Working with our communities to promote environmental stewardship, provide research and educational opportunities, and create healthier natural areas throughout Waukesha County.
Coming in 2019; join Retzer Nature Center and Waukesha County Parks to officially kick off our new Citizen Science Program! Take part in stewardship projects or become a wildlife monitor, work within our communities to promote conservation in the parks, engage in research and educational opportunities, and help create healthier natural areas throughout Waukesha County!
Wild In Waukesha: Intro to Citizen Science Adults & Teens Retzer Nature Center Saturday, January 12, 9:30 am - 10:30 am Wednesday, January 16, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Join Waukesha County Parks and Land Use for the launch of our first-ever county-wide Citizen Science program! Our conservation biologist will discuss how you can help study and protect rare plant and wildlife populations through Citizen Science in Waukesha County. Citizen Scientists will be trained to help monitor wetlands, birds, small mammals, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, and more! No prior experience necessary. Registration is free, but required by Wednesday, January 9
Waukesha County Park System is a natural resource based park system with over 9,000 acres of parkland, 35 miles of trails, eight lakes, and is home to the renowned Retzer Nature Center. The county has worked to acquire natural areas of regional and statewide ecological significance containing a diversity of ecotypes and rare flora and fauna found within the area. The natural areas within the park system contain a variety of habitat types including oak savanna, oak woodland, maple-basswood forest, fens, prairie, southern mesic forest, lowland hardwood swamps, and many wetlands. Effectively protecting and managing the diverse and unique natural resources in Waukesha County is of paramount importance in preserving the ecological integrity and function of these green spaces for the enjoyment of generations to come.
Our staff, volunteers, and corporate sponsors work together to restore and monitor the natural areas and species within them throughout the Park System. They do so through the use of a variety of research, citizen science programs, and stewardship projects.
