The Riverwest Park Trust, an organization that is forming to help govern and plan for changes in Kilbourn / Reservoir Park, selected two co-chairs last month: Beth Fetterly of the Urban Ecology Center and Becky Rabatin, a near neighbor of the park.
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Mutual Respect Policy Called for in Riverside Park Between Dog Walkers and UEC
People who walk their dogs in the park near Riverside University High School, just east of the river, are technically breaking a county ordinance. They can be (and sometimes are) ticketed. But it’s one of the biggest, safest green spaces around. So what’s a dog-walker to do?
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Grassroots Group Formed to Advocate Off-Leash Dog Park
The Urban Ecology Center hosted a second meeting October 17 for people interested in a volunteer effort to establish legal off-leash exercise areas for dogs in or near the East Side and Riverwest neighborhoods. There were more than 30 people in attendance and much was accomplished.
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What is the Urban Ecology Center?
The Urban Ecology Center, founded in 1991, is a nonprofit group funded by private members. Twelve schools within a one-mile radius visit the center on field trips. Besides inviting the public to feed its animals, the center offers many other activities for community members. “Our first goal is education,” Darrell Smith, the Community Program Coordinator, […]
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Ask the Naturalist! Nature Questions from Kids
Kids have a way of making us see the world differently–new perspectives, wild ideas, un-thought-of solutions, and a myriad of questions. Kids who visit the Urban Ecology Center ask a constant stream of questions about the native Wisconsin animals that live in our center–questions we may have wondered ourselves but for some reason never asked. […]
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