News from the NWS Board

Eric Hyde joins Peninsula, Newport and Rock Island State Parks from the Washington County Park System Hello Newport Wilderness Society! It’s been a pleasure getting to know and working with the board and all the partners and volunteers since I joined the DNR in November of 2020. I look forward to […]

By Gene Kenny, Office of the President Newport Wilderness Society been discussing improvements to the Fern trail since 2018. This is our wheelchair accessible trail that routinely floods in the spring from snowfall until the ground thaws and then floods at other times with heavy rains. We have had conversations with […]

The Newport Wilderness Society would like to recognize and thank Michelle Hefty for her 32 years of service to Newport State Park. The make up of the Wilderness Society Board of Directors has changed periodically throughout the course of her tenure. But the management of this great park was a […]

On Saturday, October 10, which happened to be one of those iconically beautiful Door County fall mornings, several Newport Wilderness Society volunteers met at the park to give the outside of the Visitors Center a much needed sprucing-up. Walls and windows were scrubbed, weeds were pulled, storm gutters cleaned out, […]

Gene Kenny (NWS Office of the President) recently spoke with Grant Dossetto of the Door County Daily News to discuss the Fern Trail restoration project. The Newport Wilderness Society has received a $20,000 Knowles-Nelson stewardship grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to install a boardwalk on the fern […]

Newport Wilderness Society’s fiscal year runs from July 1 through June 30. Our Annual Report was recently completed and is available to read on our website. In this informational report, you will learn much more about the ongoing work of NWS in support of Newport State Park. Reports from the […]

With the Visitors Center at Newport State Park closed since mid-March due to the Covid-19 emergency, Newport Wilderness Society lost an important revenue stream: the sale of merchandise to the many people who would like to take home a memento of their visit to the park. NWS board member Carol […]

The Newport Wilderness Society and the people of Wisconsin lost a good friend and benefactor last week with the passing of Dr. G. Leonard Apfelbach.

Due to the many lingering concerns with the COVID 19 outbreak, we regretfully must cancel our 2020 Annual Meeting scheduled for July 25th. This remains a time where our primary concerns rest with the safety of our Friends Group members, park staff, and our board of directors. We will post […]

From Gene Kenny, Office of the President: It’s been a challenging spring season for many reasons, but as we look to the future, we have some good news to share with our NWS Friends Group members. The Department of Natural Resources approved the request for a Stewardship Friends Grant on April […]