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Activities: Natural Management Overview:
• Ag Land Rental Most of the natural areas within Mukwonago Park
• Archery
• Bicycling have been altered by agriculture at some point.
• Bird Watching However, some areas have been left untouched,
• Boating (Non-motorized) mostly sloped spaces and/or those consisting of gravel
• Cross-country Races soils. Bur Oaks show savanna structure on these sites
• Cross-country Skiing and some even indicate remnants of native ground
• Day Camp layer underneath the wide canopy. There are some
• Dog Exercise sections of savanna becoming dry forest and some
• Hiking
• Family Gatherings abandoned farm fields showing prairie re-
• Fishing colonization. Elevation varies greatly with the glacial
• Fishing Clinics features and we do have some wetlands and moist
• Geocaching forest toward the southern borders of the park.
• Kayaking/Lessons
• Nature-based Educational Programs The Core Zone for Mukwonago Park covers 66 acres of
• Picnicking
• Primitive Camping Oak Opening. Invasive species that challenge the
• Running/Jogging/Walking management of the Core Zone include Black locust,
• Snowmobiling Black swallow-wort, Common buckthorn, Garlic
• Snowshoeing mustard, Honeysuckle, Spotted knapweed and Sweet
• Swimming/Lessons clover. The goal for management is to maintain and
improve the ecological quality, encouraging

succession of native species and aiming to close the
canopy of the forest areas where appropriate.
Monitoring and controlling the area for invasive
species and new populations of existing invasives is
critical to the health of the Core Zones.

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