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Published November 09, 2012, 12:00 AM

Blazing Star rescue Nov. 2012


Flower stalk of the endangered Dotted Blazing Star.

  • Flower stalk of the endangered Dotted Blazing Star.
  • Volunteer Dan Salas shows volunteers how to identify the roots of the Dotted Blazing Star.
  • The Prairie Enthusiasts Chairperson Evanne Hunt (center) works with Harvey Halvorsen of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (right) and another volunteer inspect the root system of a Dotted Blazing Star plant during Saturday’s rescue operation.
  • Dedicated volunteers from the St. Croix Valley Chapter of the Prairie Enthusiasts teamed up with officials from the Wisconsin Departments of Transportation and Natural Resources to rescue a community of endangered Dotted Blazing Star plants Saturday in the Town of St. Joseph.
  • DOT Environmental Engineer, Troy Stapelmann leads an orientation for volunteers on how to identify and dig out the state endangered Dotted Blazing Star.
  • DNR Supervisor, Harvey Halvorsen demonstrates how to separate the roots of the Dotted Blazing Star from sandy soil.
  • Prairie Enthusiasts volunteers (L-R) Jeannie Kant, Wendy Hill and Wayne Huhnke identify stems of the Dotted Blazing Star before they begin digging.
  • Prairie Enthusiasts volunteers (L-R) Jeannie Kant, Wendy Hill and Wayne Huhnke identify stems of the Dotted Blazing Star before they begin digging.
  • Prairie Enthusiasts members (L-R) Jeannie Kant and Wendy Hill were part of a team of volunteers working to rescue the endangered Dotted Blazing Star.
  • UW Eau Claire student volunteer Derek Huebsch inspects the root system of an endangered Dotted Blazing Star plant.
  • UW Eau Claire student volunteer Derek Huebsch measures the root system of an endangered Dotted Blazing Star plant.
  • DOT Environmental Engineer, Troy Stapelmann works to free a Dotted Blazing Star from sandy soil.
  • Volunteer Dan Salas sprays the roots of Dotted Blazing Star plants collected Saturday with an anti fungal chemical before wrapping them in plastic.
  • TPE volunteer Wayne Huhnke carefully works to free the long root system of a Dotted Blazing Star plant.
  • TPE volunteers inspect the root system of an endangered Dotted Blazing Star plant during Saturday’s rescue operation.