Habitat Restoration - Fall 2022 Tree Planting
Nearly 1 year in planning, we have funding, approval, and a target date for tree planting this fall. Many donors helped make this possible including dedicated gifts from Charlie Mitchell, Mark McNally, David and Julie Zersen, the Ronald McDonald House, Samapa Watertown Apartments, and the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center. Thanks to the Milwaukee County Parks Natural Areas for sponsoring the project. Thanks to Charlie Mitchell and Freddie Hoppe for leading the project.
The trees available/approved for planting in 2022 include:
35 White Oak, 20 Chinkapin Oak, 25 Burr Oak, 20 American Basswood, 20 Black Cherry, and 20 Northern Hackberry. We aspire to plant additional trees including Shagbark Hickory and Sugar Maple as they become available in 2023.
The tentative plan for planting is on Saturday November 5th. Volunteer registration is pending confirmed logistics. These trees are going into the open field between the current woods and the Ronald McDonald House / Watertown Apartments.
The trees that the County recommends to plant are three to six feet tall so the stems are big enough to resist rodents and they would be enclosed in wire-fence enclosures to protect them from deer.
