WiWiC Spring Field Day: Sustainable Practices in the Menominee Forest
Thu, Apr 16
|College of Menominee Nation
Join Wisconsin Women in Conservation (WiWiC) for a very special guided conservation tour of the incredible Menominee Forest with Menominee Tribal Enterprises foresters.
Time & Location
Apr 16, 2026, 7:00 AM – 7:05 AM
College of Menominee Nation, PO Box 1179 N, 172 WI-47 #55, Keshena, WI 54135, USA
About the event
The Menominee Forest is a world-renowned place of wonder and history. Sustainably managed by the Menominee Tribe for more than 150 years, the beautiful 217,000-acre forest near Keshena, WI, is a premier example of forest management - providing the Tribe with a traditional quality of life from an intact, diverse, productive, and healthy forest ecosystem on the reservation. Researchers from across the globe have studied the sustainable management practices and "forest-first" philosophy of Menominee Tribal Enterprises (MTE).
A small group of WiWiC women will have the great privilege of spending a day exploring this unique space with two MTE foresters, learning about traditional ecological practices and modern treatments in this highly diverse wooded landscape.
McKaylee Duquain, a member of the Menominee Nation, serves as the GIS & Inventory Forester for Menominee Tribal Enterprise’s forestry department. She earned her undergraduate degree in Forest Sciences from UW–Madison before returning home to work a…
