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Upcoming Events

Check out our Calendar for various events planned during 2025.  

2025 was a very busy year for the Brown County Chapter.  Not only did we celebrate our 100-year anniversary, we hosted the national convention in Green Bay during July 2025.  

We also held our annual traditions including our Teddy Bear Hunt and trout boil and pig roast. While we are still looking at dates for our 2026 trout boil and pig roast, you can count on our Teddy Bear Hunt once again being the first Sunday in June.

Teddy Bear Hunt - June 7, 2026

Join us for our annual Teddy Bear Hunt. This event has been occurring for more than 19 years. The Brown County Chapter hosts this event every year to connect children and their families with nature and the outdoors. We hide teddy bears on our hiking trails for kids to explore and find. Each family purchases a hunting license for $15/family. The hunting license allows each child to "harvest" one teddy bear or other stuffed animal. Each child then registers their harvest and collects a prize for their successful hunt. The hunting license also includes a hot dog lunch for everyone, fishing, nature crafts and more. This event is open to the public so invite your friends, family members, co-workers, neighbors, etc. Help us spread the word about this fun event.

In order to ensure the safety and health of everyone, as well as to assist us with managing our limited parking, we will once again be requiring families to purchase a ticket in advance of the hunt. We will also be breaking the event down into two sessions so as to spread out folks. We will sell tickets for a 11:00 - 1:00 session and 1:00 - 3:00 session.

Trout Boil, Pig Roast and Auction - 2026 Date TBD

Every year the Brown County Chapter holds a trout boil, a long-time Wisconsin tradition, to raise funds to support its conservation projects. We will have family and kid-friendly activities during the afternoon while we raise money for conservation.  Several years ago we added a pig roast to attract new attendees and that decision was a hit, driving our numbers up, in turn helping us raise more money for all of the great projects we are working on.  The event is open to the public.  We have several different raffles including 50/50 raffle, bucket raffles, booze raffle, gun raffles and more. We also have a live auction and silent auction.  This is always a fun afternoon and evening outdoors raising money for a good cause.  We hope you can join us.  

Each year we offer sponsorship levels for individuals and corporations to support our conservation efforts.  The following individuals/businesses were sponsors for 2025's Trout Boil and Pig Roast: 

Habitat Level $150

Don and Elaine Labs

Clean Water Level $250

Van Zeeland Nursery & Landscape

Conservation Level ($500)

Green Bay Chapter of Trout Unlimited 

Environmental Stewardship Level $1,000

KK Integrated Logistics

WEL Companies, Inc.

Law Firm of Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C.

Anonymous Foundation

Jodi and Steve Labs 

Tim and April Weiland

Penelope Croghan 

Contact Jodi Labs at jodi@lcojlaw.com if you are interested in becoming a sponsor. 

Past Events

Teddy Bear Hunt

The Chapter's 19th Annual Teddy Bear Hunt was held on Sunday June 1, 2025.  More than 100 families, which included an estimated 300+ children, attended this year's hunt. The Teddy Bear Hunt is a family-oriented event where children get to "hunt" for teddy bears that are hidden on the trails at Osprey Point.  Families purchase a "hunting license" for $15.00, which includes lunch for all family members, the teddy bear hunt, fishing, bird watching, arts and crafts and many other activities.  At the 2024 Teddy Bear Hunt, not only did the children have fun hunting teddy bears, the children had fun building their own bird feeders from pine cones and recycled bottles, planting flowers, fishing and much more.  Monies raised during the Teddy Bear Hunt are used to fund our annual college scholarship fund. 

Annual Events

Syble Hopp Fishery Day

The Chapter sponsors an annual handicapped fishery for Syble Hopp School and its students every  May.   Approximately 150+ students from Syble Hopp participate.