NWS endorses the purchase by The Door County Land Trust of the Grandview property in Ellison Bay later to be donated to the Town of Liberty Grove as a park.
http://www.doorcountylandtrust.org/
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NWS received the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks' 2011 award for best state park in which to meditate, enjoy quiet, serenity and peacefulness.
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The Newport Wilderness Society was formed in 1985 as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit, educational organization serving Newport State Park as its official friends' group. NWS members volunteer in many ways upon requests from Newport State Park management. They provide qualified guides for interpretive nature hikes about natural history of trees, ferns, wildflowers, birds, butterflies and about human history of this area. They pull garlic mustard and phragmites. They manage blue bird trails and monitor monarch butterfly migration. They write and publish informational pamphlets and brochures, offer presentations on the meaning of wilderness, light candles and serve refreshments for the February candlelight ski, put on Newport Wilderness Day in September, manage this web site and more. Over the past 5 years, members raised funds to pay for construction and outfitting of the Hotz Wilderness Room, a part of the new Public Entrance Visitor Station [PEVS]. Members express their appreciation for keeping Newport State Park a wilderness area developed minimally, only as is essential for visitor education and safety. New members are always welcome!
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Current members of The NWS Board of Directors are:
| Jack Travis [2014], President |
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| Ray DiIulio [2013], Vice President |
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| Dan Fetterley [2013], Secretary |
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| Martin Ford [2014], Treasurer |
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Marc Savard [2013], Fifth Officer
Marcia Eischen [2014]
Nancy Goss [2013]
Robert Judd [2012]
Don Luker [2012]
Dick Smythe [2013]
Tom Wilson [2013]
Michelle Hefty, Park Manager, Ex Officio |
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Former NWS Board Members were: Jeff Berger, Don Buchholz, Merlie Cox, Don Detmer, Warren Dewalt [Past President], Mary Fales, Dick Glueckert, Steve Grutzmacher, Fred Hankwitz, Marilyn Hansotia, Jacqueline Holland, Jan Pfannenstiel, Carol Kreml, Lon Kopitzke, Tom MacDonald, Jan Mielke, Bruce Mielke, Beverly Njaa, Judy Rheberg, Jim Rheberg, Phil Saperstein, Bill Scheckler, [Immediate Past President], Rolliana Scheckler, Al Schneider, Fred Schwartz, Phil Smith, Don Thompson, Olivia Traven, Lee Traven, Steve Uglinica, Ed Yates and Bob Yeomans.
Please notify web site administrator if anyone's name has been inadvertently omitted.
If you would like to serve on The NWS Board of Directors, please tell Vice President Ray DiIulio via the email link on "Contact Us" page.
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Other Personnel not on the Board:
Kim Maedke-Shumway serves as Data Base Manager and can be reached by email at NWSMembership@newportwildernesssociety.org
Roliana Scheckler is the Web Site Administrator for NWS and Newport State Park. She can be reached at webadmin@newportwildernesssociety.org
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