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2008 Programs
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Helping Hands ~ ~
~ Cakes at the Lake The Program Guide is now available. Check it out here (click "Programs" to the left), or email info@hunthill.org to have a hard copy sent to you.
~ ~ ~ ~ Spring Helping Hands & Barn Dance ~ ~ ~ ~ May 3 Helping Hands begins at 8am; Duck for the Oyster Barn Dance 7:30-11:30
Everyone is invited to lend talents, energy, and enthusiasm to help open up the Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary camp in Sarona for the season. There are many tasks to accomplish! Getting the garden ready, bringing the dorms out of their winterization, clearing up the trails, setting up the waterfront, sprucing up the library… Free lodging for our volunteers Friday and/or Saturday night. Continental breakfast and lunch will be served to volunteers. In honor of our volunteers, Hunt Hill sponsors Duck for the Oyster Saturday night, for a free evening of live music and dancing for all volunteers. Great opportunity for scouts and youth to do volunteer work and join the fun. You don’t have to be a member to participate in this fun weekend. Call to reserve a free overnight room and to let us know you are coming. Wear work clothes and gloves. Call 635-6543 or email program@hunthill.org to preregister.
Barn Dance at Hunt Hill with Duck for the Oyster Free to volunteers. $7/person; $12/couple; $15/your whole family Join in the fun and entertainment at a real live Barn Dance at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary with Duck for the Oyster. Kick up your heels, clap and sway to the live music as you learn new and old barn dances. No reservations necessary – bring your whole family and enjoy the evening. Free to volunteers who have helped open the camp during the day; $7 per person; $12 per couple; or bring your whole family for $15.
~ ~ ~ ~ Cakes at the Lake ~ ~ ~ ~ Saturday, May 10 8am Cakes; 10am “Sharing Shallows and Near-shore Areas with Wildlife” with John Haack
Cakes at the Lake kicks off its Saturday morning eat-and-learn breakfast series on May 10 at Hunt Hill Audubon Sanctuary in Sarona. UW-Extension Basin Educator John Haack opens the summer season with “Sharing Shallows and Near-shore Areas with Wildlife.” The educational programs, which begin at 10 a.m., are free. They have grown to gatherings of 100+ people of all ages interested in watershed history and its web of life. The pancake breakfasts start at 8 a.m. and cost $6 for adults; $3 for 6-12; and free for 5 and under. We are all drawn to the water’s edge. John Haack says that these areas are also vital places for wildlife. As many as 90% of all the living things found in our lakes and streams spend all or part of their life cycles along the shallow margins and shores. Our first Cakes at the Lake speaker will explore the many things we can do to improve fish and wildlife habitat on waterfront properties. Plus, he’ll introduce some wild lake neighbors—frogs! He’ll have on hand several frog species common to Wisconsin’s shorelands.
On June 21, Cakes at the Lake continues with “Pollinators—Our Stinging Friends” by Long Lake beekeepers. During the July 12 “Bird Calls and Territories,” young and old can talk to the birds. Please note a DATE CHANGE from the LLPA Calendar for August’s program. Cakes will be August 9, and you won’t want to miss a costumed Kevin McMullin taking us back to “Logging Days in Story and Song.” The season will close with DNR wildlife specialist Chris Cold’s program on “Fur and Fangs.” He could bring along a live fur-bearer as well as pelts for people to handle. Cakes at the Lake is a seasonal series co-sponsored by the Long Lake Preservation Association and Hunt Hill. For directions, call 715-635-6543
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På svenska
2008
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~ Beginning in the summer of 2008, Hunt Hill will offer Swedish Language and Culture Immersion camp for teens and adults. Eva Apelqvist of Spooner, a native of Stockholm, Sweden, will be Dean of the Swedish Camp. Combine your love of nature and your longing to learn more about your Swedish heritage at this unique Swedish language and culture immersion camp. In addition to language training on a beginning, intermediate and/or advanced level by experienced and skilled teachers, På svenska offers you a number of exciting learning opportunities. You will receive instruction in how to cook a number of popular Swedish foods. You will be exposed to modern and not so modern Swedish culture, history, and politics. And of course, you will be challenged to learn all you can about the culture you love. Delicious Swedish dining, camaraderie, Swedish crafts, guided nature walks in the Audubon sanctuary, a genuinely Swedish midsummer celebration, and social evening programs including lectures, movies, and live music, will make this camp experience one in a life time. Space is limited. We accept applicants on
a first come, first served basis. The cost of the camp is
$475 – all inclusive for the week (food, snacks, lodging,
staff, program supplies). If you want a single room, you may
add $55/week to your registration fees. Brochure and
registration forms are available at
www.hunthill.org or
you may contact the office to have one mailed to you - 715
635 6543 or
info@hunthill.org.
Check out the brochure and
registration materials
at this
link.
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Greetings from Nikki Nelson ~ ~ ~
~ Merry winter days! I hope you are
staying warm on these extra chilly nights and anticipating, as I am,
the excitement of the spring I am a native of Cameron but lived in Eau Claire while going to school to pursue a degree in Biology Education. I spent the last three months in Mississippi as a naturalist through the Student Conservation Association. While working in Mississippi, I realized that my passion lies in environmental education. I love watching kids get mud on their hands and the look of excitement as they explore the world around them. I feel a personal responsibility to help children connect with nature. With all the current debates regarding the environment and lure of technologsy, we need to entice children back to the land. As Aldo Leopold states, the land includes soils, waters, plants, and animals, and by giving children these first-hand experiences with the land, I hope to instill in them a sense of appreciation and desire to help protect the wonders around us. As the new kid on the block, please feel free to email, call, or stop by, and say ’hi!’ I look forward to being around for a long time and hopefully getting to know ALL of you! In parting, I would like to leave you with a quote from Chief Seattle, “We do not inherit the earth from our elders we merely borrow it from our children.” ~ Nikki Nelson, Program@hunthill.org |
graduate of Gustavus Adolphus
College in St. Peter, MN where I majored in Scandinavian
Studies and Psychology. While at Gustavus I played
hockey and lacrosse, was co-president of Viking Society
(A group that promoted Swedish and Scandinavian studies
on campus) and lived in the Swedish House. Before
college I studied abroad in Leksand, Sweden, where I
learned Swedish and fell in love with the language and
the culture. I have worked for three summers at
Sjölunden, a Swedish language summer camp for children
ages 6 to 18, and plan on working there again next
summer. I’ve also worked as a Swedish tutor at Gustavus
for the Scandinavian studies department and as a private
tutor for children and families in the St. Peter area.
I look forward to sharing my love of Swedish language
and culture with everyone at Hunt Hill this year. Vi
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season! I am thrilled and thankful to
announce that I am back at my favorite natural spot, Hunt Hill. Only
this time, I’m not here as a visitor or environmental educator, but
as the new Program Director!