Events
Upcoming Events
Plant Your Own Native Plant
Plant your own native plant at our Native Plant Workshop! Learn about all that they have to offer from a native plant expert - plants and materials will be provided! Location and details to come.
Registration required. Click the button below to sign up!
Soil Health for Home Gardeners
Join us for a Soil Health Workshop for home gardeners. Learn the best ways to keep nutrients in your soil to promote fuller, healthier plant growth and require less work from you! Location and details to come.
Registration required. Click the button below to sign up!
Aquatic Plant Paddle
Join WAMSCO and the Shawano Paddlers for a FREE evening kayak or canoe paddle and learn to identify aquatic plants from a DNR expert! More details to come!
Registration required. Click the button below to sign up!
Where's WAMSCO 2025 Scavenger Hunt
Join us for the 3rd Annual Where's WAMSCO Scavenger Hunt! From June 15 - July 20, 2025, WAMSCO will have hidden 4 TREASURE BOXES at 4 different waterways in Shawano County. Each week, we'll release a clue for each location in the form of a riddle on our website and socials. Find each location and take a team picture with our WAMSCO treasure boxes. Once you've taken all 4 pictures, send them to us via email: wamsco.outreach@gmail.com, and we'll enter you into a drawing where you can win AWESOME PRIZES! Will you be able to find them all?
Date: June 15 - July 20, 2025
Contact us at (715) 851-7897 or wamsco.outreach@gmail.com
2025 Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention
Join us at the 2025 Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Convention in Steven’s Point brought to you by the Wisconsin Lakes and Rivers Partnership!
“The Power of Words: Working for Our Waters”
The power of words is immense, especially when advocating for our waters. By raising awareness, promoting conservation efforts, and crafting compelling messages, words can inspire action and drive positive change to protect our water resources for future generations.
WAMSCO will be presenting on Thursday, March 27 at 8:00am with our co-presenter Anne Bartels from the Marinette County Land Information Department.
WAMSCO Meat Raffle
Announcing our WAMSCO Meat Raffle Winners!
Brenda Gebhardt
Shannon Myers
Harry Frankfurth
Jan Buss
Al & Julie Huss
Peter Vandeveld
Jessica Meier
Thank you to everyone who bought a meat raffle ticket, and a HUGE shout-out to Charlie’s County Market for sponsoring this event! We are also so appreciative of the Shawano Ski Sharks for helping to pick our raffle winners!
Where’s WAMSCO 2024
We are so pleased with the amount of community support and participation for our event in 2024! Thank you all for making the 3rd annual Where’s WAMSCO Scavenger hunt a success!
If you have any questions, or would like to make donations to WAMSCO events, please contact us!
Thank you to our 2024 Event Sponsors!
Past Events
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🌟 Thank You for Making the 2025 Where’s WAMSCO Scavenger Hunt a Success! 🌟
We’re thrilled to share that this year’s hunt brought together over 30 teams and more than 100 enthusiastic participants exploring our community in search of WAMSCO! Your energy, creativity, and support made this event truly special.
A huge thank you to our generous sponsors who donated amazing items and gift cards as prizes.
Dunham’s Sports
Culver’s
Heather’s Beans and Books
Walmart
Old Glory Candy
The Livingroom Coffee Shop and Vintage Decor
Shawano Lake Golf Course
Hacker Bait and Tackle
Shanda Hubertus
Because of you, we were able to reward those adventurous players who turned in all 4 photos and were drawn as winners!
From all of us at WAMSCO—thank you for playing, sharing, and supporting our mission. We can’t wait to see you on the next adventure! 🧭📸💚
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Our 2024 WAMSCO Meat Raffle Winners:
Brenda Gebhardt
Shannon Myers
Harry Frankfurth
Jan Buss
Al & Julie Huss
Peter Vandeveld
Jessica Meier
Thank you to everyone who bought a meat raffle ticket, and a HUGE shout-out to Charlie’s County Market for sponsoring this event! We are also so appreciative of the Shawano Ski Sharks for helping to pick our raffle winners!
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We are so pleased with the amount of community support and participation for our event in 2024! Thank you all for making the 3rd annual Where’s WAMSCO Scavenger hunt a success!
Thank you to our 2024 Event Sponsors:
Qualheim’s True Value
Dunham’s Sports
Shawano County Parks and Recreation
City of Shawano