Osprey nests installed

We partnered with We Energies, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Friends of the Cedarburg bog to install three osprey nesting platforms along a transmission corridor in the Ozaukee County bog last month. The osprey, which is listed as a threatened species in Wisconsin, build large nests, often more than three feet in diameter, and platforms provide more stability than trees.

Johanna Howard, ATC environmental project manager, spent a brisk morning with Ryan Krueger, We Energies apprentice line mechanic, to oversee the installation of an osprey platform in the Cedarburg bog.

Sanctuary protected in Door County

ATC recently presented a $10,000 check to the Ridges Sanctuary in Door County http://www.ridgesanctuary.org/ for the organization’s capital campaign.  The sanctuary was founded in 1937 to protect about 1,600 acres of wild, unspoiled land near Bailey’s Harbor, on the Lake Michigan side of the Door Peninsula. Much of sanctuary is made up of a series of low, sandy ridges, alternating with wet areas called swales. The ridges run parallel to the shoreline and extend about a mile inland.