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Activities: Natural Management Overview:
• Archery Much of the park’s natural area is intact and dates
• Bicycling
• Bird Watching back to at least 1941. The aerial photo from that year
• Canoeing/Kayaking/Rowing shows some haying of the wet areas and some of what
• Cross-country Skiing is currently forest had not been developed at the time
• Day Camp the image was taken. Whether this is due to
• Family Gatherings agricultural practices or lack of fire is uncertain but
• Fishing this portion is definitely out of the historic fire area.
• Fishing Clinics The park is far enough to the north and east to place
• Geocaching
• Hiking it in Wisconsin’s tension zone. Maple forests likely
• Horseback Riding dominated here before settlement. The existing
• Nature-based Educational Programs woodland is of high quality with a diverse ground layer
• Picnicking and should be managed as such.
• Primitive Camping
• Running/Jogging/Walking The Core Zone for Menomonee Park covers 146.3
• Scuba Diving
• Sledding acres of mesic woods, wet forest and marsh. Invasive
• Snowshoeing species that challenge the management of the Core
• Swimming/Lessons Zone include Garlic mustard, Common buckthorn,
• Day Camp Honeysuckle and Canary reed grass. The goal for
management of the wooded areas is to maintain and
Events: improve the ecological quality with very selective
• Run with Wolves – Cara Olson
Walk/Run Event control of the invasive species. Monitoring the area
• 5K Run – Tana Jelugu Assoc. for new invasive species and new populations of
• Veloclause Centraal Criterium Bike existing invasives is critical to the health of this forest.
Race – Veloclause Cycling Inc. For the marsh areas, the goal is to open up the area
• Aquathon – Silver Circle Sports entirely, except for the southwestern portion, and to
• Trail Assail Run – Silver Circle Sports encourage native vegetation while maintaining the
• WI Senior Olympics Bike Race current remnant quality of the meadow.
• Webolos Jamboree – Potawatomi
Area Council
• Father’s Day Run/Walk – Silver Circle
Sports
• Average Joe 5K – Silver Circle Sports

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