You can be a partner to our community's bumble bees! You will take a bit of online training and be assigned a specific natural area within a Waukesha County Park or greenway. You will need to visit your adopted spot six times throughout the season (April/May – October) to take photographs of bumble bees and submit your photos to the Wisconsin DNR’s Bumble Bee Brigade website for verification. Ages 13+.
Get Started: Register for a Monitoring session below. With questions, contact our Conservation Biologist (email)!
• What to wear: Dress for the weather and being outdoors! Surveys may occasionally wander off trail into natural areas and tall grass. Close-toed shoes and long pants are recommended.
• What to bring: Water and bug spray!
• *Required: A Parks annual membership or daily permit is required for each vehicle entering a fee-based park.
• Cancellation or rescheduling plan: If the survey is cancelled, an email will be sent to the address that you registered
Program | Location | Date | Time | Where to meet | How To Join |
Bumble Bee Monitoring orientation | |||||
Guided Survey: Bumble Bees | Retzer Nature Center (info) | April 24 | 1 pm - 2 pm |
Learning Center lobby | Register |
Muskego Park (info) | May 8 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Picnic area 4 | Register |
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Fox River Park (info) | May 15 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Picnic area 2 | Register |
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Fox River Park (info) | May 29 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Picnic area 2 | Register | |
Retzer Nature Center (info) | June 26 | 1 pm - 2 pm | Learning Center lobby | Register |
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Retzer Nature Center (info) | July 24 | 1 pm - 2 pm | Learning Center lobby | Register | |
Fox River Park (info) | Aug 14 |
10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Picnic area 2 | Register | |
Muskego Park (info) | Aug 21 | 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Picnic area 4 | Register |
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Retzer Nature Center (info) | Aug 28 | 1 pm - 2 pm | Learning Center lobby | Register | |
Retzer Nature Center (info) | Oct 2 | 1 pm - 2 pm | Learning Center lobby | Register |
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Waukesha County Park System
515 W. Moreland Blvd • AC 230
Waukesha WI 53188 (map)
Hours M-F • 8 am - 4:30 pm* (closed holidays)
Visit us in person in room AC 260
*Rentals: in-person support 8 am - 4 pm
Contact us 262-548-7801 | [email protected]
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