWSP. org. You also can renew your membership or join a Friends 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Keep backyard group near you. January is a birdfeeders full. great time to take photos for FWSP’s annual photo contest or to check out a candlelight ski or hike.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Bald eagle Free Fishing Weekend. viewing. See dnr.wi.gov.

First Quarter Moon

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 LUANNE SCHULZ Free Fishing Weekend. Northern Highland-American See dnr.wi.gov. Legion State Forest

Martin Luther Full Moon King Jr. Day Park events Visit dnr.wi.gov and search FEBRUARY 2019 27 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S “Get Outdoors” for a Be aware of complete list of nature ice safety. 1 2 programs and events 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 happening in the parks. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Last Quarter Moon 24 25 26 27 28

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Above: Photo by EVAN MILLER FEBRUARY 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Enjoy winter! january 2019 1 2 Friends groups sponsor many S M T W T F S winter candlelight events. 1 2 3 4 5 These may include lighted 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 trails for classic- and skate- 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 style cross-country skiing, 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 snowshoeing and . 27 28 29 30 31 Groundhog Day There are usually fires for warming up and the Friends groups may sell concessions 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Squirrels Black bear cubs with proceeds benefiting the mating. being born. parks. The Friends also may help put on cross-country ski clinics, races and other special events and assist New Moon park staff in grooming trails. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

First Quarter Moon Valentine’s Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ROSE STEMPSKI

Presidents’ Day Full Moon

Park events MARCH 2019 24 25 26 27 28 S M T W T F S Visit dnr.wi.gov and search Great horned 1 2 owls nesting. “Get Outdoors” for a 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 complete list of nature 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 programs and events 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 happening in the parks. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Last Quarter Moon 31

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Above: Whitefish Dunes State Park Photo by KAREN GERSONDE MARCH 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Join a local February 2019 APRIL 2019 1 2 Friends group! S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Fishing 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 licenses on Friends members and sale soon. volunteers help park staff 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 with spring cleaning projects, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 including trail brushing and 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 clean up, repairing fences, 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 30 cleaning up park grounds and making information signs. The Friends also assist 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bald eagles with carpentry projects migrating. such as building birdhouses, constructing kiosks, repairing benches and picnic tables, Ash Wednesday

and cutting and stocking New Moon firewood. Many Friends groups sell firewood with proceeds going back to 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 the parks.

Daylight Saving Time Begins First Quarter Moon 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Maple sap running soon.

CONNIE JO ZWETTLER Spring Begins (Vernal Equinox) St. Patrick’s Day Full Moon

Park events 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Robins and Visit dnr.wi.gov and search bluebirds arriving. “Get Outdoors” for a complete list of nature 31 programs and events happening in the parks. Last Quarter Moon

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Above: Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area Photo by TAILOR HARTMAN APRIL 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Celebrate Earth Day! MARCH 2019 FWSP hosts several S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 Work*Play*Earth Day events 1 2 Canada geese in April and May. Volunteers and bald eagles 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 nesting. at these events help the 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 parks by cleaning up picnic 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 and campground areas, 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 New Moon planting trees, clearing park 31 April Fools’ Day trails and removing invasive species such as garlic mustard. The Friends groups 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Walleyes typically provide lunches to spawning. say thanks to everyone who has volunteered for the day. Trail-building crews also are out getting the park trails First Quarter Moon ready for summer users. Many volunteers even “adopt a trail” and do regular trail work 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 throughout the year. Good Friday Passover Begins at Sundown Palm Sunday Tax Day Full Moon 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Crappies moving into shallow water. LORRI HOWSKI Arbor Day Easter Sunday Earth Day Last Quarter Moon

Park events MAY 2019 28 29 30 S M T W T F S Visit dnr.wi.gov and search 1 2 3 4 “Get Outdoors” for a 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 complete list of nature 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 programs and events 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 happening in the parks. 26 27 28 29 30 31

Support the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks by purchasing state park sticker packages online at FWSP.org.

Above: Osceola Bedrock Glades State Natural Area Photo by THEODORE SADLER MAY 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Learn about nature! APRIL 2019 JUNE 2019 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 In May, the Friends of 1 General inland fishing 1 2 3 4 5 6 season opener. Wisconsin State Parks 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 announce the winners of 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 the Incentive Grants, which 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 are awarded to local Friends 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 New Moon groups to support naturalist 30 programs. The grants help provide new educational materials at parks and nature 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Orioles centers. May also is a popular arriving. time for school field trips, and the Friends help the parks by presenting programs, Ramadan Begins conducting workshops and at Sundown First Quarter Moon leading guided nature walks for school groups. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Lilacs Look for blooming. morel mushrooms.

Armed Forces Day Mother’s Day Full Moon 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Monarch butterflies arriving. JAMES BINVERSIE Peninsula State Park

Park events 26 27 28 29 30 31 Deer fawns Smallmouth Visit dnr.wi.gov and search being born. bass spawning. “Get Outdoors” for a complete list of nature programs and events happening in the parks. Last Quarter Moon Memorial Day

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Above: Photo by ROBERT MALINOWSKI JUNE 2019 Enjoy the night! SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY During summer, Universe in the Park programs are scheduled MAY 2019 JULY 2019 at parks around the state S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 for learning about and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Free Fun Weekend. viewing the night sky. Friends See dnr.wi.gov. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 groups often plan additional 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 events to coincide with 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 these programs, including National Trails 26 27 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 nightly campfire talks, sing- Day a-longs and visits by Smokey Bear. The Friends may bring in singers and musicians or 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Free Fun Weekend. Watch for even perform themselves. See dnr.wi.gov. baby loons. Campground hosts help with these events and other park projects and are available to make sure campers enjoy New Moon their stay. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

First Quarter Moon Flag Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Lightning bugs are out.

ALYSSA WHITMORE ALYSSA Summer Begins Father’s Day Full Moon (Summer Solstice)

Park events 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Visit dnr.wi.gov and search Big brown bats giving birth “Get Outdoors” for a to offspring. complete list of nature programs and events 30 happening in the parks. Last Quarter Moon

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Above: Wyalusing State Park Photo by SHAWN MILLER JULY 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Explore the outdoors! JUNE 2019 S M T W T F S During summer, many Friends 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 groups sell concessions and 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 rent canoes, kayaks, boats 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 and bicycles at the parks. Firewood and ice also are 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Independence often sold by the Friends New Moon Day with proceeds staying 30 at the property. If you’re exploring the parks and 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 need equipment or supplies, Goldfinches make sure to stop by the gathering thistle down. park concessions. Wisconsin’s state parks and forests also offer many reservable shelters and are popular places to First Quarter Moon hold family reunions, birthday parties and weddings 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Steelhead moving into tributaries.

Full Moon 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 MARK BURNS Hartman Creek State Park Last Quarter Moon

Park events AUGUST 2019 28 29 30 31 S M T W T F S Visit dnr.wi.gov and search Deer antlers nearing 1 2 3 “Get Outdoors” for a peak size. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 complete list of nature 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 programs and events 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 happening in the parks. New Moon 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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Above: Governor Dodge State Park Photo by LORI BROSE AUGUST 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Don’t forget the camera! JULY 2019 SEPTEMBER 2019 1 2 3 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Wisconsin’s state parks, Wisconsin forests, recreation areas and 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 State Fair trails are popular places 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 begins. for special events such as 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 marathons, bike competitions, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 triathlons and endurance 28 29 30 31 29 30 races. Friends groups help park staff plan and organize these events. The end of 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 August also brings the FWSP Blackberries and elderberries photo contest to a close. ripening. Don’t miss your chance to submit your best photos or to vote for your favorite parks First Quarter Moon for FWSP’s Gold Seal awards. Winning photos appear in the FWSP annual calendar. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Monarch butterflies begin migrating south.

Full Moon 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STEVEN THOMPSON Last Quarter Moon

Park events 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Hummingbirds FWSP photo Visit dnr.wi.gov and search migrating. contest “Get Outdoors” for a deadline. complete list of nature programs and events happening in the parks. New Moon

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Above: Lakeshore State Park Photo by JONATHAN CIZAUSKAS SEPTEMBER 2019 Thank you volunteers! SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY The annual Friends of Wisconsin State Parks Fall 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jamboree is held in early Sumac leaves September. The jamboree showing signs gives FWSP and park staff of red. the opportunity to thank all the Friends, campground hosts and volunteers Labor Day First Quarter Moon who have helped out at the parks throughout the year. All who have 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 volunteered during the White-tailed bucks shedding year are invited to attend velvet. this fun, educational and social gathering. There Grandparents are campfires, dinners, Day Patriot Day Full Moon entertainment, informative discussions and more. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Last Quarter Moon 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Oaks are raining acorns. MARGIE KEULER Peninsula State Park Autumn Begins (Autumnal Equinox) New Moon

Park events AUGUST 2019 OCTOBER 2019 29 30 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Visit dnr.wi.gov and search 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 “Get Outdoors” for a 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 complete list of nature 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 programs and events Rosh Hashanah 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 happening in the parks. Begins at Sundown 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31

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Above: Photo by MICHAEL KNAPSTEIN OCTOBER 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Celebrate fall! SEPTEMBER 2019 NOVEMBER 2019 1 2 3 4 5 Autumn is in full swing in S M T W T F S S M T W T F S October, and there is no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 better time to take some 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 amazing photographs of 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wisconsin’s state parks and 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 forests at peak color. Nature 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 First Quarter Moon centers are busy with activities and crafts for kids and Friends groups also hold many 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 programs to celebrate fall Fall leaf color and Halloween. There may be show on full candlelight hikes with trails lit display. with jack-o-lanterns, non-scary Yom Kippur night events and more. Begins at Sundown 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Snakes disappearing into winter dens.

Full Moon Columbus Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Black bears begin SARA BEADLE hibernating. Amnicon Falls State Park

Last Quarter Moon

Park events 27 28 29 30 31 Tundra swans Visit dnr.wi.gov and search arriving. “Get Outdoors” for a complete list of nature programs and events happening in the parks. New Moon Halloween

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Photo: Devil’s Lake State Park Photo by MARK BURNS NOVEMBER 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

Support the Friends! OCTOBER 2019 DECEMBER 2019 1 2 Friends groups raise money S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Get your for matching funds so 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 blaze orange ready. they can apply for grants 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 through the Knowles-Nelson 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Stewardship Program to aid 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 in habitat restoration and 27 28 29 30 31 29 30 31 the construction of park and trail facilities. Previous Friends projects have included the 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 construction of shelters, playground equipment, boardwalks, trails, accessible cabins and interpretive exhibits, as well as invasive Daylight Saving First Quarter Moon Election Day species removal and prairie Time Ends and woodland restoration. Nov. 15 is the deadline 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 for applying for Friends stewardship grants.

Veterans Day Full Moon 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Opening day of regular gun deer season. ANN HIGGINS Lake Kegonsa State Park

Last Quarter Moon

Park events 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Visit dnr.wi.gov and search Hang suet and stock “Get Outdoors” for a birdfeeders. complete list of nature programs and events happening in the parks. New Moon Thanksgiving

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Above: State Forest-Northern Unit Photo by EVELYN REGAN DECEMBER 2019 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Time to renew! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Just in time for the holidays, 2020 Wisconsin the Friends of Wisconsin State state park Parks offer online sales of stickers available. state park admission stickers Pearl Harbor and state trail passes as part Remembrance of gift packages through the First Quarter Moon Day Friends online store at FWSP.org. December also is the perfect time to join or 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 renew your membership with Get snowblowers the Friends of Wisconsin State and shovels ready. Parks. A list of all local Friends groups is on the back of this calendar. We hope to see Full Moon you in 2020! 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Winter Begins Last Quarter Moon (Winter Solstice) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

GABRIELE WILLIAMS Beware Peninsula State Park of ice safety. Hanukkah Begins at Christmas Day Sundown New Moon Kwanzaa Begins

Park events NOVEMBER 2019 JANUARY 2020 Visit dnr.wi.gov and search 29 30 31 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S “Get Outdoors” for a 1 2 1 2 3 4 complete list of nature 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 programs and events 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 happening in the parks. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 New Year’s Eve 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31

Support the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks by purchasing state park sticker packages online at FWSP.org. Thank you! Local Friends groups join with the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks and other volunteers to work together to preserve, protect, promote and enhance the state properties around Wisconsin by providing on-the-ground work, monetary support and advocacy for our most special places. Our park properties simply would not be what they are today without the continued help and support of all our Friends and volunteers You can join the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks online at FWSP.org

The Friends of Wisconsin State Parks include:

Black River Forest Trail Foundation Friends of Copper Falls State Park Friends of Lapham Peak, Friends of Roche-A-Cri State Park () Friends of Council Grounds State Park State Forest Friends of Rock Island State Park Bong Naturalist Association Friends of State Friends of the MacKenzie Environmental Friends of Sandhill State Wildlife Area (Richard Bong State Recreation Area) Wildlife Area Center Friends of State Historic Site Brillion Nature Study Center Association Friends of Devil’s Lake State Park Friends of McGilvray Road and State Park (Brillion State Wildlife Area) Friends of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail (Van Loon State Wildlife Area) Friends of the Stower Seven Lakes State Trail Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund Friends of the Fox River State Trail Friends of the Mead/McMillan Friends of the Sugar River State Trail (Chiwaukee Prairie State Natural Area) Friends of the Friendship State Trail State Wildlife Area Friends of the Tuscobia State Trail Equestrian Friends of Governor Knowles Friends of the Glacial State Trail Friends of the Military Ridge State Trail Friends of Vernon Marsh State Wildlife Area State Forest Friends of Governor Dodge State Park Friends of and Ice Age Friends of the Wild Goose State Trail Friends Into Spooner Hatchery (FISH) Friends of Governor Thompson State Park Scientific Reserve (Dodge County) Friends of the 400 State Trail Friends of the Great River State Trail Friends of Mirror Lake State Park Friends of Whitefish Dunes State Park Friends of the Ahnapee State Trail Friends of the Hank Aaron State Trail Friends of the Mountain-Bay State Trail Friends of the White River State Trail Friends of Friends of Harrington Beach State Park (Marathon County) Friends of Wildcat Mountain State Park Friends of the Badger State Trail Friends of Hartman Creek State Park Friends of New Glarus Woods State Park Friends of Willow River and Kinnickinnic Friends of Big Foot Beach State Park Friends of Havenwoods State Forest Friends of the Old Abe State Trail State Parks Friends of the Sanctuary Friends of Friends of Pattison and Amnicon Friends of Wyalusing State Park (Douglas County State Wildlife Area) Friends of the International State Parks Friends of Yellowstone Lake State Park Friends of Blue Mound State Park Education Center Friends of Peninsula State Park Heritage Hill Foundation Friends of Friends of Interstate State Park Friends of Perrot State Park (Heritage Hill State Park) Friends of Cadiz Springs Friends of the Kettle Moraine State Forest Friends of Pike Lake, Kettle Moraine Kettle Moraine Natural History Association State Recreation Area (Northern Unit) State Forest (Southern Unit) Friends of Capital Springs Friends of Kohler-Andrae State Park Friends of Point Beach State Forest TURTLES State Recreation Area Friends of the La Crosse River State Trail Friends of Potawatomi State Park Navarino Nature Center Inc. Friends of Cedarburg Bog Friends of Lake Kegonsa State Park Friends of the Poynette Game Farm (Navarino State Wildlife Area) State Natural Area Friends of Friends of the Red Cedar State Trail Newport Wilderness Society (Newport State Park) Friends of the Chippewa River State Trail Friends of Lakeshore State Park Friends of State Park Seth Peterson Cottage Conservancy

To subscribe For membership information, contact to Wisconsin Patty Loosen at 608-294-0810 or Natural Resources [email protected] magazine, visit us or visit fwsp.org online at wnrmag. com or call Friends of Wisconsin State Parks 1-800-678-9472 P.O. Box 2271 Madison, WI 53701-2271

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