Great Waters Group is a Sierra Club member group of the John Muir Chapter of Wisconsin. Our group is comprised of Sierra Club members in Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, & Waukesha counties. 

A+ Community of Youth is sponsored and supported by the Great Waters Group through its Education Committee volunteers, the Sierra Club Foundation and public donations.

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A+ Community of Youth

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A+ Community of Youth is for kids who want to explore, enjoy and protect the natural world we live in. 

To learn about A+, the "Kid's Guide to the Outdoors" or how to get your copy of this Kid's outdoors guide book...

Click here: About A+

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What You can find in the Outdoors

Otter Tracks

Can you name these animal tracks?
Slug

Do you know what this is?

Young Raccoon

Seen one of these lately?
Opossum
 Hey, what about me??

 

Did You Know?

Wild Turkey

Wild turkeys are native to parts of Wisconsin and were eaten by both settlers and Native Americans.  But before long, settlement and an increase in farming and logging cleared the state's oak forests.  Domestic fowl diseases spread to wild turkeys and unregulated hunting also took its toll. The last turkey sighting in Wisconsin was near Darlington in Lafayette County in 1881.

In 1976, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources traded ruffed grouse to the state of Missouri for wild turkeys. The first 29 wild Missouri turkeys thrived in their new home in Vernon County and began to breed. As turkeys multiplied, the DNR trapped them and moved them to other good turkey habitat areas. Turkeys have also moved into 12 counties on their own.

Now, the wild turkey roams freely in most of the state and is doing great. We estimate that there are more than 300,000 wild turkeys in Wisconsin.
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