For the Tomahawk Leader
ONEIDA COUNTY – Later this month, the Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Department will take participants on a tour of a variety of county sites that have been restored, are in the restoration process or may be restored in the future.
A completed Lake Nokomis project will be among those visited during the tour.
The Site Restoration Field Day Tour is slated for Thursday, June 29. The free tour will begin at 8 a.m. and will end at 4 p.m.
The tour will begin with a brief welcome and announcements at the Courthouse Garden on Baird Ave. in Rhinelander before participants are led throughout the county in their own vehicles.
A release from the department said participants will visit a completed Wisconsin River Project before moving on to a stream crossing showing multiple areas of concern.
Lunch will be held at Newbold Memorial Park, followed by a stop at a completed project at Sand Lake.
After leaving Sand Lake, participants will head to Lake Nokomis to view a completed project that saw a cement seawall removed and rock rip rap installed earlier this year. Rock rip rap was vegetated in late spring, and a six-foot buffer was installed behind the rock and planted with native, pollinator-friendly plants, the department said.
The tour will wrap up at a proposed Bridge Lake project.
For more information about each stop on the tour, visit www.oclw.org/special-projects.html and click on the Field Day Schedule and Field Day Map.
Space for the tour is limited. Participants are asked to register in advance at www.tinyurl.com/2v5psfab by Monday, June 26, bring a sack lunch, dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable, sturdy shoes.
The tour will take place rain or shine. In case of severe weather, cancellation e-mails will be sent directly to registrants.
Participants may visit as many or as few locations as desired.
“Tour directors will do their best to arrive at each site on time and will not start earlier than scheduled times,” the department stated.
Specific site locations and addresses will be sent directly to tour registrants one week prior to the tour.
For more information, call the Oneida County Land and Water Conservation Department at 715-369-7835.