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Explore woodlands, prairie, and grassland areas across Milwaukee County on one of our nature trails! 🥾Nature trails are ...
11/15/2025

Explore woodlands, prairie, and grassland areas across Milwaukee County on one of our nature trails! 🥾
Nature trails are perfect for birding, wildlife watching, getting fresh air, and finding some quiet space
https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Explore/Trails/Nature-Trails

📸 (in order): Riverside Park, Rawson Park, Copernicus Park, Greene Park

Exciting news! Our team has started conducting beaver sign surveys for the first time this year in Milwaukee County Park...
11/14/2025

Exciting news! Our team has started conducting beaver sign surveys for the first time this year in Milwaukee County Parks 🦫🌳
This essential baseline information will help us gain a deeper understanding of the beaver population that calls our parks home.
What Signs Are We Looking For?
Beavers leave some pretty unique clues that reveal their presence. The most common signs we encounter are trees with gnaw marks, as beavers cut them down for building materials and food, leaving behind stumps with distinctive teeth marks. By observing fresh versus old chew marks, we can determine how recently beavers have been in an area. Our surveyors also look for evidence of structures like lodges and dams—beavers build lodges for shelter and dams to create ponds. Occasionally, we might even spot tracks or evidence of slides.
Collecting data is a crucial part of these surveys. We use GPS devices to map the location of beaver signs, sometimes attaching photo documentation. We record specific details such as the diameter of gnawed trees, which species they prefer, and any other relevant observations.
📸: Milwaukee County Parks Natural Areas & Conservation

It is that time of year to watch for hoarfrost 🍂❄️According to the National Weather Service, hoarfrost is defined as a "...
11/14/2025

It is that time of year to watch for hoarfrost 🍂❄️
According to the National Weather Service, hoarfrost is defined as a "deposit of interlocking crystals formed by direct sublimation on objects, usually those of small diameter freely exposed to air, such as tree branches, plants, wires, poles, etc."
Hoarfrost derives from the Old English word “hoary,” meaning getting on in age. With this thought in mind, many trees, especially evergreens, did present a "hair-like" appearance resembling white, feathery beards.
Unfortunately, the hoarfrost only lasted for a short time period in the morning before the sun and warmer temperatures melted the ice crystals. It was an incredible sight to see the crystals glinting in the morning sun.
📸: Wehr Nature Center

UPDATE: As long as optimal conditions hold, a prescribed burn will take place today, Thursday, November 13th, in the Lit...
11/13/2025

UPDATE: As long as optimal conditions hold, a prescribed burn will take place today, Thursday, November 13th, in the Little Menomonee River Parkway. Nature Trails in the burn unit will be temporarily closed, and all access to the work area is prohibited. These are identified in the maps posted below.
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Milwaukee County Parks and contractors Eco-Resource Consulting, Inc. and Good Oak Ecological Services will be conducting a prescribed burn in the Little Menomonee River Parkway this fall. Prescribed fire is a land management activity conducted by trained, certified personnel to help control invasive plants and promote healthy natural communities. Everything needs to be just right to conduct a burn - think wind (direction and speed), humidity, and moisture conditions. Because of this, the exact date of the burn can't be predicted, but it will take place October to early November. Ahead of this our teams develop comprehensive plans and contact appropriate authorities to ensure conditions and safety requirements are in place.

For more information on prescribed burns and other enhancements underway at the Little Menomonee River Parkway visit: www.mkecountyparks.org/little-menomonee-river-parkway-habitat-restoration-wildlife-enhancements-project-aoc

Round up your friends (people and pups) and explore a Milwaukee County Park or Dog Park this Fall 🍂Our team has been dig...
11/13/2025

Round up your friends (people and pups) and explore a Milwaukee County Park or Dog Park this Fall 🍂
Our team has been digitizing photos from the parks over the decades. If you were there or recognize anyone from the photos, send us a message! 📸

11/12/2025

Our trails throughout Milwaukee County, like the Little Menomonee River Parkway Trail, are like no other 🌳
We're looking for your help to shape the future of our Milwaukee County Trails Network. Join us at an upcoming community engagement workshop to share your thoughts on trail accessibility gaps, historic parkway improvements, new soft trail opportunities, and more!
Learn more at https://www.mkecountyparks.org/trails-network-plan

The annual Make a Family Smile Turkey Drive is almost here! 🦃Families in need can join us at the Dr. Martin Luther King ...
11/10/2025

The annual Make a Family Smile Turkey Drive is almost here! 🦃
Families in need can join us at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center on Monday, November 24th, from 9 to 3 p.m. to get a free turkey (while supplies last).
Limit of 1 turkey per household.
Made possible annually by Chris Abele.

Explore the Parks this Fall by bike using the Oak Leaf Trail! 🚲
11/09/2025

Explore the Parks this Fall by bike using the Oak Leaf Trail! 🚲

As fall temperatures drop below freezing, the last wildflowers fade, with asters among the final bloomers. These late bl...
11/07/2025

As fall temperatures drop below freezing, the last wildflowers fade, with asters among the final bloomers.
These late blooms are crucial to the ecosystem, offering vital nectar and pollen to late-season pollinators. With diminishing floral resources as winter nears, asters are essential for sustaining wildlife whether for fueling their migration or allowing them to fatten up before overwintering.
📸: Milwaukee County Parks Natural Areas & Conservation

Turkey Tail mushrooms come in a dazzling array of colors 🦃T. versicolor, whose scientific name translates simply to thin...
11/07/2025

Turkey Tail mushrooms come in a dazzling array of colors 🦃

T. versicolor, whose scientific name translates simply to thin and many-colored, grows throughout the world and is prevalent in our northern forests, found commonly on the stumps and dead trunks of deciduous trees like oak, beech, maple, and birch.

You may have seen these beautiful mushrooms and wondered what causes the different bands of color. Turkey Tail mushrooms contain various pigments, including phenols, which give them a range of colors, from browns to deep blues, blacks, and grays. These pigments protect the mushroom from UV radiation and environmental stresses.

One of the most vivid colors that you’ll find on these mushrooms is a bright green. However, this green is usually a ring of green algae rather than an actual color of the mushroom.
📸: Wehr Nature Center

11/05/2025

Join us for the ribbon cutting of the Jackson Park Sport Courts!

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