A new staircase at Landmark Conservancy’s iconic Devil’s Punchbowl in Menomonie is under construction and expected to be completed in July.
Through donations and grants, the conservancy raised $75,000 to replace the 20-year-old staircase.
“Anybody who has visited the preserve recently knows that there were steps that were starting to deteriorate,” said Sara Norman, a community outreach coordinator with Landmark Conservancy. “It’s a really big ravine and so a lot of the soil moves across the landscape and would end up on the stairway, which would further erode it.”
The conservancy is also working with UW-Stout to secure a grant from the Wisconsin Rare Plant Preservation Fund for a plant survey at the Punchbowl. Researchers will visit the site weekly to capture season variability.
Read more in this article by WQOW News 18.
Photo by Landmark Conservancy.
