Garfoot Creek Workday with SWTU

Join the Southern Wisconsin Chapter as we make fishing better along the Garfoot Creek

insert_invitation Sat, Apr 25 at 9:00 AM (CDT)

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Details

Please join the supporters and members of Southern Wisconsin Chapter of Trout Unlimited as we clean up and make the habitat better along Garfoot Creek. This event is free and open to all whether you're a member or not! Feel free to register and bring friends, colleagues, and family members.

SWTU Workday

April 25, 2026 – Garfoot Creek

Time: 9 am to 12 noon (sawyers that have completed a chainsaw safety course please arrive at 8:30, if needed we can provide chainsaws and safety equipment).

Where: Garfoot Creek, Dane County (9050 County Rd KP), where it crosses Cty Rd KP between Cross Plains and Black Earth, about 1.4 miles from Cross Plains. We had a workday at this location last fall. And are returning to continue our work on this stream. Here is a map link to this location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KEyH4J59XC7f7NNH8

What: Clearing small box elders and invasive woodies, and creating burn piles. The site is located just upstream of where it enters BEC. This is an important easement for the Black Earth Creek Watershed. And is one the earliest easements in the Black Earth Creek watershed. It is needing our help.

Bring: Work gloves, sturdy shoes, eye and ear protection, and reusable water bottles that can be filled from our 5-gal water jug. Stay hydrated. Also, there may be some wet spots, so bring your rubber boots if you have them.

Parking: Do not park along KP. It is a busy of a road. We will be parking in the property owner’s barnyard area located at 9050 County Rd KP, Cross Plains. Someone will be there to give directions.

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Future Workdays (Detailed info will be provided later):

Saturday, May 16 – Smith Conley Creek – planting trees, 2800 Cty Rd H, Barneveld

Saturday, May 30 – Big Spring Branch – clearing invasives, 5465 Big Spring Rd, Town of Highland

Tuesday, June 9 – Duerst Property – working with professional STIHL sawyers clearing large boxelders, 7309 Riverside Rd

Visit Workdays – Southern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited for more workday information.

At the end of the event, we are all invited to attend a BECWA event to visit the Festge Springs at the Ice Age Trail Alliance Mammoth's Back Preserve Parking Area, located at 8376 Stagecoach Rd, Cross Plains. Just down the road from us. The event goes to 2pm. Guided 1/3 mile hikes to a significant spring will be offered approximately every 30 minutes. Here is a link for more information about this event https://www.becwa.org/event-details/2026-learn-about-festge-springs