Niagara Escarpment Resource Network

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Next Meeting!

News & Announcements!

FRIDAY, July 18th, 2008

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

Town of Ledgeview Municipal Building, Brown County, WI

Click Here for Agenda!

Meeting Attachment (Wis. Stats. 30.24)

NEW ITEMS / SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS!

	New "My Space" Page for Maribel Caves - Put together by Al Schema, this page includes info and discussions on the Maribel Caves County Park which is situated along the Niagara Cuesta.
	FINAL Grant Application for "Wine on the Rocks" Project - Unfortunately, our application was not funded through the Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin Program. We'll try again next year!
	WCMP Escarpment Article by Angela Pierce - Angie is a NERN member who works for the Bay-Lake RPC. She found a nice opportunity to get some press and relate the escarpment to coastal issues in Wisconsin.
	NERN Awarded National Park Service (NPS) Assistance for a "Greenway" Plan! - A copy of the award letter is attached to this link. Keep your eyes out for more on this project soon!
	Viticultural Potential of Calumet County, WI - A report by Kristine Pelkey, Lawrence University - Dec. 2007.
	Viticultural Potential of the Niagara Escarpment - A report by Kristine Pelkey, Lawrence University - Dec., 2007.
	Mapping & Characterization of Springs in Brown and Calumet Counties (.pdf format report prepared by the WDNR and UW-Green Bay - October, 2006 [1.76MB])
	NEW WEBSITE FOR MARIBEL CAVES FRIENDS GROUP!
	Great Lakes Circle Tour Website/Mapping
	Draft 2007/08 NERN Work Program (Excel). Please e-mail us with any input you may have!
	For discussion........Niagara Escarpment Legislation Ideas

Links of Interest:

	Nature Mapping is a biodiversity survey program that allows citizens, school groups, and professionals to enter wildlife observations into a statewide database.
	Visit one of our very active partners, the Door County Invasive Species Team (DCIST)
	New website link! The Wildlands League's Bruce Peninsula Ecosystem Community Atlas - This website has .pdf version (large files!) of the new atlas project - very informative!
	LANDCARE NIAGARA - the web site of Niagara’s Community Land Stewardship Council (Ontario)
	LIMEHOUSE KILN SOCIETY (Ontario)
	CALUMET COUNTY TOURISM
	THE GREAT ARC - IT NOW HAS ITS OWN PAGE! (www.greatarc.org)
	Wisconsin: An Earth Science Paradise by Ted Eischeid. Ted is a local instructor (Fond du Lac School District) and has a great 'tour' of NE Wisconsin that he created. See http://homepage.mac.com/eischeid/fieldtrip/
	The Paleomap Project by Christopher Scotese - An interesting website with animated plate tectonic images. www.scotese.com
	Gathering Waters Webpage on Private Land Protection Options
	Information on the results of our Great Arc Initiative, Workshop III: Approaches to Conservation and Sustainability along the Niagara Escarpment
	Niagara Escarpment Commission's 2004 Leading Edge Conference Proceedings.
	Cherney/Maribel Caves Visioning Session Report (349kb .pdf file)
	Niagara Escarpment Selected as a top 'Land Legacy' Area by the WDNR!
	Wisconsin Wind Energy Report (for a special page and more information on wind energy and the Niagara Escarpment, click here!)

Niagara Escarpment Photo Album

Look at our online photo album filled with pictures of Wisconsin's Niagara Escarpment. For pictures from other places along the Great Arc, click here!

This site was last updated 07/07/08