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Just one additional house under contruction since the last visit almost 6 months ago. Photo and video by Retiring Guy 12/31/2018 update starts here. a.k.a. Bishops Bay Farm and Prairie Neighborhood Videos and photos by Retiring Guy The Farm Neighborhood The Prairie Neighborhood  10/20/2018 update, "Panorama of the newly paved streets of the Community of Bishops Bay phase 5", starts here. Surprisingly, no construction activity has started since thet June video. The view from Cranberry Blossom Court Video and photo by Retiring Guy 6/26/2018 update, "Driving the newly paved streets of the Community of Bishops Bay phase 5", starts here. 6/7/2018 update starts here. From the newly paved, divided access road into the development Photos by Retiring Guy Oncken Road near County Trunk Highway M.  (Didn't expect to see any excavation going on here.) 4/5/2018 update starts here. Photo and video by Retiring Guyt 3/14/2018 update, "Stay tuned for changing hori...

Dane County to buy 160 acres of land to expand Pheasant Branch Conservancy .  ( Wisconsin State Journal , 5/16/2019) Purchased approved by the Dane County Board on 6/6/2019 .  Pheasant Branch Conservancy in Middleton will expand by 160 acres as Dane County moves to buy adjacent farmland and restore it to natural prairie, which will have the added benefit of absorbing more rainwater that would otherwise run off into Lake Mendota. Frederick's Hill is just to the left of the "North Lake" text box in the above screenshot. Original 9/29/2014 post , "Frederick's Hill, Pheasant Branch Conservancy" starts here. A view from near the parking lot just off Pheasant Branch Road. From  " The Prairies of the Dane County Section of Pheasant Branch Conservancy ": In 1994 Dane county purchased the Frederick family farm, adding about 120 acres to the existing 340-acre Pheasant Branch Conservancy owned by the City of Middleton to the south. (The city and county now c...