Calling all volunteers! Join the St. Louis River Alliance on Thursday, July 20th and/or Friday, July 21st from 3-6 p.m. for a volunteer cleanup day at the Piping Plover Habitat Site on Wisconsin Point. Come lend a hand however your schedule allows.
We will be handling non local invasive species such as spotted knapweed and tansy in the piping plover nesting and foraging areas. Participants are encouraged to email projectleader@stlouisriver.org if they are interested in helping at one or both of these days so we have enough tools to go around.
Gloves, buckets and contracting bags will be provided. Please bring your own equipment/materials if you have them. No prior experience needed; safety and plant identification will be instructed. Bending, pulling, and digging are part of the management plan and will require physical movement to complete. The sand will make pulling spotted knapweed easier inside the site, and we will be using shovels and gloves to manage tansy outside the perimeter fencing. Come as long or as little as you'd like. More hands, and more smiles make for easier work!
Bring: water, sun hat, sunglasses, gardening or leather gloves, 5-gallon bucket (if you have any) kneeling pad, snack, sunscreen, bug spray, long socks, and clothing protection from bugs and vegetation with thorns, poison ivy, etc.
Backup date for inclement weather: Thursday July 27th, same time of 3:00pm-6:00pm
Directions: The Piping Plover Habitat Site is located on Wisconsin Point; directions to exact location follow.
Hwy 2 East/Hwy 53 South through Superior, WI.
Turn left onto Moccasin Mike Road (toward City of Superior landfill).
Turn left onto Wisconsin Point Road (before you reach landfill). **NOTE: Last public restroom at first parking lot on right (Lot 1).
Drive almost all the way to the end of the road, pass through Pine Tree forest and pass Native American burial grounds on the right.
Just shortly past this there is a gravel road to the left with a brown closed gate. There will be an SLRA sign to designate the location.
Please walk down gravel approach toward the Bay side of Wisconsin Point, walk through one vehicle gate and then through a 12-foot-tall perimeter fence gate. Turn left and walk down the beach to check-in with SLRA staff. Thank you for your passion and interest!