FITCHBURG - The Department of Natural Resources will host four open house/public information meetings later this month to gather further public input on a proposed Southwest Wisconsin Grassland and Stream Conservation Area (SWGSCA) project.
The four open houses/public information meetings, a follow-up to four similar meetings held in July, 2005, are scheduled for:
• Aug. 25 at Belmont - Baymont Inn and Suites, 103 W. Mound View Ave. (Exit 26 off Wisconsin 151 next to Travel Center)
• Aug. 26 at Mineral Point - Comfort Inn, 1345 Business Park Rd. (off Wis. 151 on Wis. 23)
• Aug. 27 at Hollandale - Countryside Lanes, 1255 County F (at junction of Wis. 39 and County F)
• Aug. 28 at Mt. Horeb - State Bank of Cross Plains, 1740 Business Wisconsin 18/151
All four meetings will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. with a 30-minute presentation at 7 p.m. The remainder of the time will be an open house format, with DNR staff answering questions and taking verbal or written comments.
The project area would encompass all or part of the Dane County Towns of Blue Mounds, Perry, Primrose and Springdale; all or part of the Iowa County Towns of Brigham, Dodgeville, Eden, Linden, Mifflin, Mineral Point, Moscow, Ridgeway and Waldwick; Green County Town of York; and all or part of the Lafayette County Towns of Belmont, Blanchard, Elk Grove, Fayette, Kendall and Willow Springs.
For more information, contact either DNR conservation biologist Cathy Bleser at (608) 275-3308, DNR wildlife biologist Bruce Folley at (608) 575-9288, or DNR regional public affairs manager Greg Matthews at (608) 275-3317 or visit the SWGSCA Web site at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/facilities/.
The four open houses/public information meetings, a follow-up to four similar meetings held in July, 2005, are scheduled for:
• Aug. 25 at Belmont - Baymont Inn and Suites, 103 W. Mound View Ave. (Exit 26 off Wisconsin 151 next to Travel Center)
• Aug. 26 at Mineral Point - Comfort Inn, 1345 Business Park Rd. (off Wis. 151 on Wis. 23)
• Aug. 27 at Hollandale - Countryside Lanes, 1255 County F (at junction of Wis. 39 and County F)
• Aug. 28 at Mt. Horeb - State Bank of Cross Plains, 1740 Business Wisconsin 18/151
All four meetings will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. with a 30-minute presentation at 7 p.m. The remainder of the time will be an open house format, with DNR staff answering questions and taking verbal or written comments.
The project area would encompass all or part of the Dane County Towns of Blue Mounds, Perry, Primrose and Springdale; all or part of the Iowa County Towns of Brigham, Dodgeville, Eden, Linden, Mifflin, Mineral Point, Moscow, Ridgeway and Waldwick; Green County Town of York; and all or part of the Lafayette County Towns of Belmont, Blanchard, Elk Grove, Fayette, Kendall and Willow Springs.
For more information, contact either DNR conservation biologist Cathy Bleser at (608) 275-3308, DNR wildlife biologist Bruce Folley at (608) 575-9288, or DNR regional public affairs manager Greg Matthews at (608) 275-3317 or visit the SWGSCA Web site at http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/facilities/.
