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A couple months ago I did a short on a group that gets together every weekend to go kayaking/canoeing on the Kickapoo river. While talking with the group, I learned that they were all members of the Kickapoo Valley Crochet Club.
If you have ever been on Hwy 33 about 5 miles Southeast of Wildcat Mountain State Park, on a very sharp bend, you just might have whisked by a place called Rustic Ridge Resort. I know I have, literally a few hundred times.
In the past couple years, streams and creeks throughout the Driftless region in Southwestern Wisconsin have been reshaped and seen bank erosion due to severe storms and more than average flooding.
With the worst flooding hitting the Driftless last summer, conservationists are beginning restoration efforts that are crucial to the health and management of the area’s waters. Read more at DriftlessNow.com
Tucked away in a small valley just west of Ontario, Wisconsin on Hwy 33, the Ennis family might run a very small farm, but they do it with a lot of heart and love.
