Past Events
Board meeting is March 29th at the CP Fire Station
Annual Black Earth Creek Spring Clean Up Saturday April 24 8:30 at Salmo Pond
BECWA sponsered Spring meeting on Lake Marion and Lower Black Earth Creek Corridor on April 29th 7:00PM at Wisconsin Heights High School
Board Meeting on Monday, April 27th at the Cross Plains Library at 7 pm
Creek Clean Up Day will be held on April 25, 2009 at Salmo Pond starting at 9am.
Stream Monitoring Workshop will be held May 16, 2009 at Cross Plains Fire Station from 8:30am to 4:30pm. Detailed Flyer (PDF)
DNR Presentation on Cedar Hill Subdividion Development Impacts will be held May 18, 2009 at 6:00pm
Board of Directors Meeting January 26 at 7:00PM. The Meeting will be held at the Cross Plains Fire Station (1501 Bourbon Road).
Board of Directors Meeting Monday, October 27 at 7:30PM. The Meeting will be held at the Cross Plains Library.
SPRING 2008 PAST ENVIRONMENTAL EVENTS
April 19, 2008 Annual Black Earth Creek Clean Up, with Trout Unlimited and Local Schools -- Meet at Salmo Pond between 8:30 and 9 AM.
May 3, 2008 BECWA Display at Cross Plains Trout Days Event
May 10, 2008 UW-Arboretum Native Plant Sale, see www.uwarboretum.org/foa
for details
May 10, 2008 Family Fishing Day, Lake Marion Begins at 10 AM
May 12, 2008 Primer on Lake Marion, 6:30 PM Lake Marion or if weather is inclement the Mazomanie Community Center at 7 PM. (9 Brodhead St.)
The next BECWA board meeting will be at 7 PM June 9 at that Garfoot Library in Cross Plains.
The next BECWA board meeting will be at 7 PM May 26 at that Garfoot Library in Cross Plains.
The next meeting of the BECWA board of Directors will be held on Monday, March 31, 2008 at 7 PM, Garfoot Library, Cross Plains.
The February 25 board meeting, cancelled because of the threat of bad weather has been rescheduled for Monday March 3, 7PM, Rosemary Garfoot Library.
Next BECWA Board of Directors meeting: February 25, 2008, 7 PM. Rosemary Garfoot library Cross Plains, Wisconsin
January 28, 2008 at 7pm at Rosemary Garfoot Public Library, Cross Plains, Wisconsin
Guest speakers will be Kamran Mesbah and Jeremy Balousek from Dane County Land and Water Resources Department.
September Board of Directors Meeting: Monday, September 24, 2007 7PM at Rosemary Farfoot Library in Cross Plains
BECWA Board of Directors meeting: Monday, July 23, 7 PM. Garfoot Library, Cross Plains
The Black Earth Creek Watershed Association Invites You To Explore The History of the Black Earth Creek Watershed
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2006
- 9:15 AM Depart: on bus from the Garfoot library on Julius Street in Cross Plains, Introduction: Mindy Habecker, Dane County/UW-Extension
- 9:30 Pope Farm Park: Mel Pope will share history of area and park
- 10:30 Head west past Wilke Gorge, Cross Plains, Black Earth, Lake Marion, Mazomanie, Mazomanie Historical Society: Bob Dodsworth tour and discussion
- 11:30 Lunch at the Old Feed Mill: Discussion with Dan and Nancy Viste
- 1:00 Return to Garfoot library, panel: Virgil Matz Bob Dodsworth, Bob Saeman.
- 2:00 Audience members reflections, displays from local historical societies
- 2:30 Conclusion of program
Delivering Plants
July, 2006 Carl Jones (left), BECWA board member and Bobbi Fehr (right) Garfoot Library Volunteer and Master Gardener transporting prairie and rain garden plants. These plants were provided by a grant from the Graham-Martin Foundation and have been or will be planted on the site of the new Garfoot library in Cross Plains.
Date: 5/06/2006
Trout Days in Cross Plains
BECWA will have a display booth
Date: 4/22/2006
Earth Day: Black Earth Creek Stream Clean-Up
Saturday, 8:30 AM
Meet at Salmo Pond for assignment and garbage bags
Date: 4/06/2006
Scot Stewart: Fly Fishing in the Black Earth Creek
Thursday, 7:00 PM
Black Earth Library