Forest Exploration Center

One of the penalties of an ecological education is that one lives alone in a world of wounds. Much of the damage inflicted on land is quite invisible to laymen. An ecologist must either harden his shell and make believe that the consequences of science are none of his business, or he must be the doctor who sees the marks of death in a community that believes itself well and does not want to be told otherwise.

― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac   

Yesterday was a good day for Wisconsin's Forest Exploration Center (FEC).  Yup - that is now the official name for the 67 acres of  state-owned forestland on the historic Milwaukee County Grounds in Wauwatosa.   

The FEC earned the unanimous support of Wisconsin's Natural Resources Board for the Tier Three Management Sheet (pardon the jargon) and advance the mission and vision of the non-profit organization.   

Progress is being made towards the construction of an ADA trail, stormwater management, controlling invasives, reforestation, restricting access to sensitive wildlife habitat, getting urban children in the woods and much more.  

Raising a toast to sustainable forestry.  

Cheers!  

Learn more about the Forest Exploration center at their homepage:  http://www.forestexplorationcenter.org/   

And like the FEC on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/forestexplorationcenter/