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Jordan Vanderloop called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, September 15, 2025, at Terrell’s Island Schoolhouse at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. Breakwall Update
   1. Resolution for the easement of the property was signed and given to Renee on September 10th. 
   2. Bruce will need to sign the Option to Purchase Critical Habitat Breakwall Easement and get that back to Renee this week. This allows the DNR to move forward with hopefully getting permits secured.
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle tickets are available to purchase and to help sell! 
3. Old Business
   1. We are still looking for a 54-inch lawn mower. Jordan will create a GoFundMe
   2. Guidepost Brochure – Winter project for Lawanda
   3. Lift and Parking Lot Bridge – Dave and Bruce will meet with Brady Johnson and see what he can help us with.
   4. Grant with UWO – All 6,987 slides are scanned in. Art will start to go through them to see which ones are most important to us. 
   5. Spring clean-up of the buildings – Need to pick a date 
   6. The Parking Lot light was adjusted.  
   7. Removal of Inside Rock – Art is investigating amount of rock. 
   8. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Jordan will complete in the next couple of weeks.

 

The meeting was adjourned by Lawanda Jungwirth seconded by Dave Lux. The Next General Meeting will be Monday, October 13, 2025, at Terrell Island School House.   

Bruce Loberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, at Terrell’s Island Schoolhouse at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. We are still looking for a 54-inch lawn mower. Jordan will add to Facebook/Marsh talk.
   2. Guidepost Brochure – Winter project
   3. Lift – Dave and Bruce will meet with Brady and see what he can do to get it out. 
   4. Breakwall update – Fisheries had a meeting today, August 12th. SLOW PROGRESS. Hopeful to have answers by September and will need to have things re-bid. 
      1. Grant money has been approved. However, permits are going to take time and are not guaranteed. 
   5. Fish Stick permit is good for 5 years, on hold.
   6. Removal of Inside Rock – not much happening right now. Art is investigating the quantity of rock for a possible future project.
2. Fundraising
   1. Golf Outing Scheduled for August 17th
   2. Calendar Tickets are available to sell 
3. Memberships – Currently at 48
4. Old Business
   1. Strategic Plan – Lawanda trying to get in touch with Shannon at UWO
   2. Grant with UWO – All 6,987 slides are scanned in. Art will start to go through them to see which ones are most important to us. 
   3. Spring clean-up of the buildings – Need to pick a date in the fall. 11 yard dumpster is $395. 15 yard dumpster is $435. 
   4. Bridge at the parking lot – Bruce is looking into possible viewing platform to be included in rebuild. We need to get projected cost for this. 
   5. Parking Lot Light – Bruce will follow up with Alliant on this. 
5. New Business
   1. Gate Entrance Systems quotes
      1. Entrance Systems (Muskego) Estimated to be $12,000
      2. Tri County Overhead Door who will use the two arms already there - $6,100
   2. Bruce is working on putting a budget together for 2026. 

 

The meeting was adjourned by Randy Pointon seconded by Art Techlow. The Next General Meeting will be Monday, September 15, 2025, at Terrell Island School House.   

Bruce Loberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, May 12, 2025 at Terrell’s Island Schoolhouse at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Turnaround – some settling. May have to do some filling in by the end of summer
   2. We are still looking for a 54-inch lawn mower. Jordan will add to Facebook/Marsh talk.
   3. Guidepost Brochure – Art has completed and sent to Lawanda. Lawanda will get information to Jordan for the website, and Lawanda will condense it into a brochure. We are looking for ideas to secure posts. 
   4. Lift – Jordan will update postings to $600 OBO 
   5. Breakwall update – Bruce had a meeting on June 5th
      1. Grant money has been approved. However, permits are going to take time and are not guaranteed. 
      2. It was agreed to continue with the project on the club’s end. However, nothing is guaranteed until we get the permits and go ahead with DNR.
      3. It was brought up to possibly look into barging which would require more permits.  
   6. Fish Stick permit is good for 5 years, on hold.
   7. Removal of Inside Rock – not much happening right now. Art is investigating the quantity of rock for a possible future project.
2. Fundraising
   1. Golf Outing Scheduled for August 17th
   2. Calendar Tickets are available to sell 
3. Memberships – Currently at 46
4. Old Business
   1. Strategic Plan – Lawanda will put a phone call into Shannon at UWO as she is interested in helping out
   2. Spring clean-up of the buildings – started the schoolhouse building. Slowly working through that. 
   3. Bridge at the parking lot – Bruce is looking into possible viewing platform to be included in rebuild. Check with Radtke?
   4. Pat at Winneconne High School—Jordan added his email to our Marsh Talk list to hopefully get him to a meeting.
   5. Parking Lot Light – Waiting for Alliant to call Bruce back at options
5. New Business
   1. Ron showed us some great graphs of number of cars arriving in parking lot. 
      1. March – 268. April – 496. May – 625. 
      2.  

The meeting was adjourned by Dave Lux, seconded by Kevin Stowe. The Next General Meeting will be Monday, August 11, 2025, at Terrell Island School House.   

Bruce Loberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, May 12, 2025 at Terrell’s Island Schoolhouse at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. New Donations 
   1. Battle on Bago made a $3100 donation from ticket sales
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Turnaround – some settling. May have to do some fill in by the end of summer
   2. We are still looking for a 54-inch lawn mower 
   3. The driveway got 2 loads of gravel. Cost was $420
   4. Guidepost Brochure – Art has completed and sent to Lawanda. Lawanda will get information to Jordan for the website and Lawanda will condense it into a brochure. 
   5. Lift – Jordan put on Facebook Marketplace for $900. She will renew the listing and put it on Craigslist. 
   6. The breakwall permit expires in November 2025. Bruce has requested an extension of the permit.
   7. Fish Stick permit is good for 5 years, on hold.
   8. Removal of Inside Rock – not much happening right now. Art is investigating the quantity of rock for a possible future project.
   9. Jordan will get Wiouwash Trail Clean Up done in May
3. Fundraising
   1. Golf Outing Scheduled for August 17th
   2. Calendar Tickets are available to sell 
   3. Jordan will talk to Lori Jensen about Bingo details
4. Memberships – Currently at 43
5. Old Business
   1. Strategic Plan – Lawanda will put a phone call into Shannon at UWO as she is interested in helping out
   2. Spring clean-up of the buildings
      1. Bruce will call and see how much a dumpster is and set a date 
   3. Bridge at the parking lot – need to see what we need for permits, possibly, and the cost. 
   4. Pat at Winneconne High School – Jordan added his e-mail to our Marsh Talk list to hopefully get him to a meeting.

 

The meeting was adjourned by Dave Lux, seconded by Ron Jungwirth, at 7:05 p.m. The Next General Meeting will be Monday, June 9, 2025, at Terrell Island School House.   

Bruce Loberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, April 14, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Angelo is looking at the issue of the Turnaround settling
   2. We are still looking for a 54-inch lawn mower 
   3. UTV got 2 new front tires
   4. Guidepost Brochure – Art has a draft and will give info to Lawanda to format
   5. Lift – Jordan will put on Facebook marketplace. Ken Meier will talk to Radtke to see if they have any interest in it or what the value is. 
   6. The breakwall permit expires in November 2025. Bruce has requested a phone conference to discuss the next steps. 
   7. Fish Stick permit is good for 5 years
   8. Removal of Inside Rock – not much happening right now. Art is investigating the quantity of rock for a possible future project.
   9. Jordan will get Wiouwash Trail Clean Up done in May
2. Old Business
   1. Fundraising
      1. Golf Outing Scheduled for August 17th
      2. Jordan will bring the calendar raffle tickets to our May meeting
      3. Jordan will talk to Lori Jensen about Bingo details
   2. Memberships – Currently at 30 memberships
3. New Business
   1. Bruce talked with Pat Kolbe at Winneconne School – will meet with him over the summer
   2. The bridge at the parking lot  
      1. Rebuild the bridge with some platform as a lookout. Bruce will look at quotes.

The meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier, seconded by Kevin Stowe, at 7:25 p.m. The Next General Meeting will be Monday, May 12, 2025, at Terrell Island School 

Pete Guckenberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, March 10, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. Donations
   1. Tom Bett and Ken Balda each made a $500 donation. Jordan will send a Thank You note.
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Turnaround project is completed. DNR $11,500, Battle on Bago donation of $5,000 and BDMCC contributed $3,310. We are under our approved $5,600. J
   2. Breakwall Update – No progress was made this year due to ice conditions. Permit is good through November 2025. Will have to rebid. 
   3. Fish Stick Project – Permit is good for 5 Years. On hold for 2025.
   4. Lift – Pete and Dave will get pictures and model number. Post for sale and must be removed by buyer. See where that takes us. 
   5. Display for camera panel – Bruce will contact Tracy again.  
3. Old Business
   1. The parking lot bridge is failing. This needs to be looked at soon. 
   2. Buildings – House cleaning of the buildings needs to be done in the Spring
   3. Guidepost brochure – Art is making changes to the brochure this winter. 
   4. Lift on hold until Bruce returns. 
   5. Building clean out in the Spring
   6. Bridge at Parking Lot – Bruce is looking into possibly adding a viewing platform. Do we need permits for this?
4. New Business
   1. Fundraising
      1. Golf Outing is scheduled for Sunday, August 17th, at Winchester Hills.
      2. Jordan will talk with Lori Jensen who runs the Bingo at Bee Hive on details. 
      3. Dueling Pianos? Jordan will get pricing. 
   2. Liability Insurance is due April 1st, $1,706. Sticking with $500 deductible. 

 

Meeting was adjourned by Randy Pointon seconded by Kevin Stowe at 6:55pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, April, 14, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho.   

Pete Guckenberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, February 10, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. Property/Trail Update

a. Breakwall Update – Per Highway, ice conditions will not allow truck work. Too many large cracks. Will monitor ice conditions. Permit does end November 2025.

b. Fish Stick Project – Permit was issued and is good for 5 years. Looks like it will be on hold this year. 

c. Turn Around Project – DNR going for $11k, BDMCC board approved $5k. We are waiting on DNR approval of money. The issue is the amount of rock is difficult to determine. 

2. Old Business

a. The parking lot bridge is failing. This needs to be looked at soon. 

b. Buildings – House cleaning of the buildings needs to be done in the Spring

c. Guidepost brochure – Art is making changes to the brochure this winter. 

d. Lift on hold until Bruce returns. 

3. New Business

a. Bird Houses – Lawanda will give Jordan an update for Marsh Talk. 30 Houses completed. Replaced 1, 4 undisturbed, 18 no eggs, 4 broken shells, 4 whole eggs, several mouse nests, and 1 hornet nest. Thank You to Ron and Lawanda for doing that!

b. Fundraising

i. Golf Outing is scheduled for Sunday, August 17th, at Winchester Hills.

c. The membership renewal letter will go out this month

 

Meeting was adjourned by Dave Lux seconded by Gary Wojtowksi at 6:50pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, March 10, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho.   

Pete Guckenberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, January 13, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30 pm. 

 

1. Communications
   1. New Donations - $1000 Smithlin Family Donation. Thank You was sent
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall Project – Trail is closed as of Sunday, January 12th as they are starting to work on the island this week. 
   2. Guidepost brochure – Art is making changes this winter to the brochure. 
   3. “Fencing Project” is on hold until 2025.
   4. Security Camera light in the parking lot is very bright. Change bulb wattage? 
   5. Lift on hold – sell as is? 
3. Old Business
   1. The parking lot bridge is failing. This needs to be looked at soon. 
   2. Buildings – House cleaning of the buildings needs to be done in the Spring
4. New Business
   1. Fish Sticks Project – Angelo was here to update us on what the project involves. Currently, we are waiting on permits and hope to complete it this winter.
   2. Ron and Lawanda started cleaning out and refilling the wood duck houses on Saturday, completing about 2/3 of them, and will finish up soon.
   3. Fundraising
      1. It was decided to not hold a Spring Raffle and to push Battle on Bago tickets. It was brought up to think about hosting a “dueling pianos” benefit to take place of the spring raffle? 
      2. Golf Outing – Jordan will check with Kathy to see if Sunday, August 17th would work for her. 
   4. The membership renewal letter will go out this month
   5. Lawanda would like to propose that we adopt a policy to hold the BDMCC meetings at Terrell’s Island in May, June, August, September, and October.  We put all that money into fixing up the Schoolhouse foundation last year, yet held only three meetings there.  This way five meetings would be at the Schoolhouse and five at Westward Ho over a calendar year. Discussion will be held when Bruce is present.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier seconded by Don Stowe at 7:45 pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, February 10, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho.   

Bruce Loberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, November 11, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30 pm.

 

1. Communications
   1. Brad Winkler attended the Winnebago Fisheries Advisory Meeting on October 14th
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall Project – We are waiting on county to give us the OK. Please pray for ice!
   2. Guidepost brochure – Art is making changes this winter to the brochure.
   3. “Fencing Project” is on hold until 2025.
   4. Security Camera light in the parking lot is very bright. The camera light will be tilted down as a first approach to fix this problem.  
3. Old Business
   1. Brett Favre Gun – Jordan will send a new e-mail with bidding options starting at $1500 with at least $20 increment increases. Bidding will end on December 15th.
   2. Town Picture is complete and Bruce will get to the Town Hall
   3. The parking lot bridge is failing. This will be looked at when the ice comes.
   4. Buildings – House cleaning of the buildings needs to be done in the Spring
4. New Business
   1. “Woody Project” – Bruce talked with Angelo at DNR and Melanie from Fox Wolf. We have many questions including what grant we would fall under, who is providing the money, cabling to tie the trees down, etc. This is tabled until we can get more answers.
   2. Nominations
      1. No new nominations were stated. Ken Meier, Ron and Lawanda Jungwirth will stay on as directors.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Kevin Stowe seconded by Mark Swanson at 7:20 pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, January 13, 2025 at Winklers Westward Ho.   

Bruce Loberg called the General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club to order on Monday, October 14, 2024 at Terrell Island Schoolhouse at 6:30 pm.

 

1. Communications
   1. Brad Winkler is attending Winnebago Fisheries Advisory Council Meeting on 10/14 as Tom Bett could not attend.
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall Project – We need to get contracts signed.
   2. Buildings – House cleaning of the buildings needs to be done.
   3. Guidepost brochure – Art is making changes this winter to brochure.
   4. “Fencing Project” is on hold until 2025.
   5. Jordan will complete Wiouwash Trail Clean Up on Friday, October 18th
3. Fundraising
   1. October Calendar Raffle – All tickets were sold out – profit of $7560
4. Old Business
   1. Strategic Plan – Lawanda will email Jordan the needs and will put into Marsh Talk and mailer for 2025 membership renewal  
   2. Brett Favre Gun – 13% fee to sell gun on auction site. Jordan will put into November Marsh Talk to see if there are any hits on it.
   3. Town Picture – Lawanda will put new picture up at town hall on Election Day
   4. Buildings need some house cleaning done. The first building would be the building next to the school house. Table this until Spring once it gets warmer out.
5. New Business
   1. Jordan will send a Thank You out to Eric Hoffman at Omro Building Center
   2. Nominations
      1. Kevin Stowe nominated Ken Meier, Lawanda Jungwirth and Ron Jungwirth to stay on board. All accepted. Nominations will also be held in November.
   3. Parking lot cameras were added to our insurance for $20/year
   4. The bridge at the parking lot is failing. This will be looked at when the ice comes.
   5. The club will be getting a Venmo account. Waiting until after November meeting to see if we are switching Banks.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Art Techlow seconded by Don Stowe at 7:15 pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, November 11, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, September 9, 2024 at Terrell Island Schoolhouse at 6:30 pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall Project –DNR permits are good through 2025. HyWay Landscape will hold prices again this year for us. Need to get contracts signed.
   2. Buildings – House cleaning of the buildings needs to be done.
   3. Guidepost brochure – Art is making some changes to the brochure.
   4. Boards are rotting on bridge at parking lot and needs to be replaced. Will evaluate this winter. 
   5. Picture is done for Town Hall – Lawanda will get in touch with Town to get that up
2. Fundraising
   1. October Calendar Raffle – Please take tickets to help sell!

 

Meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier seconded by Mark Swanson at 7:00 pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, October 14, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, August 19, 2024 at Terrell Island Schoolhouse at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Looking into other porta-potty prices. Right now, we pay $170/month for 1 porta potty with Ray’s Sanitation. This includes weekly cleanings.
   2. Breakwall Project –DNR permits are good through 2025. HyWay Landscape will hold prices again this year for us.
   3. Parking Lot Cameras– All cameras are installed!
   4. “Andrew Project”: Permit fees are $600. Art will be observing if any major changes occurred. Otherwise, permit application should be in by September 1st.
   5. Remaining rocks inside the island: Art came up with an estimated 374 cubic yards of rock out there.
   6. Buildings – House cleaning of the buildings needs to be done.
   7. Guidepost brochure is complete and can be printed up.
   8. Lawn Mowing – Looking for volunteers to help cut lawn. Right now, Dave is happy to help Pete out.  
   9. Boards are rotting on bridge at parking lot and needs to be replaced. Will evaluate this winter.  
2. Fundraising
   1. Golf Outing –Sunday, August 18th at Winchester Hills. Outing went great. 18 teams – Estimated profit of $4200.
   2. October Calendar Raffle – Tickets are available. Please take some to help sell!

 

Meeting was adjourned by Randy Pointon seconded by Mark Swanson at 7:25pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, September 9, 2024 at The Pat Hickey School House.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, June 10, 2024 at Terrell Island Schoolhouse at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Jordan will contact Hyler regarding porta potty price. Right now, we pay $170/month for 1 porta potty. This includes weekly cleanings.
   2. Breakwall Project – Bruce had a meeting on June 4th with everyone. DNR permits are good through 2025. Grants need to be secured yet. If the cost with Hyway Landscape increased, we will need to rebid again. Bruce will be in contact.
   3. Parking Lot Camera Project – Power and light is installed. On Thursday, June 13th, 3 cameras will be installed. 2 overlooking the parking lot and 1 at the drive in which will take pictures of each car’s plates.
   4. “Andrew Project: Permit fees are $600. Art and Andrew are working on a draft to DNR to explain what we are doing. However, the permits will not happen this year.  
   5. Remaining rocks inside island: Art is looking for quantity of rock in order to get quotes.
   6. Automated gates – Dave Lux looked into options. They can get pricey but he thinks we would be OK with a less expensive route.
   7. Buildings – Estimated to be about $5k to take down. We would be responsible for dumpsters. Check with Omro Fire Department to see if they have any interest.
2. Fundraising
   1. Spring Raffle – Suggestion for next year: have more winners such as 10-$50 winners.
   2. Golf Outing –Sunday, August 18th at Winchester Hills. Jordan will e-mail and mail out registration forms with possible membership renewal good through 2025
3. Town Picture Update: Ron will take an aerial picture when things green up and get an updated picture to the town

 

Meeting was adjourned by Art Techlow seconded by Dave Lux at 7:33pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, August 19, 2024 at The Pat Hickey School House.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, May 13, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Spring Clean Up/Trail Opening took place on April 13th  
   2. Breakwall Project – Bruce will be having meeting with DNR/County/Fox Wolf about grant plans
   3. Parking Lot Camera Project: Electrical Inspection to take place on 5/14.
   4. “Andrew Project: Permits are needed, waiting on those.
2. Fundraising
   1. Spring Raffle – Profit was $3,760. Minus ticket printing costs.
   2. Golf Outing –Sunday, August 18th at Winchester Hills. 
3. Memberships – We are currently at 40 members. The goal is to reach 60 members this year.
4. Town Picture Update: Ron will take an aerial picture when things green up and get an updated picture to the town
5. Automated Gates: Dave Lux has looked into this and it looks like cost would be around $1500. He will be talking with area businesses who use the gates to get their input. The big cost would be solar panels to operate the gates.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe seconded by Randy Pointon at 7:00pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, June 10, 2024 at The Pat Hickey School House.

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, April 8, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:32pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Spring Clean Up/Trail Opening will be April 13th at 9AM
   2. Breakwall Project – Bruce will be having meeting with DNR/County/Fox Wolf about grant plans
   3. Wiouwash Clean Up – Jordan will complete
   4. Parking Lot Camera Project: Holes are in thanks to Speedy Clean. Jordan will send a Thank You. Plan on putting posts in Saturday.
   5. Tom made a motion to have half of the $6,000 ($3000) to be raised for the “Andrew” project, otherwise it will come from the club. The other half ($3000) will be donated by a confirmed donor. Art seconded. Motion Carried, pending permits.
2. Fundraising
   1. Spring Raffle – See Jordan for signing out tickets to sell
   2. Battle on Bago – Received $1200 check from tickets we sold
   3. Golf Outing – Jordan will be putting on Golf Outing on Sunday, August 18th at Winchester Hills. 
3. Memberships – We are currently at 35 members. The goal is to reach 60 members this year.
4. Town Picture Update: Ron will take an aerial picture when things green up and get an updated picture to the town
5. Name on Sign: With monetary donation of $10,000 or more, their name may be put onto sign on our property, with their permission.  
6. Estate Planning – When receiving a large donation, unless there is a purpose, it should go into Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. Bring up in September to possibly add in by-laws.
7. Guest Speakers: Karlene and Kate were here from Oshkosh Community Foundation.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:46pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, May 13, 2024 at The Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, March 11, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Communications
   1. Kate Fuller from Oshkosh Area Community Foundation will be attending our April Meeting
   2. Property Insurance for 2024 is $1700
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Spring Clean Up will be April 6th at 9AM That will be the same day that the trail will be opening up to Public. Raindate of April 13th
   2. Breakwall Project – Bruce will be having meeting with DNR/County/Fox Wolf about grant/cost plans
   3. Wiouwash Clean Up – Jordan will complete once it gets warmer
   4. Parking Lot Camera Project: Need to mark hole locations for Brad. Dave Lux is looking into solar powered gate costs
3. Fundraising
   1. Spring Raffle – See Jordan for signing out tickets to sell!
   2. Golf Outing – Jordan will be putting on Golf Outing on Sunday, August 18th at Winchester Hills.  
4. Memberships – Post another reminder to renew online. Print out previous lists to contact previous members. We would like to reach our membership list to 60 members
5. Buildings – Bruce met with Randy Stafford Construction. Estimate to update: Barn building: $225,000 Garage in the back (not insured right now): $85,000 Hunting Shack: $80,000 (needs new footings) Orchard Shed: $5,000 repair wood structure and new gravel. Schoolhouse Garage: $5,000. Schoolhouse: $10,000 (windows doors and floor)
6. Town Picture Update: Ron will take an aerial picture when things green up and get an updated picture to the town

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe seconded by Ken Meier at 7:30pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, April 8, 2024 at The Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, February 12, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:31pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Spring Clean Up to be done when we can
   2. Breakwall Project – will need to revisit grant due weather for 2025
   3. Rock Removal project – Andrew Sabi was here to present a proposal for the club using fishing line to eliminate the use of the rock wall by birds. An estimate of $6k to begin in June 2024. However, we are needing to obtain funds for this project.
   4. Duck Houses – On January 27th, 34 were checked and cleaned. 24 of them had feathers, broken eggs, intact eggs.  On January 29th, Landon completed an eagle scout project and replaced 10 houses.
2. Parking Lot Cameras – Money is secured. Application sent into Electrical. This will be a Spring project.
3. Fundraising
   1. Spring Raffle – Tickets are here to be disbursed and start selling
   2. Battle on Bago – Bruce will be attending the Battle on Bago banquet on Thursday and turn our 500 tickets in
4. Memberships – Membership renewal letter will be going out in the next week.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Art Techlow seconded by Ken Meier at 7:11pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, March 11, 2024 at The Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, January 8, 2024 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:33pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Communications        
   1. Kevin Stowe is donating the remainder amount for parking lot cameras.
   2. Winneconne Town Report – Bruce did attend the 11/16 meeting  
      1. Get an updated map of Terrell’s Island at the town hall
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Fall Clean Up was done on Dec 12th by Ken, Pete and Bruce
   2. Breakwall Project – we need cold!
3. Fundraising
   1. Spring Raffle – Same prize amounts and tickets as last year.
   2. Battle on Bago – We have 500 tickets to sell. We get a percentage back on every dollar.
4. Parking Lot Cameras – We have proposals from AVS (Brian) and Lux Electric. Bruce needs to fill out electric application.
5. Brett Favre Gun – Bruce has the gun. We will hold off on doing anything with the gun until further notice.
6. Birdhouses –Omro Lumber donated the wood to let the scout finish his wood duck houses
7. Building Maintenance – Schoolhouse foundation was repaired by AREA Foundation for $31k.  
8. Guest Speaker: Angelo Cozzola, Fisheries Biologist

 

Meeting was adjourned by Lawanda Jungwirth seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:40pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, February 12, 2024 at The Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, November 13, 2023 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg.

 

1. Communications        
   1. We did receive a $500 grant donation from Oshkosh Area Community Foundation
   2. Winnebago Fisheries – Tom Bett attended October 18th meeting with 13 other clubs. These meetings will become yearly. A more detailed report will come out soon. Tom will forward any trowling opportunities to Jordan to let membership know.
   3. Winneconne Town Report – Bruce will be attending November 16th meeting
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Fall Clean Up – tentative date, December 12th. Bruce will be in contact about definite date in near future.
   2. Bruce will be attending a November 16th breakwall meeting. All permits are secured. We just need cold! If there is no good ice this year, we would potentially need to rebid.
   3. Art did speak with Andrew and he is interested in working with us. His proposal is $6400.
   4. Jordan completed the Wiouwash trail clean up on Monday October 16th
3. Fundraising
   1. Spring Raffle – Bring any raffle suggestions to our January meeting
   2. October Calendar Raffle
      1. Everything went great! All tickets sold out.
      2. Suggestion for next year: get e-mail addresses
4. Parking Lot Cameras – Inquiring on Solar power option. Waiting for updated quote from Brian. The Oshkosh Community Foundation grant does need to be used by December 31st.
5. Brett Favre Gun – Bruce has the gun. We will hold off on doing anything with the gun until further notice.
6. Building Maintenance – December 11 – AREA Waterproofing and Concrete will be repairing the Hickey School House. $27,000 was withdrawn from Oshkosh Area Community Foundation. Added: On December 11th when they started working on the building, the contractors found two walls where the block was not good on the lower part. This was not seen for our original quote. To do both walls with 10-inch block was an additional $5,000. It was approved by the board to go ahead.
7. Battle on Bago – Bruce will be attending December 13th meeting and bring tickets to sell to January meeting.
8. Wood Duck Houses – 10 Bluebird were replaced through a troop project done by Landon McCollian from Troop 623 in Omro. Landon would like to rebuild more houses for us but is short $300 for lumber. Bruce will check with Eric at Omro Lumber to see if he will donate any. Otherwise Don Stowe made a motion for the club to donate the $300 to the troop. Brad Winkler seconded.

Meeting was adjourned by Kevin Stowe seconded by Ken Meier at 7:35pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, January 8, 2024 at The Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, September 18, 2023 at Winklers Westward Ho at 6:32pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Sturgeon Committee – Endangered species – At federal level and should know by June where this is at and hopefully have public comment at that time.
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Schedule a Fall Clean Up after leaves fall
3. Breakwall
   1. Breakwall Permit – We did receive our 2-year extension. Bruce had a meeting with Fox Wolf, County and DNR. He will have a face-face meeting first week of November.
4. Fundraising
   1. Golf Outing – profit of $2420. Looking for someone to head this up next year.
   2. Calendar Raffle – Be sure to get tickets back to Jordan before October 1st.
5. Parking Lot Cameras – Kevin Stowe volunteered to donate security camera cost
6. Strategic Plan – Goal #1 is complete. Will need volunteers to help with goal #2 duties. Lawanda will send Jordan a simplified version of volunteer opportunities to send out to members.
7. Guns – Brett Favre gun – Certificate located. Possibly have a bar in Green Bay sell tickets for the gun during home packer games. Bruce and Ken will look into this.  
8. Building Maintenance – Getting estimated cost to repair each building. The schoolhouse foundation needs repair ASAP. ABT $37,240, B&B $32,730, AREA $26,830. Bruce will send an email out to get approval from board.
9. Nominations – Bruce accepted as President. Pete accepted as Vice President. Dave accepted as Director.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Gary Wojtowski seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:19pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, October 9, 2023 at The Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, August 14, 2023 at The School House at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Schedule a Fall Clean Up at September Meeting
2. Breakwall
   1. Breakwall Permit – We did receive our 2-year extension. Waiting for reply from Jessica at Fox Wolf
   2. Removing rock with barge - Art did talk with CR Meyer but things could get costly. Looking into some other options. Art will report back.
3. Fundraising
   1. Tickets are available for our October Calendar raffle!
4. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Jordan will complete in fall
5. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $5000 - Looking for donations. Jordan did apply for a grant through Winneconne Thrift and Gift.
6. Strategic Plan – Goal #1 is complete. Will need volunteers to help with goal #2 duties. Lawanda will send Jordan a simplified version of volunteer opportunities to send out to members.
7. Guns – Brett Favre gun – Certificate located. Possibly have a bar in Green Bay sell tickets for the gun during home packer games. Bruce and Ken will circle back to us at September meeting.
8. Building Maintenance – School house foundation needs repair soon. Waiting for more estimates to come in.
9. Nominations will be held in September (Bruce-President, Pete-VP, Dave Lux - Director)
10. Ranger is fixed. Pin on crank shaft needed to be fixed - $400

 

Meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier seconded by Don Stowe at 7:25pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, September 18, 2023 at The Westward Ho.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, June 12, 2023 at Westward Ho at 6:32pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Communications/Donations
   1. No New donations
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail opened May 8th
   2. Possibly look into purchasing our own porta potty
3. Breakwall
   1. Breakwall Permit – need extension. Bruce e-mailed Luke Roffler. Needs to be renewed by November. Art will have an update on rock removal project at next meeting.
   2. Bruce took care of getting markers out
4. Fundraising
   1. Spring Cash Raffle – Thank You letter and $25 Kwik Trip gift card were given to establishments that helped sell our raffle tickets
   2. October Calendar Raffle – Tickets available. Need to get out to establishments by August 1st
5. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Jordan completed May 26th
6. Wood Duck Locations – Ron and Lawanda completed a wood duck map showing locations.
7. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $5000 - Looking for donations
8. Memberships – Jordan sent out a postcard to remind members to renew.
9. Strategic Plan – Goal #1 is complete. Will need volunteers to help with goal #2 duties. Lawanda will send Jordan a simplified version of volunteer opportunities to send out to members.
10. Fox River Hunt Club – Art will stay on top of cattail control.
11. Guns – Brett Favre gun – Certificate located. Discuss at August meeting if we want to have a raffle or sell online.
12. Property and Liability – Suggested to get an estimate on what it would take to fix buildings.
13. Nominations will be held in September (Bruce-President, Pete-VP, Dave Lux - Director)
14. Ranger is currently at Skippy’s getting fixed

 

Meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier seconded by Art Techlow at 7:21pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, August 14, 2023 at The Schoolhouse.   

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, May 8, 2023 at Westward Ho at 6:37pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Communications
   1. Twentieth Century Club – Donated $50
   2. Oshkosh Community Foundation – Donated $50
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail Opening Today, May 8th   
   2. Lawanda went out and cleaned up the shoreline along the break wall. 2 birds were found deceased. Lawanda called DNR and they will not come out to test unless we have more than 5 birds deceased. Please report to DNR if you see anything.
3. Breakwall
   1. Korin is leaving Fox Wolf. Korin’s boss, Jessica will take over. Most important thing is to make sure our permits are up to date.
   2. Bruce and Dave will get markers out
4. Fundraising
   1. Spring Cash Raffle

1st Place - $3000 - Stan Christensen #008

2nd Place - $2000 - Becky Duchatschek #490

3rd Place - $1000 – Kathy Laux #266

4th Place - $500 - Sara Hlavacek #260

5th Place - $500 - Pudge Seidl #65

6th Place - $500 - Carrie Klaske #625

1. Send out a letter to local establishments to thank them
2. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Jordan will get it done before Memorial Day Weekend
3. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $5000 - Looking for donations
4. Memberships – Send out a postcard to remind members to renew
5. Strategic Plan – Goal #1 is complete. Will need volunteers to help with goal #2 duties
6. Guns – Weatherby 270 Brett Favre gun – can’t locate certificate yet. Until we locate certificate, we will not sell.
7. Property and Liability – Walk through buildings at next meeting to assess
8. New signs will be needed next year for trail closing

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:25pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, June 12, 2023 at The Schoolhouse.   

**Terrells Island Trail will be open to the public on Monday, May 8, 2023. Trails are open from sunrise until one hour before sunset, unless otherwise posted.**

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, April 17, 2023 at Westward Ho at 6:34pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Communications
   1. Battle on Bago – Received $1200 from our tickets sales
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail Opening Monday, May 8th  
   2. Bruce will follow up with Mark Swanson referral for trail clean up
   3. Visitors Guide – make suggested changes and print for May opening
3. Breakwall
   1. Dave and Bruce will get markers out
4. Fundraising
   1. Spring Cash Raffle –$20/ticket – 750 tickets sold. Drawing will be Monday, May 8th 7pm at Westward Ho.
   2. Jordan will do a ticket Check In the week of May 1st
5. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $5000 - Looking for donations
6. Guns – Both pistols were sold for $2500. Randy Pointon is checking to see where Brett Favre gun certificate is located
7. Property and Liability – Bruce did meet with Tom Pupeter and was able to get a $333 savings in our policy
   1. In the summer we will need to re assess the buildings
8. Memberships–Jordan will get a list to directors of past members to reach out to who has not yet renewed.
9. Art will look into what would it would take to remove remaining rock from islands
10. Guest Speaker: Andrew Sabai was our guest speaker and talked about projects he has worked on in regards to our mission.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Art Techlow seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:58pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, May 8, 2023 at The Westward Ho.  

March 13, 2023 at Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail Opening will be 2nd weekend of May
   2. Need to set a date to trim bushes and check on markers at April meeting
2. Fundraising
   1. Spring Cash Raffle –$20/ticket – 750 tickets sold. Drawing will be Monday, May 8th 7pm at Westward Ho.
3. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $5000 - Looking for funds – Jordan will post online and on Facebook that we are looking for donations.
4. Invasive Project – Art will talk to Andrew on coming to a meeting
5. Guns – Scheels is not interested in the guns. Bruce is working with a collector and possibility of receiving $1500-$2000 for each gun. Bruce will follow up. 
6. Lawn Mower – We purchased a John Deere X300 with a 48-inch deck with 76 hours for $2100. Thanks to Dave Lux for his hard work with this project.
7. Property and Liability – Bruce did meet with Tom Pupeter regarding insurance for our multiple building’s that we have on Terrell’s Island property. Bruce will follow up with Tom on new policy pricing.
   1. In the summer we will need to re assess the buildings and what can be repaired. 
8. Memberships–As of now we have 15 members. Jordan will get a list to directors of past members to reach out to who have not yet renewed.
9. Frank’s Duck Mounts – Randy Pointon made a motion to keep Franks Ducks with the Conservation Club. Pete Guckenberg seconded.
10. Visitor Guide – Ron & Lawanda edited the visitor guide to be printed up for May trail opening.
11. Future General Meetings – Lawanda made a motion to skip July and December General Meetings. Art seconded.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier seconded by Randy Pointon at 7:28pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, April 17, 2023 at The Westward Ho.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, February 13, 2023 at Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall – Not enough ice this year to get trucks out. Our prices are locked in for 2 years
2. Fundraising
   1. Cash Raffle – Instead of our Spring Banquet we will hold a cash raffle in May. $20/ticket – 750 tickets sold. Drawing will be Monday, May 8th 7pm at Westward Ho. Tickets are now available!
   2. Battle on Bago – Bruce is attending banquet on February 16th and will turn sold tickets in then
3. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $4800. Looking for funds – Jordan will post online and on Facebook that we are looking for donations
4. Guns – Shopguns.com was not interested. Bruce and Tom will take guns to Scheels and other local places to see what we can get for them
5. Lawn Mower – Dave found a 2015 John Deere X300 48-inch deck in Chilton. Asking price is $2295. 77 hours.
6. Memberships– Jordan made changes to membership cards and will be distributed at area establishments. A ‘newsletter’ will be going out to members to remind them to renew membership and reminder of other important dates and our Spring Cash Raffle.
7. Future General Meetings – We will be skipping July and December General Meetings
8. Wood Duck Houses – Pete, Lawanda and Ron checked 34 wood duck houses within Terrells Island. All but 4 of them had wood duck feathers. 2 mice nests and 2 undisturbed. Did a lot of repairing such as tightening screws, repositioning. Could use some new ones.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe, seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:24pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, March 13, 2023 at The Westward Ho.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, January 16, 2023 at Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Cash Raffle – In place of our Spring Banquet we will hold a cash raffle in May. $20/ticket – 750 tickets sold. Give away 10 cash prizes. Drawing will be Monday, May 8th 7pm at Westward Ho. Tickets will be available at our February meeting.
   2. Battle on Bago – Bruce is attending banquet on February 16th and will turn sold tickets in then
2. Communications
   1. Sturgeon Advisory – Stacy provided an update from the November Sturgeon Advisory meeting
      1. Species status – Margaret, our Strugeon Biologist is doing everything in her power to provide them with information as to why Sturgeon Spearing is an important sport in Wisconsin
      2. 2023 quotas are decreasing from 2022
      3. Daylight savings – the bill is still on the floor of the house so no changes will be made this year for the 2023 season
      4. Sturgeon Spearing Registrations are back to normal, pre-pandemic
   2. Town of Winneconne – Bruce attended December meeting and all is good on our end
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail will be closed starting Wednesday, December 7th until further notice due to breakwall project.
   2. Breakwall – Update 3 is done. Contract for HyWay is signed. Prices are held for 2 years.  
4. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $4800. Looking for funds – Jordan will post online and on Facebook that we are looking for donations
5. Guns – Shopguns.com was not interested. Bruce will take the guns to Scheels to see what we can get for them.
6. Lawn Mower – Still looking for a lawn mower – 46 inches or larger in great condition. Suggested budget $2500. Dave Lux will check around at a couple different places.
7. Membership Cards – Jordan will make changes that were suggested and get new cards printed.
8. Board Members – Voting took place for Treasurer and Secretary – Kevin is Treasurer. Jordan is Secretary.   
9. Future General Meetings – We will be skipping July 2023 General Meeting

 

Meeting was adjourned by Kevin Stowe, seconded by Ken Meier at 7:24pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, February 13, 2023 at The Westward Ho.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, December 5, 2022 at Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Banquet or Cash Raffle? – It was decided that we will be doing cash raffle in place of our banquet. More information to come at our January Meeting
   2. Battle on Bago – Bruce will get tickets to us to sell tickets. We do get 60% of our ticket sales
2. Communications
   1. Sturgeon Advisory – Stacy Frakes will have more information at our January meeting
   2. Winneconne Reporting is due – Bruce is on the agenda for December 15th
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail will be closed starting Wednesday, December 7th until further notice due to breakwall project
   2. Breakwall – On revision 3 for changes. Waiting to hear from Korin regarding grant changes.
   3. Bruce will let everyone know of a date to get out to the trail to do brush trimming
4. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $4800. Looking for funds – Jordan will post online and on Facebook that we are looking for donations
5. Strategic Plan – Bruce will add to dropbox
6. Guns – Tom is waiting for appraisal team from shopguns.com to get back to him on a price offer. Tom will keep Bruce posted on any offer he receives. It was suggested to auction off the Brett Favre gun online.
7. Lawn Mower – Still looking for a lawn mower – 46 inches or larger in great condition. Suggested budget $2500
8. Membership Cards – Jordan will make changes that were suggested and bring back edits to next meeting.
9. Board Members - Kevin and Jordan are up for re-election. Jordan and Kevin agreed to stay on.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe, seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:26pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, January 16, 2023 at The Westward Ho.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, November 14, 2022 at Butte des Morts Lions Club at 6:31pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – All went well. Get establishments more involved next year
   2. Battle on Bago – Bruce will attend meeting in December and get tickets for us to sell.
2. Communications
   1. Sturgeon Advisory – Stacy Frakes will be attending November 16th Meeting
   2. Winnebago Fisheries – Tom Bett attended October 19th meeting and meeting notes will be added to dropbox
   3. Winneconne Reporting is due – Bruce will get on agenda
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall – $40,000 short on funds. Bruce will send out revision 3 to board members to review
   2. Dave volunteered to help trim bushes and assist with property maintenance 
4. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $4800. Looking for funds – post online and on Facebook.
5. Strategic Plan – Bruce will follow up with Board on specific duties
6. Invasive Project – Ron will be adding items to dropbox. Lawanda plans on having a comparison chart showing what was present in 2000 and is present in 2022
7. Guns – Tom plans on having a ‘finding report’ for any buyers  
8. Lawn mower – Looking for a riding lawn mower of 46 inches or larger in great condition. Dave will visit Kitz&Pfeil
9. Membership Cards – Jordan have new membership cards at our December Meeting to distribute to area establishments
10. Board Members - Kevin and Jordan are up for re-election. Jordan agreed to stay on. Bruce will talk with Kevin.
11. Meeting Dates of next year – possibly skip December meeting next year?
12. December Meeting: Need to decide if we will continue with Banquet or another cash raffle drawing?

 

Meeting was adjourned by Lawanda Jungwirth, seconded by Don Stowe at 7:36pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, December 5, 2022 at The Westward Ho.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, October 10, 2022 at the Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Sold all 750 tickets. Drawings are going great via Facebook Live.
2. Communications
   1. Fox Valley Savings donated $100 for Earth Day
   2. Stacy Frakes – Sturgeon Advisory has not had a meeting since April 2022
   3. Winnebago Fisheries – October 19th meeting that Tom Bett plans to attend
   4. Winneconne Reporting is due in November. Jordan will get visitor details to Bruce.
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall – Noffke is higher than HyWay Landscapers. Stone went from $30 to $51/ton. Possibly shortening the breakwalls by 10 feet each to save money. Asking us to do markers that would save us $3500.
   2. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Jordan will handle clean up
4. Parking Lot Cameras – Estimate of $4800. Ask on website/Facebook for funds for security cameras
5. Strategic Plan – Bruce will send out Lawandas proposed changes. Will review at November meeting
6. Invasive Project – Lots of information was found. Next step is to give Dropbox access to Ron and Tom Bett to start compiling information into folders
7. Guns – Guns are located. Will talk with our attorney about liability of selling guns
8. Lawn mower – Looking for a riding lawn mower of 46 inches or larger in great condition
9. Membership Cards – Jordan will print up new membership cards on cardstock to distribute to area establishments

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe, seconded by Brad Winkler at 7:27pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, November 14, 2022 at The Westward Ho – Oshkosh.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, September 26, 2022 at the School House at 6:33pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Selling 750 tickets at $20/piece. $200 given away each day, with $500 given away on Saturdays in October. See Jordan for tickets.
      1. Ideas for next year – Get more establishments involved such as Jerry’s Bar, Westward Ho, The Hill, etc. Give them 50 tickets each and have a separate drawing for tickets to our Spring Banquet.
   2. Golf Outing - $1500 net – our goal for 2023 is to get 18 teams and more prizes
2. Communications
   1. Stacy Frakes – Sturgeon Advisory has not had a meeting since April 2022
   2. Winnebago Fisheries – October 19th meeting that Tom Bett plans to attend
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall – Bruce has a meeting in October with County & DNR to review numbers
   2. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Jordan will get date set in October
   3. Boot Cleaner – Thank You to Ron and Pete for installing the Boot Cleaner and Speedy Clean was sent a Thank You for allowing the use of equipment as well
4. Parking Lot Camera – Bruce is meeting with Brian from Audio Plus on Wednesday, September 28th to see what our options are
5. Strategic Plan – Ron, Lawanda and Pete will make talked about changes and come back to the club with changes
6. Invasive Project – Lots of information was found. Next step is to give Dropbox access to Ron and Tom Bett to start compiling information into folders
7. Guns – Guns are located. Will talk with our attorney about liability of selling guns
8. Lawn mower – In need of a new one - 46 inch or larger – good working condition
9. Guest Speaker at October Meeting – Angelo Cozzola, Fisheries Biologist will be speaking at our October 10th meeting

 

Meeting was adjourned by Randy Pointon, seconded by Tom Herbert at 7:40pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, October 10, 2022 at The Westward Ho – Oshkosh.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, August, 22, 2022 at the School House at 6:32pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Selling 750 tickets at $20/piece. $200 given away each day, with $500 given away on Saturdays in October. See Jordan for tickets.
   2. Golf Outing – We had 44 golfers – Get at least 18 teams next year and more prizes.
2. Communications
   1. Got reimbursed for extra electric bill $298.29
   2. Baltes made a $150 donation
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Breakwall – Letter sent for rebid.
   2. Markers - Ken and Bruce went out and redid markers. Will need to be redone in Spring.
   3. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Will get date set in October
   4. Boot Cleaner – Brad Winkler will look into getting something to drill   
4. Parking Lot Camera – Bruce will call Brian from Audio Plus
5. Strategic Plan – Goal 1 was talked through. Ron, Lawanda and Pete will make talked about changes. Jordan will get a log book for schoolhouse.
6. Access to Gates and Buildings – Pete and Bruce are giving Ken Meier the codes for access to the gates and garage.
7. Invasive Project – From CDs - 182 species/descriptions/locations were found. Ron took them off the CD and put them into a spreadsheet. Present in 2000/present today? Will add anything new. Tom Bett, Korin Doering and Art have accumulated items and will meet to decide what is important to the club.
8. Guns – Bruce will locate guns
9. Please note: We have a new Tax-Exempt Number
10. Lawn mower – In need of a new one - 46 inch or larger – good working condition

 

Meeting was adjourned by Kevin Stowe, seconded by Lawanda Jungwirth at 7:33pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, September 26, 2022 at The Westward Ho – Oshkosh.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, July 11, 2023 at the School House at 6:33pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Selling 750 tickets at $20/piece. $200 given away each day, with $500 given away on Saturdays in October. See Jordan for tickets.
   2. Golf Outing – Sunday, August 21st Looking for items to raffle off.
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail is getting over grown
   2. Breakwall – Noffke is paid. Waiting for Noffke Insurance and w9.
   3. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Done for Spring/Summer. Will revisit in the Fall.
   4. Boot Cleaner – Will get a date set for installation  
3. Parking Lot Camera – Bruce will call Brian from Audio Plus
4. Memberships – Jordan is compiling a list to send to board members
5. Strategic Plan – Ron, Lawanda and Pete are working on revising Goal 1 and will work with Jordan to get this on the website.
6. Invasive Project – Art came to the meeting with different files that will be gone through and eventually scanned into drop box
7. Code for Gates – Secretary will be contacted by anyone
8. Guns – Bruce will locate guns
9. Bird Permit – Bruce will contact Mike Jones
10. New Business – Reach out to our new Fisheries Biologist to come to our October Meeting
11. Lawn mower – In need of a new one - 46 inch or larger – good working condition

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe, seconded by Art Techlow at 7:24pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, August 22, 2022 at Terrells Island – Schoolhouse.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, June 13, 2022 at the School House at 6:33pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurers report was read and accepted.

 

1. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Selling 750 tickets at $20/piece. $200 given away each day, with $500 given away on Saturdays. See Jordan for tickets.
   2. Golf Outing – Bruce and Randy are getting a date set up
2. Property/Trail Update
   1. Turn around sunk when the ice melted
   2. HyWay Landscapers is paid. Noffke Landscapers is going through approval.
   3. Boot Cleaner to be installed once it dries up
   4. Wiowash Trail Clean Up – Friday, June 17th
3. Parking Lot Camera – Bruce will call Brian from Audio Plus to get a camera set up
4. Memberships – 109 Members including Lifetime Members. Jordan will reference back to years past to see who is due for memberships.
5. Strategic Plan – Ron & Lawanda are working together on this and will come to the club with any questions
6. Invasive Project – Lawanda is compiling a list
7. Code for Gates – We need to develop and put a policy in place - Who has the codes? Who is coming in? Rules for the Codes, etc.
8. Guns – Sell Brett Favre and two pistols with wrong caliber stamping. Bruce will loacate guns.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Lawanda Jungwirth, seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:17pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, July 11, 2022 at Terrells Island – Schoolhouse.  

We are excited to announce that we will be having a Calendar Cash Raffle in October 2022! We will be giving away $200 each day with $500 given away each Saturday in October! If you win, your ticket will get put back into the drawing for more chances to win! 

Cost: $20/Ticket - Only 750 Tickets sold!

Where can I get my tickets?

-Any of our meetings, Springbrook Tavern (Omro), Mikeee's Paynes Point Bar (Neenah) 

Spread the word and help us sell the tickets! 

 

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, May 9, 2022 at the School House at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. 

 

1. Communications 
   1. Contact DNR Speakers to get the staff introduced. 
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – We will have an October Calendar Raffle. Selling 750 tickets at $20/piece. $200 given away each day, with $500 given away on Saturdays. See Jordan for tickets. 
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail will open Monday, May 16th
   2. Breakwall – Hy Way Landscapers bill got approved and will be getting paid. Noffke has not been paid yet as there are some numbers that don’t match up.  Markers need to be checked and replaced. 
   3. Wiouwash Clean Up – Jordan will get something organized in May
   4. Boot Cleaner needs to get installed
4. Bird Control – Reach out to Mike Jones in regards to permits
5. Parking Lot Camera – will be bought/installed in the Spring
6. Banquet - Net about $7500. We need to get our numbers up on dinner RSVPs
7. Memberships – 109 Members including Lifetime Members. Jordan will reference back to years past to see who is due for memberships.
8. Strategic Plan – Ron & Lawanda are working together on this and will come to the club with any questions
9. Invasive Project – Lawanda is compiling a list
10. Code for Gates – We need to develop and put a policy in place - Who has the codes? Who is coming in? Rules for the Codes, etc. 
11. Guns – Sell Brett Favre and two pistols with wrong caliber stamping. Bruce will loacate guns.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Randy Pointon, seconded by Art Techlow at 7:41pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, June 13, 2022 at Terrells Island – Schoolhouse.  

BDMCC General Meeting

Monday, April 11, 2022 at 6:30pm at Winkler’s Westward Ho - Oshkosh

 

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Winkler’s Westward Ho at 6:30pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. 

 

1. Communications 
   1. Tom Bett - $500
   2. Tom Radtke - $630 for Banquet Gun
   3. Sturgeon Committee – DNR is no longer visiting the idea of banning cameras/technology. May need to revisit Sturgeon Spearing hours if daylight savings changes. 
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – We will have an October Calendar Raffle. Selling 750 tickets at $20/piece. $200 given away each day, with $500 given away on Saturdays. Drawing will take place at Jordan’s home. Jordan will get tickets printed.
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Trail Opening potentially opening up first week of May. More to come on this. 
   2. We did receive the bill from Hy Way Landscapers
   3. Wiouwash Clean Up – Jordan will get something organized in May
   4. Boot Cleaner needs to get installed
4. Parking Lot Camera – will be bought/installed in the Spring
5. Banquet
   1. Order more Feature Tickets next year! 1402 feature tickets were sold in this years banquet. 
   2. Dice Game – Raise the price to $10 for 5 shakes
   3. Need larger drums for the drawings
   4. Include or not include membership with banquet fee?
6. Memberships – Jordan will have updated list at May Meeting
7. Strategic Plan – Ron & Lawanda are working together on this and will come to the club with any questions
8. Code for Gates – Look into getting a keypad/lock to allow members only to walk through the gates

 

Meeting was adjourned by Randy Pointon, seconded by Kevin Stowe at 7:30pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday May 9, 2022 at Terrells Island – Schoolhouse.  

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, March 14, 2022 at the Winkler’s Westward Ho at 6:35pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted.

 

1. Communications
   1. Missy Rueger and family donated $700 in memory of their father, Daniel.
   2. Ken Balda made a $500 donation
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – We will have an October Calendar Raffle. Selling 750 tickets at $20/piece. $200 given away each day, with $500 given away on Saturdays. Drawing will take place at Jordan’s home. Jordan will get tickets printed.
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Lift – Contact Radtke come Spring
   2. Breakwall – Islands 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are completed. Trail is out to the new turn around. Completed phase one. Phase two will need to be rebid, Islands 1-5
   3. Trim back the brush on the trail
4. Parking Lot Camera – will be bought/installed in the Spring
5. Banquet – Thursday, April 7th at Fin N’ Feather. Looking for donations and volunteers to help with banquet.
6. Strategic Plan – Mission and Vision statement updated. Currently working on Goal 1 on the Strategic Plan. An e-mail will go out to our members to form a committee to work on the strategic plan.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Lawanda Jungwirth, seconded by Bruce Loberg at 7:49pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday April 11, 2022 at Winklers Westward Ho.

BDMCC General Meeting

Monday, February 21, 2022 at 6:30pm at Winkler’s Westward Ho - Oshkosh

 

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, February 21, 2022 at the Winkler’s Westward Ho at 6:35pm by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted.

 

1. Communications
   1. Battle on Bago –tickets are turned in. 400 sold.
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Best to have a 1-month calendar raffle having the drawing take place at Jordan’s home. June is the suggested month for drawing. $20 ticket. More to come on this.
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Lift – Contact Radtke come Spring
   2. Breakwall – Making slow progress.  The contracts end after this year. We will need to rebid everything come next year. The goal is to keep the trail open to the schoolhouse.
4. Parking Lot Camera – will be bought/installed in the Spring
5. Banquet – Thursday, April 7th at Fin N’ Feather. Looking for donations and volunteers to help with banquet. Next banquet meeting will be Monday, March 7th at 5:30pm
6. Strategic Plan – Bruce and Lawanda are working on getting that updated
7. Invasive Plants – Lawanda and Ron would like to put together descriptions and photographs of invasive plants.
8. Wood Duck Houses – Ron and Lawanda filled and fixed the houses. There are 34 Wood Duck houses. Checked 33 of them. 1 of them is not reachable.  15 had feathers, 1 had broken eggs, 6 were entirely empty. Had to repair 9 of them. Out of the 33, 26 were successful. Looking for someone to rebuild houses.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Ken Meier, seconded by Bruce Loberg at 7:38pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, March 14, 2022 at Winklers Westward Ho.

BDMCC General Meeting

Monday, January 17, 2022 at 6:30pm at Winkler’s Westward Ho - Oshkosh

 

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, January 17, 2022 at the Winkler’s Westward Ho by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted.

 

1. Communications
   1. Battle on Bago – Kevin, Don, Ken, Bruce and Jordan all have tickets. Bruce sold his 100 tickets.
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Best to have a 1-month calendar raffle having the drawing take place at Jordan’s home. More to come on this in the near future.
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Lift – We can’t move it ourselves. Contact Radtke to see if there is value we can get out of it.   
   2. Breakwall – We received grant for new rock and we will be adding a 50-foot semi circle to the inside for a turn around.
4. Memberships – Memberships are due!
5. Parking Lot Camera – will be bought/installed in the Spring
6. Banquet – We have Thursday, April 7th reserved at the Fin for our banquet. First banquet meeting is scheduled for Monday, January 24th 6pm at Westward Ho
7. Strategic Plan – Bruce and Lawanda will meet and get that updated

 

Meeting was adjourned by Don Stowe, seconded by Pete Guckenberg at 7:25pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, February 21, 2022 at Winklers Westward Ho.

BDMCC General Meeting

Monday, December 13, 2021 at 6:30pm at Winkler’s Westward Ho - Oshkosh

 

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, December 13, 2021 at the Winkler’s Westward Ho by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted.

 

1. Communications
   1. Battle on Bago – Bruce will pick up raffle tickets at their December 15th meeting
   2. Jordan will have all meeting minutes posted on web and reference to them in our monthly Marsh Talks
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – possibly have a cash raffle at each of our monthly meetings
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Break wall –
      1. Met with contractors on site. Will put markers in pails.
      2. There will be a 50-foot semi circle to the inside for a turn around
      3. Environmental Assessment is completed  
4. Gun Raffles – Critter’s agreed that they would help us out with gun raffles
5. Vote for President, Vice President and Board Members – Bruce will stay on as President, Pete for VP and Art Techlow and Ken Meier have been voted to be on the board
6. Parking Lot Camera – will be bought/installed in the Spring
7. Banquet – We have Thursday, April 7th reserved at the Fin for our banquet

 

Meeting was adjourned by Dave Lux, seconded by Pete Guckenberg at 7:25pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, January 17, 2022 at Winklers Westward Ho.

BDMCC General Meeting

Monday, November 8, 2021 at 6:30pm at Winkler’s Westward Ho - Oshkosh

 

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, November 8, 2021 at the Winkler’s Westward Ho by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted.

 

1. Communications
   1. Battle on Bago – Bruce will get raffle tickets as soon as he can
2. Fundraising
   1. Calendar Raffle – Jordan will continue to look into
3. Property/Trail Update
   1. Break wall – Will need to redo some markers.
      1. We are looking to add an amendment - add a 50-foot turnaround at the end of the break wall
      2. Bruce is trying to get a meeting set with contractors before winter
      3. Environmental Assessment – Bruce is pushing to get the paperwork done
4. Pontoon Boat
   1. Pontoon boat is sold. Will look into selling boat lift next year
5. Wiouwash Trail Clean Up – Was completed Saturday, October 16th
6. Gun Raffles – Bruce will look into  
7. Floor was open for nominations - Art noted that he was interested in staying on the board. Include a survey monkey link for voting.
8. Strategic Plan
   1. We need to update the plan possibly in January 2022. Lawanda stated she would like to help with this.
9. Boot Brush Station - We were awarded a Boot Brush Station – they will reimburse us for our tools
10. Banquet – Jordan will call Fin to check on available dates
11. December Meeting – Possibly get a speaker – complimentary appetizers and drinks

 

Meeting was adjourned by Lawanda Jungwirth, seconded by Jim Booras at 7:12pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, December 13, 2021 at Winklers Westward Ho.

BDMCC General meeting

Monday, May 10, 2021 at 6:30pm at the “Pat Hickey” School House

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on Monday, May 10, 2021 at the School House by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted. Treasurer’s report was read and accepted.

 

1. Donations
   1. Carol Hickey donation – An additional $5,000 was donated by Carol Hickey in Pat Hickey’s name to be used at the School House
   2. Battle on Bago – We received $960 from the ticket sales this year

 

1. Property/Trail Update
   1. We have a foundation issue on the School House
   2. Bruce is meeting with the team this upcoming week
      1. Islands #8 and #10 are completed – Island #10 seems to be low on the east side and markers seem to be missing on island #8
   3. Bruce is going to town meeting on May 20th to make them aware of any trail updates
2. Fundraising
   1. Golf Outing Sunday, August 15th at 10am at Winchester Hills. Randy is working on details
   2. Other ideas for fundraising were gun raffles and calendar raffle. Was decided to keep our Banquet in the Spring 2022.
3. Pontoon Boat
   1. Drain and put a new battery in to see if it runs
4. Property Clean Up To Do’s
   1. Fix the posts while the ground is soft
   2. Kiosk Roof – Put a tin roof on
5. Web Updates
   1. Things are going well. Wish List will be updated. Art will be getting Jordan additional updates for breakwall
6. Membership Renewal
   1. It was agreed to change our membership year to calendar year January 1st – December 31st.

 

Meeting was adjourned by Art Techlow, seconded by Lawanda Jungwirth at 7:21pm. Next General Meeting will be Monday, June 7, 2021 at 6:30pm at the “Pat

 

 

BDMCC General Meeting

Monday, September 16, 2019 at 7pm

School House

Guests: Adam Nickel and Chad Casper, DNR

Opening

The General Meeting of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club was called to order on September 16, 2019 in our School house by Bruce Loberg. Minutes were read and accepted from May 6, 2019. Treasurer’s report was read and accepted.

 

Old Business

• Pontoon Boat will be taken out on Wednesday September 18thand will sell as is
• Security cameras need to be put in place at the schoolhouse and in our parking lot. Jordan will look into options. CuddeLink trail cameras was also brought up as an option
• Jordan will contact the county to set up Wiouwash Trail clean up

 

New Business

• F.N. Fun Run presented the club with a $1000 check from their “Fun Run” that took place on Saturday, August 24thwith about 70 people in attendance. 
• Pat Hickey who passed away in June donated $10,000 to the club to be used towards the schoolhouse and education. 
• Our Sign keeps tipping over from wind. The sign will need anchor points on both sides to prevent this. 
• Break Wall Project
  • Phase 1
    • Remove rock islands inside Terrell’s Island 
    • Create an off-shore break wall in Samers Bay estimated 5,850 in length 
  • Phase 2
    • Create a substantial opening that is about 2,200 feet in length on the east side of the Terrell Island break wall. The rock material that is removed to create the opening will be used to build Phase 1 of the new Samers Bay break wall. 
  • This will improve fish habitiat and provide better fishing opportunites for boat and shoreline anglers. Of course the down side is the trail no longer being “a loop”. 
  • Public Meetings will be held to explain to the public why part of the trail will be taken out. 

 

Meeting was adjourned at 8:11pm by Randy Pointon, seconded by Pete Guckenberg. The next General Meeting will be at 7pm on January 13, 2020, at the Fin N’ Feather.

 

Minutes submitted by:  Jordan Vanderloop, Administrative Assistant 

General Meeting Minutes

Butte des Morts Conservation Club

May 6, 2019 7:00 pm
Terrell's Island Classroom

Board Members:
Present: Bruce Loberg, Pete Guckenberg, Dave Lux, Randy Pointon, Randy Marx, Kevin Stowe, Joe Yana, Art Techlow

Others Present: Administrative Assistant, Alicia Monday, Cindy Loberg, Gary W.


Proceedings:

1. Meeting minutes from 12/3/18 & 3/28/19 meetings read and accepted.

2. Treasurer’s Report: none (will be presented at the next meeting)

3. Banquet Review:

     a.   Registration set up differently next year; group tickets by person instead of by table.

     b.   Dice game: set up as high & low

     c.   Go back to a weekday night instead of Friday.

     d.   One dinner ticket prize instead of 2

     e.   Costs were lower and revenue was about the same as last year’s banquet.

4. Security Issues:

     a.   Damage to door caused by break in; parking lot vandalized

     b.   Carp gate staying down this year. This is due to several years of vandalism of the barrier. (Adam Nichols)

     c.   Alicia will call ADT for pricing on security for parking lot, classroom; also check prices for Ring doorbell and cameras.

5. Trail washouts:

     a.   Need large rock to fill in areas for safety; contact DNR for proposal – Art believes there are grants available (Bruce)

6. Pontoon boat:

     a.   Cover is torn; trailer is broken; motor doesn’t run. Decision has been made to sell it as is. (Bruce & Pete G)

7. Golf Outing: 3rd Sunday in August (the 18th) – Randy will touch base with Winchester Hills

8. Culvert Project: going to bid soon; BDMCC to contribute $10,000 to the project. (Bruce)

9. Wiouwash Trail Clean up: Alicia will set up with the county.

10. Art T: Money available for shoreline protection; point to point for habitat restoration. He will investigate with Chad. This for the south shoreline. (Art)

11. Bottled water will be the only refreshment offered at meetings scheduled at the classroom unless otherwise stated in an announcement. You are welcome to bring a beverage of your choice.

12. Need to review our strategic plan at future meeting. (Alicia)

13. Our bylaws need to be up dated to the current level and posted to the website. (Bruce)

14. We need to set the next meeting time, give more planning time for members. (Bruce)

15. Motion to adjourn by Randy, second by Art. Meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m.
 

- Minutes submitted by Admin Assist: Alicia Monday; approved by Bruce Loberg

 

Team Winnebagoland is having New Rider Orientation on Thursday May 2nd, 4:30pm - 6:30pm. Learn about safety, trail etiquette, maps and clubs. Free Dinner & Drinks. Registration open to the first 50 people. 

Click the link below to be taken to the Team Winnebagoland New Rider Orientation sign up page. 

https://www.teamwinnebagoland.com/new-utv-rider-orientation-oshkosh-wi

From U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary Neenah/Menasha Flotilla 47-03:

Neenah/Menasha Flotilla 47-03 announces Operation Oshkosh, a FREE Vessel Safety Check blitz at Rainbow Park in Oshkosh on Saturday morning, May 25 from 9:00 AM-noon.

This non law-enforcement check will let the skipper know if they have all the proper equipment on board to meet Federal, State and Local boating regulations. Items that will be checked include:

• Registration and Numbering
• Navigational Lighting
• Life Jackets
• Ventilation Systems
• Distress Signals (flares, horn, etc.)
• Battery cover & connections
• More…

A Vessel Safety Check (VSC) is performed at Rainbow Park and usually takes 15 to 30 minutes, depending upon the size of your boat – a small investment of time that can actually save a life. Boats and personal watercraft that successfully pass our safety exam will receive their 2019 U.S. Coast Guard VE sticker to display throughout the boating season.

No registration is required – exams are offered on a first-come-first-serve basis. To learn more about Neenah/Menasha Flotilla 47-03, click HERE.

Direct link to the event:

https://fwwa.org/2019/04/25/operation-oshkosh-2019/

Celebrate Water Door County would like to invite you to their 2019 Water Summit - June 4-6, 2019!   

A year of celebration has lead to this: a three-day summit at the Landmark Resort in Egg Harbor, featuring a keynote speaker, educational sessions, and field trips.

$35/per person registration includes: Breakout educational sessions, three meals, keynote presentation by Jill Heinerth of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, luncheon with author Dan Egan (The Death and Life of the Great Lakes), and a breakfast with Community Foundation CEO & President, Bret Bicoy. The keynote presentation is held at the Door Community Auditorium and is free and open to the public. 

 

Field trips are optional and presented for $20, which includes transportation.

Included in the summit activities is a Science Poster Project that gives high school or college students an opportunity to present a project among their peers and professionals.

You can reserve a room at The Landmark during the Summit by calling 1 (800) 273-7877. Request a room in the Celebrate Water block. Reservations are needed by April 20, 2019.

You may view speaker biographies and register at the following link:

 https://celebratewaterdoorcounty.org/2019summit/

 

Thank you to all who attended the Spring Banquet and also to those who support our organization through donations and help during our events. We hope you had a great time!  

Mark Your Calendars! Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for Wisconsin and Beyond

LWV of GREATER GREEN BAY ANNUAL MEETING AND DINNER

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Tundra Lodge and Conference Center

865 Lombardi Avenue, Green Bay

SCHEDULE FOR THE EVENING

5:00 – 6:00 Annual Meeting

6:00 – 6:45 Social

6:45 Dinner with Speaker to follow

Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities for Wisconsin and Beyond

Speaker Johnathan Patz M.D., MPH

Patz is a professor and Director of the Global Environmental Health Institute at UW-Madison and the John P. Holton Chair in Health and the Environment. He is an internationally known authority on the environmental health effects of climate change. He shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore as one of the Lead Authors of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. and serves on science advisory boards for the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Protection Agency. He pioneered the field of climate change and health in the 1990s, and in 1995 he authored the American Public Health Association’s first policy resolution on the threat that climate change poses for public health. Dr. Patz has designed environmental health courses and has trained a generation of young professionals in this new field.

Meal Selections:

Grilled Salmon Fillet served with Italian Roasted Red Potatoes

Pecan Crusted Chicken served with Yukon Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Portobello Stack served with Wild Rice Pilaf

All dinners include service charge; chef’s choice of vegetables, salad, rolls and butter, tea, coffee or milk

Before April 30, please send a $29 check made out to LWVGGB along with your dinner choice to: LWVGGB, PO Box 1923, Green Bay, WI 54305-1923

Direct link to event:

https://fwwa.org/2019/04/15/mark-your-calendars-climate-change-risks-and-opportunities-for-wisconsin-and-beyond/

Thank you to Winnebagoland for their generous gift to our club! We were able to put a new roof on the small building located at Terrell's Island.  

 

UPDATE ---- TRAIL REPAIR IS COMPLETE!!  Terrell's Island will be open for visitors today at 12pm.  Radtke Contractors did a fabulous job. They went above and beyond. Thank you so much!!!!!

** ATTENTION TRAIL VISITORS **  The excess water in the spring caused some erosion on the breakwall and the trail . We have a company coming to repair the damage. As a result the whole trail will be closed Thursday Aug 2 and Friday Aug 3; open for the weekend and then closed again Monday Aug 6 and Tuesday Aug 7. Sincere apologies for the short notice but these repairs are necessary to keep the trail in tip-top shape. Thank you for understanding. BDMCC

Please join or renew your membership with the Butte des Morts Conservation Club. Memberships support our work at Terrell's Island and will go towards updating the clubhouse building, maintenance on Terrell's Island, as well as funding projects to increase desirable wildlife and vegetation habitation.

 

Educators, use our classroom on Terrell's Island this fall. What a great way to teach preserving and restoring our natural resources!  How about a writing class, or a biology class, even a social studies class?  Terrell's Island is a great place to observe, experience, and enjoy nature.  Contact us at info@bdmcc.org for a reservation or more information today!

Please join local paddlers in a water hyacinth monitoring event hosted by the Wisconsin Aquatic Invasive Species Partnership and River Alliance of Wisconsin.

Originally found in Lake Winneconne in October 2015, water hyacinth has the potential to significantly alter aquatic environments if it becomes established in Wisconsin. To prevent that from happening, a cleanup event occurred on Lake Winneconne in the fall of 2015. While it is unknown if water hyacinth can survive Wisconsin's winters, we are not willing to take that risk, and need your help to make sure no additional plants are present in Lake Winneconne.

Participants will be asked to paddle lake shore and channels near Lake Winneconne Park and will need to provide their own boats and paddles, life vests, water and other outdoor necessities (sunscreen, bug spray, snacks, etc.). Both canoes and kayaks can be used.

If you're unable to paddle, feel free to come down and check out our displays on aquatic invasive species and learn other ways you can help.

We will plan to paddle unless there are high winds, heavy rain or lightning. Please register in advance so we can contact you in the event of weather problems.

Click to register: 
https://www.wisconsinrivers.org/events/display/item/water-hyacinth

The Butte des Morts Conservation Club invites the public to enjoy Terrell's Island 365 days a year from sunrise to sunset.

Thank you!

BDMCC Board President Pete Ehlert presented Jim Rescheske, Board President of Winneconne Thrift & Gift with a plaque of appreciation for their continued support of our projects at Terrell's Island at the General Membership meeting on October 5th. Winneconne Thrift & Gift donates profits from their store to area charities through their grant program every year!

The ramp to the Community Classroom is complete! This ramp will allow access to the Terrell's Island Community Classroom to people with all abilities. Thanks to all those who helped, especially Tom Herbert, Randy Pointon, Bob Albright, Ken Meier, Pete Stein, and Pete Guckenberg! Thanks again to Winneconne Thrift & Gift for your donation for the supplies!

The BDMCC would like to thank Kendall Prehn of Oshkosh for all of her hard work and dedication to her project at Terrell's Island!

"Prehn's Gold Award project helped to improve the public's knowledge of Terrell's Island and its environment. Owned by the nonprofit Butte des Morts Conservation Club, the 1,200-acre Terrell's Island consists of cattail marsh and wet meadow and was created in 1964 to assist landowners with shoreline protection.

Her project included planning, fundraising, building three Aldo Leopold benches, adding eight trail posts and creating a tri-fold brochure that tells visitors what they are seeing on the trail, which was constructed in 2013. In addition, Prehn also created a PowerPoint presentation that tells of the island's history and environment.

She personally put in more than 80 hours to complete the project.

Pete Guckenberg of the Butte des Morts Conservation Club served as Prehn's adviser. A member of Girl Scout Troop 2092, she is the daughter of Rob and Denise Prehn."

Here is the link to the article: 
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/local/community/2015/02/11/girl-scout-prehn-gold-award/23247083/

Kendall Prehn, of Oshkosh, created sign posts and conducted research on Terrell's Island for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Kendall installed sign posts throughout Terrell's Island that correlated to an informational pamphlet that she also created. This project will offer visitors a unique look at the history of Terrell's Island and the projects completed on the property.

Please read the two by-law revisons (5 & 6) dealing with changes to membership with the BDMCC.

By: Robert Zimmer

As waterfowl season arrives, the Butte des Morts Conservation Club and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources aim to create new wetland habitat to attract nesting ducks and other water birds.
Over the past several years, the arrival of American white pelicans to the area has created an unexpected problem. The Winnebago basin has become so attractive to the birds as a breeding area that some of their nesting areas are over-crowded and no longer desirable habitat for breeding waterfowl.

To restore a portion of wetland habitat to attract nesting waterfowl, the BDMCC, working with the DNR, is focusing on a series of five nesting islands located, with the Terrell's Island Wetland Restoration Area, along the south shore of Lake Butte des Morts.

The islands, within a protective limestone breakwall, are sheltered from wave action and erosion on the big lake.

Originally built to attract nesting diving ducks, such as redheads, and other waterfowl, recent years have seen them taken over by breeding pelicans. The population of white pelicans, as well as double-crested cormorants, has exploded in our area since the early 1990s. Conditions at the islands have become so severe that the club, along with the DNR, had to rethink ways to make them more attractive to nesting ducks and less attractive to the pelicans and cormorants.

To do this naturally, a restoration project began in September to return the islands to their original intended state.

DNR Winnebago System Biologist Arthur Techlow III said: "We are creating emergent plant beds that, if they become dense enough, may attract other water-nesting birds, such as Forster's terns, grebes and diving ducks, such as redheads. The main goal is to create additional wetland habitat while reducing the available nest area for cormorants and pelicans. The sheer numbers of these birds has caused a significant decline in local water quality and the fishery."

At last count, more than 1,200 pelican nests and 920 cormorant nests were located on the small series of islands.

According to Techlow, the islands offer the perfect nesting conditions for these birds — isolation from predators and human disturbance, as well as good foraging opportunities. The pelican population has become so high and the concentration of birds so dense that concerns such as avian botulism and other disease is sufficient cause to disperse the birds.

Pelicans dispersed from the nesting islands have other suitable habitat in the area for breeding.

"They have also been nesting on the breakwall itself and nearby privately owned islands," Techlow said.

Other nesting areas for pelicans around the area include colonies at Horicon, Green Bay and Lake Winnebago.

To deter some of the pelicans and cormorants from nesting here, the DNR will plant four species of emergent vegetation. Hardstem bulrush, river bulrush, three-square bulrush and bur-reed will be planted along the perimeter of each nesting island to create a barrier as they grow.

Diving ducks and grebes will be right at home in this shoreline barrier, while the pelicans, which prefer an open shoreline where they can waddle ashore quickly, will be deterred. Trees from the island, which were never intended but colonized there all on their own, will be removed to deter tree-nesting cormorants.

The restoration project, lower pelican numbers on the nest islands, and ongoing maintenance will result in higher numbers of nesting waterfowl in the area, as well as grebes and terns.

A population of redheads is especially desirable. The redhead is a stocky diving duck with reddish-maroon head and grayish back. Most redhead nesting areas exist west of the Mississippi River, but the bird has established several nest sites in Wisconsin wetlands, including Horicon.

By Art Techlow and Nicole DeKeuster.

In March of this year the Butte des Morts Conservation Club, together with the WDNR, built several nesting islands on Lake Butte des Morts. We are happy to report that we successfully attracted eleven nesting pairs of the State Endangered Common Tern.

The island is only about 30 x 40 feet across the top and 3 ½ feet above the lake surface. It is small, remote, unvegetated, and predator free – just what common terns like for nesting. Art Techlow, Biologist with the WDNR, counted eleven common tern nests with eggs on the island at the end of July. Adult terns had no problem warding off potential threats to their chicks, they defend their nests by swooping and diving at the perceived menace. Most often these are large birds such as geese, pelicans and cormorants which might accidentally trample nests and eggs. But sometimes they go after humans, as Art found out after being struck in the head several times over the years while checking nesting sites.

It only takes about three weeks for the young to fledge (i.e. to be able to fly), and by late August all the adults and their young had left the island. This is typical; the birds quickly disperse to better foraging areas as the young take wing. (Common terns feed on minnows and other small fish by diving on the wing.)

The successful hatch of common terns on the newly constructed island is the first on Lake Butte des Morts in well over ten years. And this new site is one of only four in Wisconsin currently being used by the birds for nesting. The success of these birds represents the strong commitment of all those involved in supporting, funding, designing and constructing this project.

Common terns are just one of many species that have been adversely affected by PCB contamination in the lower Fox River and Green Bay. The funds for construction of the islands came from the settlement reached with the companies responsible for releasing the toxin into our environment. No taxpayer money was used.

The island is part of the 1183 acre Terrell’s island property owned by the non-profit Butte des Morts Conservation Club. The property is open to the public and more information can be found on their website www.bdmcc.org. The club’s mission is to provide Conservation, Preservation, and Restoration (CPR) to the wetlands and wildlife habitat of Lake Butte des Morts, its' tributaries, and surrounding wetlands.

The Country Today
By Diane Baumgart
Regional Editor

LAKE BUTTE DES MORTS- American white pelicans have found a home at the Terrell's Island wetlands. More than 600 pelicans nested there this year.

In 1998, the Butte des Morts Conservation Club purchased 1,200 acres of wetlands on the south shore of Lake Butte des Morts, which is part of the Lake Winnebago system. They placed the area into a non-profit public trust and began restoring the area as an attractive home for wildlife. Seven islands were built, with two of them completed in March. Club members added riprap, vegetation, fencing and netting. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources funded the construction of a break wall.

As preservation work continued, the birds took notice.

"We almost fell over when we found pelicans a year ago," said Pat Fisher, founder of Feather Rehabilitation Center in New London. "We were releasing a northern harrier in Omro when a kid said, 'Look at the pelicans.' There were about 300 of them flying in unison."

As they stood watching the birds, Ms. Fisher and the other rehabilitators wondered about the possibility of banding the birds. They contacted the conservation club and asked permission, which they got, along with a pontoon and other equipment. Club members showed them the main island filled with pelicans.

On May 31, they banded 11 pelicans.

"There were nests with babies all over the one island," Ms. Fisher said. "Some chicks were swimming; some were on nests, some walking around. There were eggs hatching. When you are in the boat it takes your breath away."

Banding them was challenging.

"We had no idea what we were up against," Ms. Fisher said. "It's messy work. (Pelicans) throw up fish on you."

Pelicans have wingspans up to 9 feet, Ms. Fisher said. They don't dive. They herd their dinner into shallow areas and scoop them up in their beaks. They lay an average of two eggs but the second chick usually doesn't survive.

A large percentage of the conservation property is wetlands, club president Nile Roeder said. The 12,000 acres is open for recreational fishermen but no hunting is allowed from the high grounds.

"We hope to preserve the natural resources and help Lake Butte des Morts act as a filter and breeding area for fish and natural species," Mr. Roeder said. "That's where banding of the pelicans makes a difference."

Learning about wildlife patterns, food consumption and water quality draws students, conservationists and natural resource personnel to the area. The DNR has collected regurgitation samples on Green Bay to identify which fish the pelicans eat. At Terrell's Island, it's mainly gizzard shad, Mr. Roeder said.

While the first day of banding went well, plans to return a second time didn't work out. June rain elevated the Fox River and the islands almost flooded, Ms. Fisher said. There were many dead birds and lost nests. The birds were stressed; eggs were found floating and many chicks drowned.

Along with nesting pelicans, great egrets were found on a nearby island. An endangered species, the egrets needed protection, Ms. Fisher said.

"Next year, we would like to get permission to band again. We could band earlier where it wouldn't interfere with nesting egrets," Ms. Fisher said. "And we would like to start education trips. We could take kids on boats. The BDMCC has to have individual groups come in throughout the year to maintain their status."

Mr. Roeder said they also hope to continue banding but would need to work closely with the DNR to achieve that goal.

While the area does not have any staff at the site, they hope to open a nature and visitor's center.

"We are trying to get funding to purchase a 20-acre parcel that is privately owned," Mr. Roeder said. "We are going through negotiations. The property would enable the club to build a nature center. Hopefully this area is preserved so future generations can enjoy the birds," Mr. Roeder said.

White pelicans also can be seen nesting at Cat Island in Green Bay and at Green Lake.

Diane Baumgart can be reached at dianebaumgart@sbcglobal.net.