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OUR mission
The mission of the Ice Age Trail Alliance is to create, support, and protect a
thousand-mile footpath tracing Ice Age formations across Wisconsin.
ON THE COVER: Jared Wildenradt hikes amid budding trees and ephemeral wildfl owers along the Hemlock
Creek Segment which spans Barron and Rusk Counties. Photo by Kris Van Handel.
The Ice Age Trail Alliance (IATA) publishes Mammoth Tales for its members and friends. Together with
the National Park Service, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, local units of government,
businesses, and volunteers from around the state, the IATA works to preserve Wisconsin’s glacial
heritage through the development of the Ice Age National and State Scenic Trail.
The IATA welcomes your comments. Email them to lysianne@iceagetrail.org, call us at
(800) 227-0046, or send them to Mammoth Tales, c/o IATA, 2110 Main Street, PO Box 128,
Cross Plains, WI 53528.
Editor: Lysianne Unruh
Printer: Action Graphics, Butler, WI · (262) 373-1999 · www.actiongraphicsink.com
Printed with soy-based ink on 10% recycled, Wisconsin-sourced paper.
2110 Main Street Designer: Lynn LaSpisa
PO Box 128
Cross Plains, WI 53528 Mammoth Tales template and IATA logo design by Celtic, Inc., Brookfi eld, WI
(262) 789-7630 · www.celticinc.com
(608) 798-4453 (p)
(800) 227-0046 (p) CONTENTS
(608) 798-4460 (f)
info@iceagetrail.org 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Executive Director’s Report
www.iceagetrail.org
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Annual Conference News
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Land Conservation Highlights
VOL. XXXII, NO. 1
SPRING 2020 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outreach & Education Highlights
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philanthropy Highlights
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trailbuilding Highlights
Robert Funk, Whitewater, WI 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trail History
President Elect
Patty Dreier, Stevens Point, WI 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thousand-Miler Journals
Treasurer 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter Highlights
Maureen Skelton, Madison, WI
Secretary 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Member Donor News
Marilynn Nash, Weyerhaeuser, WI 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trail Terminus
Vice President Development
Carol Mueller, Madison, WI
Vice President Leadership Development
Timothy Yanacheck, Madison, WI
Vice President Personnel DIRECTORS STAFF Membership and Grants
John Kolbe, Delafi eld, WI Executive Director and CEO Coordinator
Assistant Secretary John Hutchinson, Sun Prairie, WI Mike Wollmer Eric Sherman
Mike Wollmer, Cross Plains WI Ed Madere, Janesville, WI mike@iceagetrail.org eric@iceagetrail.org
Robert Melzer, Sheboygan, WI Land Steward
James Mills, Madison, WI Trailway Director Eva Ballering
LEADERSHIP MEMORIAL Nancy Peterson, Milwaukee, WI Tim Malzhan Eva@iceagetrail.org
Dick Cates Sam Picone, Summit Lake, WI tim@iceagetrail.org Special Projects Coordinator
Tom Drought Nancy Schuster, Chippewa Falls, WI Director of Land Conservation Brad Crary
Cora Dversdall Danny Tang, Madison, WI Kevin Thusius brad@iceagetrail.org
kevin@iceagetrail.org
Joyce Erdman Matthew Underwood, Madison, WI Trail Program Specialist
Ody J. Fish Director of Philanthropy Dave Caliebe
Roy Gromme DIRECTORS EMERITUS Luke Kloberdanz dave@iceagetrail.org
Russ Helwig Adam Cahow luke@iceagetrail.org GIS Specialist
Gary Klatt Robert Cromer Outreach and Education Manager Tiffany Stram
Warren Knowles Joe Jopek Amy Lord tiffany@iceagetrail.org
Henry Reuss Dave Kinnamon amy@iceagetrail.org Administrative Assistant
Sarah Sykes David Lovejoy Communications Manager Jo Ellarson
Marion “Barney” Viste Dave Phillips Lysianne Unruh joanne@iceagetrail.org
J.J. “Doc” Werner Robert Rusch lysianne@iceagetrail.org
John Zillmer
Raymond Zillmer
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