Volunteer Opportunities in the Conservancy
Check out our brochure for ways to get involved!
Upcoming restoration workdays in May
Wednesday May 1
Saturday May 18
For more details visit
our Restoration Volunteers page.
Kids for the Earth
Interested in
presenting environmental topics for K-12 students visiting the
conservancy? You can volunteer or join our paid naturalist
staff - see our brochure
or visit our Kids for the Earth page for
details and contact information.
Fireflies and other beetles
June Conservancy Day
June 20, 2013
8:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Orchid Heights Park Shelter, 4198 Park Trail, Middleton WI 53562 (marker D on the map)
Guide: Colleen Feist, naturalist
When is a bug not a bug? What message does a firefly send to other fireflies with it's blinking light? What is the Lost Ladybug Project? Learn answers to all of these questions and try your hand at blinking like a firely. Maybe you'll catch one! This program is packed with educational activities for adults and children. Come out, share the night, and enter the fabulous world of fireflies and other beetles!
New Fauna Website
Explore some of the smaller fauna of the conservancy
Discover some of the smaller animals found in the conservancy, including insects, spiders, reptiles, and amphibians. The smaller fauna webpage includes photos, natural history and identification tips where available, and links to more information. It also contains links to other resources covering fauna in the conservancy and the state.
Some of the (smaller) fauna of Pheasant Branch Conservancy
And in case you missed it the first time around, visit the companion Flora of the Conservancy website!
Pheasant Branch Conservancy Flora
Corrected Spring/Summer newsletter
We are posting a corrected version of the FOPB Spring/Summer newsletter, which arrived in homes on Earth Day, April 22, 2013. An error occurred in the article "Bock Community Garden Update," where several words were omitted at the page break.
Corrected Spring/Summer newsletter
Order Your 2013 Phenology Calendar Today
Learn about nature with our Pheasant Branch Conservancy calendar
Record your personal phenology observations in the 2013 Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy Phenology Calendar. The calendar again features photographs from our photo contest. It also includes a checklist for seasonal animal and plant events, sunrise, sunset and weather data, and monthly nature notes.
The calendars make great gifts!
$12.95 for one calendar
$25 for two calendars and $12.50 for each thereafter (delivered to the same address)
$100 for 10 calendars (delivered to the same address)
Order online using PayPal or download and mail in the order form below.
Instructions for ordering online using PayPal
Download the Phenology Calendar Order Form
Surf the Web and Help the Friends
Who do you GoodSearch and GoodShop for? Use this online search engine to help protect and restore the Pheasant Branch Conservancy! How does using the internet help protect the environment, you ask…
GoodSearch is a search engine (powered by yahoo, so it’s a good one) that donates money to a user specified non-profit each and every time a search is performed. The money comes from advertisers. If 100 FOPB members search twice/day for an entire year, we would earn $730 a year.
GoodShop is connected to many online retailers, such as Amazon and Best Buy. The user selects a non-profit and the retailer donates a percentage of the sale. If you make online purchases, please check to see if the retailer is a part of this socially responsible website.
We need your support to keep our restoration and education efforts going strong. Start using GoodSearch and GoodShop today – remember to check the Friends of Pheasant Branch as the non-profit.