Wood Clearing Work Day

Finishing House

MacKenzie Friends and Volunteers, Steven has asked for help clearing a bunch of downed hazard trees around the Maple area and along the trails (all before Maple Fest). The plan is to buck up both hard and soft wood and load most of it to the splitting area and leave some near the sap cooker ... Read More

Wood Clearing Work Day

Finishing House

MacKenzie Friends and Volunteers, Steven has asked for help clearing a bunch of downed hazard trees around the Maple area and along the trails (all before Maple Fest). The plan is to buck up both hard and soft wood and load most of it to the splitting area and leave some near the sap cooker ... Read More

Work Day to Prepare Wood for Later Splitting

The MacKenzie Center W7303 County Highway CS, Poynette, United States

Friends and Volunteers, These past three weeks we have moved a lot of wood to the splitting area that needs blocking in preparation for splitting this Spring. A group will start bucking it up this Friday, March 16th. Help is needed to separate and handle the blocked wood (and maybe a third chain saw). There also ... Read More

Master Gardeners Tree Trimming in MacKenzie Orchard

Badger Den

A Master Gardener group of 10 – 12 will be coming to MacKenzie on March 27 at 5:00 pm to trim the orchard trees. Following the trimming, the group will meeting in the Badger Den for a presentation on trimming by former DNR Forester, Jim Bernett. The group will park along the Administration road and are to wear ... Read More

Maple Fest Set-up Day

Finishing House

Anyone interested in helping to get things set-up for Maple Fest 2018 should meet at the Finishing House on Friday, April 6, at 9 am. Our tasks include: Move Grills to Concessions Area Deliver Food & Concessions to Maple Storage Sweep / Clean Maple Concessions Area Clean Finishing House Set Up Tents (4) Maple Syrup Sales ... Read More

Maple Program Education Clean-up Day

Lodge

Dear Maple Education Volunteers, The Maple Education Program Clean Up Day will be Tuesday April 10th from 9am – 11am. We will clean and pack up all of the maple materials for hibernation until the next maple season. At 11:00 AM, some of the MacKenzie Staff will host a thank you pancake brunch in the MacKenzie Lodge. We ... Read More

Maple Set-up Day

Volunteers set up maple area so that it’s ready for groups in March.

Maple Education Program Clean Up Day

The MacKenzie Center W7303 County Highway CS, Poynette, United States

Dear Maple Education Volunteers, The Maple Education Program Clean Up Day will be Tuesday April 9th from 9am – 10am. We will clean and pack up all of the maple materials for hibernation until the next maple season. At about 10:00 AM, some of the MacKenzie Staff will host a thank you pancake brunch in the MacKenzie Lodge. ... Read More

Work Day April 17 — Cork Wood and Brush Removal

Finishing House

Dear MacKenzie Friends and Volunteers, Resending this work day request from this past February when we had to cancel due to weather.  If you have been around the property this past Fall you would’ve seen a lot of trees and brush cleared by MacKenzie Staff, area DNR support and forestry contract workers (check out the ... Read More