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2025 Programs
The Kettle Moraine Wild Ones meets at 10 AM (unless otherwise noted) on the third Saturday of each month except December.
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Indoor programs are given at the South Kettle Moraine State Forest Headquarters, Eagle, Wisconsin: S91 W39091 Highway 59 (one mile west of Eagle). Outdoor programs, April to September, are held in various locations and are for members only. No dogs allowed.
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Membership: Basic annual family membership is $40. For more information, email KMWildOnes@gmail.com. To join: wildones.org/membership/.
Nature’s Ways: Emotional Healing and Spiritual Growth Through Nature Interaction
January 18, 2025
Philip Chard, Writer and Psychotherapist
Lyons Biodiversity Project
February 15, 2025
Len Wardzala, Founder and Project Leader
Landscaping for Birds
March 15, 2025
Susan DeVries, Associate Professor, UW Whitewater
Walk: Explore Spring Woodland Flora
April 19, 2025
Members only - Site to be announced
Tour: Woodland Property with a Diverse Mature Tree Canopy and Native Shrubs and Perennials at the Home of Wild Ones Members
May 17, 2025
Members only
Tour: Prairies Surrounding the Home of Wild Ones Member
June 21, 2025
Members only
Tour: Restoration of Wild Ones Members' Heavily-Damaged Property to a Wildlife Paradise
July 20, 2025 NOTE: This tour will be not be on the 3rd Saturday of the month but will be SUNDAY of that weekend!
Members only
Tour: Woodland, Prairie and Rain Gardens the Home of Wild Ones Member
August 16, 2025
Members only
Special Event: Hummingbird Banding
Saturday, September 6, 2025, 7:30 AM
Micky O’Connor, an ornithologist at the Milwaukee Zoo, will again be banding hummingbirds at a member’s home. The owners have landscaped their 30-acre property to attract wildlife of all types. Every year, banding efforts have been very successful. Enjoy watching the banding and holding a hummer in hand! Children are welcome.
Special Event: Monarch Tagging
Sunday, September 8, 2025, 1 - 3:00 PM
Wild Ones members and Rock County Conservationists will gather at a member’s home to tag Monarch Butterflies. A short talk on monarchs with instructions on how to tag monarchs will be followed by hands-on netting and banding of monarchs. The owners have created a Monarch Wayside Station and have landscaped their 30-acre property to attract wildlife of all types. Monarch banding has been helpful in determining monarch migration and winter sites. Children are welcome.
Tour: Oak Savanna and Woodland Restoration at Wild Ones Members’ Property
September 20, 2025
Members only
Native Plant Gardening for Biodiversity - Observations from a Lawn to Garden Project
October 18, 2025
Rebecca LaRose, Native Plant Gardener and Citizen Scientist
TBD
November 15, 2025
Presentation will be followed by Annual Membership Meeting and Election of Officers
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Happy Holidays!
No program in December.