Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser speaks during the dedication of improvements to the Pike River in October 2021.
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11 photos of wildlife returning to Pritchard Park
Rusty Patched
A rare, endangered rusty patched bumblebee is pictured here on Aug. 4 in Racine's Pritchard Park.
Simone Sorensen
Simone Sorensen is half of the duo, along with Maddie Ball, who first found the endangered rusty patched bumblebee at Pritchard Park while working with Root-Pike WIN, which manages much of Pritchard Park’s wildlife on behalf of Racine County, which owns the park.
Rusty Patched
An endangered rusty patched bumblebee is pictured on Aug. 4 in Pritchard Park.
Simone Sorensen
Simone Sorensen photographs a plant in September 2021 in Pritchard Park in Racine, near where she and Maddie Ball discovered the endangered rusty patched bumblebee that summer.
Monarchs meeting
Monarch butterflies fly together Sept. 14 in Pritchard Park, Racine.
Dave Giordano and Anna
Dave Giordano, right, spends time with his daughter on Sept. 14 at Pritchard Park, located at the intersection of Ohio Street and Durand Avenue (Highway 11) in Racine. At the park, likely thanks to the efforts of the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative nonprofit that Giordano is executive director of, the endangered rusty patched bumblebee was rediscovered.
Monarch Meeting
Dave Giordano, executive director of the Root-Pike Watershed Initiative Network, said he'd never seen so many monarch butterflies in one place as he did Tuesday afternoon in the restored prairie in Pritchard Park at the corner of Ohio and 21st streets. Here, four monarchs aid in the pollination process near a patch of goldenrods, the plant with the yellow flowers at left. As many as 10 monarchs were seen near one another when Giordano was being interviewed by a Journal Times reporter for a story to be published this weekend on Root-Pike WIN's successes in restoring native species' habitats in southeastern Wisconsin — and on a discovery last month of an endangered species that has apparently re-emerged in Racine County.
A monarch butterfly in Pritchard Park
A monarch butterfly, center, pollinates in Pritchard Park on Sept. 14, 2021.
A bee meeting
Two bees settle on flowers on Sept. 14 in Pritchard Park in Racine, performing the indispensable act of pollination.
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A little wildlife
Anna, daughter of Root-Pike WIN Executive Director Dave Giordano, spends time with the plantlife her dad is working to encourage in Pritchard Park on Sept. 14.
