Sauk County Youth Conservation Days

Sauk County Land Resources and Environment  hosted two youth conservation days at Upham Woods with local partners including Summer Outdoor Adventure Club (SOAC), WI DNR, DATCP, USDA NRCS, International Crane Foundation, and UW-Entomology to let over 250 students from Webb Middle School and  River Valley Middle School participating in a conservation service project to help develop ecological knowledge and skills needed to restore and preserve our land, water, air and wildlife. In addition to their service project, students had the opportunity to learn directly from these partners in a variety of activities including herpetology, animal signs, honeybee secrets, exploring macro-invertebrates of the Wisconsin River, nature journaling, crane conservation, archery, research in action, and fishing. 

Youth as Partners in Civic Leadership (YPCL) returned to Upham Woods this fall for their annual conference. So many dedicated high school students and youth workers came together to build community and capacity. They are:

-Creating youth centers in Spooner

-Preventing gun violence in Racine

-Searching for spaces for youth art performance in Madison

-Reenvisioning recreation for Hmong youth in Milwaukee

-Curbing substance abuse through gathering spaces in Webster

-Using social media to stop domestic violence in Wisconsin Rapids, Appleton and Beloit

-Creating space for Black Youth voice in Waukesha

-Elevating Indigenous women in Green Bay and Oneida

We are inspired by this amazing work and are grateful to our colleagues at Extension who chose to host their conference here.

Please keep in mind that we have the following community resources available at Upham Woods!

Access Ability Wisconsin (AAW) and Upham Woods are working together on “Outdoors Access 4 All!” ™ We are proud to promote access, inclusion, equity, and healthy living within our programs. As a partner, we work with AAW to increase access to the outdoors by planning inclusive, accessible events and being a host location for their all-terrain outdoor wheelchair (OWC) to use on-site at our location and off-site in the community. 

Learn More!

We are officially a CWD sample site through the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. This box is located in our overflow parking lot and is available 24/7 to drop off your samples.

If you care deeply for the work and mission of Upham Woods and want to help provide a sustaining source of support in the future, consider creating a legacy gift by including the University of Wisconsin Foundation and specifying a restricted gift to Upham Woods in your estate plans. You may prefer to include in your will or trust a sum of money, a percentage of your estate, a specific asset, a work of art, or a piece of real estate that you wish to give.