A poster child for preservation

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers visited Tendick Nature Park in the Town of Saukville last week to highlight how state funding is helping to protect and restore state coastal areas.

Evers took a walking tour through the park on Wednesday, July 17, as part of a tour  of projects that have received funding from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, or WCMP.

Evers was joined by state Department of Administration Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld, as well as by Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Director Andrew Struck.

The Ozaukee County Planning and Parks Department received a $93,333 grant through WCMP, the governor’s office said in a press release. The county is in the process of using those and other funds to complete stream, wetland and habitat restoration on Tendick Creek and other areas in the park.

The project will support activities to re-meander and restore a 905-foot stretch of degraded stream channel and restore 1.12 acres of wetlands.

Work at Tendick reviewed by Evers is the latest of several efforts undertaken at Tendick in recent years, including a bluebird box trail, which has received statewide recognition.

Other projects include tree planting and native prairie restoration, which has taken place since 2007, with support from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pheasants Forever, American Transmission Co., Bird City Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, We Energies and Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust.

The 125-acre park includes a disc-golf course and boat and kayak launch on the Milwaukee River.