by Friends of Turtle Creek | Sep 24, 2025 | News, Uncategorized
I experienced Turtle Creek a whole new way the other day. It was an unusually hot September day, around 90 degrees, the water had warmed up and my son asked me to accompany him while he walked the creek and fished. When you’re college-aged son wants to hang out with...
by Friends of Turtle Creek | Sep 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Posted by Therese Oldenburg, 9/26/2020 There have been questions recently about cutting and removing trees from the creek. I called the DNR to see if they could provide information and they sent me to this brochure “Paddling among Fish and Wildlife”. Below are the...
by Friends of Turtle Creek | Jun 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Rock County Health Department regularly test Turtle Creek for public safety, especially after high water when waters may become contaminated from run off. Check out the website and most recent testing results....
by Friends of Turtle Creek | Nov 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
This may be urban legend, or it may be true…But, the story goes that Turtle Creek was the inspiration for the founder of “Turtle Wax”. The story is that Benjamin Hirsch started mixing up batches of his special formula liquid car polish in his Chicago...
by Friends of Turtle Creek | Aug 5, 2015 | Turtle Creek Concerns, Uncategorized
By Therese Oldenburg, Wisconsin Master Naturalist This is my own personal, non-scientific observation about weed growth in Turtle Creek in the past three years 2013-2015. It appears as though weeds are starting to get a strong foothold in the creek and I have concerns...
by Friends of Turtle Creek | Aug 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
For those who were unable to join us, we had a very enjoyable paddle on Turtle Creek prior to the July 30th meeting. See photos. Note photo of a mother and her son who were fishing at the hwy. 140 bridge. As we arrived the boy caught the photographed fish from Turtle...
