
Property Description
Fox River Park (262 acres) is part of the Waukesha County Park System and is located southwest of the city of Waukesha along the Fox River. Habitats include a variety of wetlands (riverine wetlands, ephemeral ponds, and wildlife scrapes), river, and a mature mixed-oak woodland.
Interesting Discoveries
- State-threatened fish species: Northern Sunfish (Lepomis megalotis).
- Three new county records:
- Two daggar moth species (Acronicta spp.), known from northern MN;
- Second-ever WI record: millipede species (Apheloria virginensis), and previously only collected once before from Milwaukee Co.
- Very diverse insect community:
- 135+ Butterflies and moths (not including micromoths still in need of ID);
- 123+ Beetles including 5 firefly genera.
- Very healthy forest community: Given that 163 homes border the park, it was encouraging to see a diverse understory with mixed-age trees.
General Results
Partners
Host: Waukesha County Park System
Surveyors
- Ben Goss Bird Club
- Carroll University
- Carthage College
- Marian University
- Marquette University
- Milwaukee Public Museum
- Purdue University
- Retzer Nature Center
- Schlitz Audubon
- Southeast Regional Planning Commission
- UW-Milwaukee
- UW-Madison
- UW-Oshkosh
- UW-Parkside
- UW-Stevens Point
- UW-Waukesha
- UW-Whitewater
- Urban Ecology Center
- Waukesha County Parks
- WI DNR
- WI Natural Resources Foundation
Educational Activities Partners
- Milwaukee Public Museum
- Retzer Nature Center
- Riveredge Nature Center
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