The Friends of the Black River will host its annual guided prairie wildflower walk Tuesday, July 16, 2019, on land being restored to native habitat as it was before it was farmed. The land is located north of Black River Falls and those interested in carpooling to the site are asked to meet at 5:30… Read More »
Ralph Heiser, chair of Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association Chippewa Valley Chapter, will present a program about the organization’s mission and the assistance it can provide private woodland owners at the Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Friends of the Black River meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub meeting room at the Lunda Community Center. The… Read More »
Raising monarch butterflies in the home from egg stage to adult will be the topic of the Wednesday, March 13 Friends of the River meeting. Scott Marshall of Holmen will present the program beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub community room at the Lunda Community Center. The butterfly program is free and the public… Read More »
The February Friends of the Black River meeting will feature Black River Falls Municipal Utilities General Manager Casey Engebretson. Engebretson will present a program about the Black River dam and the flood of 2016 that severely damaged one of the dam’s gates. The meeting will be Wednesday, Feb. 13 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The… Read More »
The dos and don’ts of making bird houses will the topic of the January Friends of the Black River meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Jan. 9, in the Jackson County Bank’s community room beginning at 6:30 p.m. Retired naturalist Curt Kittleson will present a program about building bird houses for cavity nesting birds.… Read More »
The Friends of the Black River invites the public to a showing of the newly released “Decoding the Driftless,” a documentary about the state’s Driftless Region. The movie will be shown Tuesday, Dec. 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the Black River Falls Middle School’s Large Group Instruction Room. The movie is the second filmed… Read More »
The results of a study to reclaim sand mines and convert them to prairie habitat will be the topic of the Friends of the Black River’s November meeting. The program will be presented Wednesday, Nov. 14, in the Jackson County Bank community room beginning at 6:30 p.m. UW-River Falls’ geology and soil science professor Dr.… Read More »
A presentation about habitat research using “insect hotels” will be the topic of the next Friends of the Black River meeting. Dr. Ted Wilson, biology professor at Viterbo University, and Ben Gibson, biology major and president of the college’s Science Club, will present the program Wednesday, Oct. 10. The meeting will be held at 6:30… Read More »
New town of Albion public park at Rustic Mill site presentation The project to transform the site of a former historic grist mill and well-known restaurant into a town park will be the topic of the next Friends of the Black River meeting. Town of Albion Chair Leonard Olson and Supervisor Tom Tomter will give… Read More »
The importance of isolated wetlands will be the topic of the Friends of the Black River’s June meeting program. The meeting will be held Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. in the Jackson County Bank’s community room. Tracy Hames, executive director of Wisconsin Wetlands Association, will present the program about the history of… Read More »