Portman Causeway Repair

Portman Causeway Repair

News

Causeway Repairs at Portman Nature Preserve August 27, 2025 The causeway dam repair project at Portman Nature Preserve is mostly finished and the preserve has reopened! The earthen dam looks a bit raw right now but SWMLC’s Stewardship Crew have started the healing...
Noodles in a Haystack

Noodles in a Haystack

News

Noodles in a HaystackEastern massasauga rattlesnake research at SWMLC’s LaGrange Valley Wetlands Guided by memory and a navigation app on his phone, SWMLC’s Conservation & Stewardship Director Mitch Lettow blazed the trail, breaking through forests of broken...
Searchin’ for ‘Saugas

Searchin’ for ‘Saugas

News

Searchin' for 'Saugas in Soggy SituationsEastern Massasauga Rattlesnake Surveys at SWMLC There’s a special feeling of gratefulness when a friend shares their umbrella during a storm.   When the umbrella is so large that it protects a whole ecosystem of plants and...
Outfoxing the Beavers

Outfoxing the Beavers

News

Outfoxing the BeaversAnd other improvements at Spirit Springs Sanctuary Does the sound of running water make you so crazy that you have to drop everything and find the leak right now? If this is you, chances are you’re a beaver! Beavers build dams of mud and sticks to...
Camp Hazelhurst

Camp Hazelhurst

News

Camp HazelhurstA Systematic Rehabilitation Approach How a group of determined property owners are working together to restore habitat. Guest writer, Mike MaloneyPresident, Prairie Club I first visited Camp Hazelhurst in 1999. My wife was writing a book about the...