The Friends of the Black River will host a meeting for stakeholders and other members of the public concerned about the recreational use of the Black River impoundment. The meeting will be held Wednesday, May 11, in the Jackson County Bank Community Room beginning at 6:30 p.m. A Department of Natural Resources representative has been… Read More »
Friends of the Black River and Jackson County Forestry and Parks Department are looking for volunteers to help with this year’s Earth Day Cleanup. The cleanup will be held Saturday, April 23 and volunteers are asked to meet at the Lake Wazee Park Beach parking lot at 8 a.m. to receive assignments. Cleanup volunteers will… Read More »
Department of Natural Resources wildlife biologist Scott Roepke will present a program about bears at the April 13 Friends of the Black River meeting. The meeting will be begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Jackson County Bank community room. Roepke’s presentation will focus on black bear ecology, management and distribution within the state. The public… Read More »
Anyone venturing into wild places would be wise to know skills for surviving mishaps. Those who enjoy the outdoors can learn those skills at the Friends of the Black River’s March meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Jackson County Bank. Derek Barkeim of Seekers Wild will present… Read More »
One of Black River Falls’ own will share her work and life as a wildlife researcher in Alaska at the February meeting of the Friends of the Black River. Hometown girl, Sadie Ulman, will present a program about her work as a research associate with the Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) in Seward, Alaska, Wednesday, Feb.… Read More »
Kayaking instructors from the Friends of the Black River will provide lessons at the Lunda Recreation Center pool Saturday, Jan. 30. The sessions will begin at 8 a.m. and run until 3 p.m. Novice and experienced paddlers are welcome to learn new kayaking skills . The instruction is offered at no charge, but the $5… Read More »
What took 500,000,000 years for nature to create, can be destroyed in 50 minutes by a bulldozer. A frac sand mining company will request a condition use permit to excavate within the shoreline of Halls Creek and build a rail line within sight of the waterway. Concerned citizens can voice their objections to the plan… Read More »
The exceptional landscape of the Driftless Region provides habitat for some unique plants and animals that are generally unknown to the human residents. These little-known residents of the region will be the topic of the Friends of the Black River’s January 13 meeting. Next Wednesday’s meeting will be held in the Jackson County Bank’s community… Read More »
The public is invited to a program about the Sport of Kings. The educational presentation on falconry, sponsored by the Friends of the Black River, will be held Thursday, Nov. 19. The program will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the large group instruction room in the Black River Falls Middle School and will last about… Read More »
The story of the grassroots campaign by citizen activists will be the topic of the Nov. 4 meeting of the Friends of the Black River. At the meeting, author and environmentalist Bill Berry will talk about his book “Banning DDT: How Citizen Activists in Wisconsin Led the Way.” The efforts undertaken by concerned citizens who… Read More »