The Friends of the Black River are looking for volunteers for Earth Day cleanups Saturday, April 22, 2023, for both Jackson and Clark counties. In Jackson County, volunteers are asked to meet at Castle Mound State Park at 8 a.m. to receive assignments. The park is located on State Highway 27 east of Black River… Read More »
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The Friends of the Black River will hold its annual movie night with the showing of “One Strange Rock.” The film will be shown Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. The LLC is located at 405 State Hwy 54, Black River Falls. The public is invited to the film… Read More »
UW-Stevens Point professor Peter Zani will give a program at the March 11, 2020 Friends of the Black River meeting about the wildlife tunnel installed under State Highway 66 to reduce the number of turtles injured or killed on that roadway near Stevens Point. The meeting will be held in The Hub at the Lunda… Read More »
Terry Schmidt, Jackson County zoning and private onsite waste disposal systems administrator, will talk about the county’s recycling program at the Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020 Friends of the Black River meeting. The meeting will be held in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is free and the public… Read More »
The public is invited to the Friends of the Black River annual holiday movie night. This year’s film will be “One Planet.” The New Visionary documentary will be shown Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, beginning at 6 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. The LLC is located at 405 State Hwy 54, Black… Read More »
Modern use of a primeval plant species will be the topic of a program at the Friends of the Black River’s November meeting. Growing in marshlands since the last Ice Age, sphagnum moss is valued today by gardeners for its unique seed starting properties and other uses. Dave Epstein ofMosser Lee will give a presentation… Read More »
The history and future of the Jackson County Forest will be the topic of the program at the September Friends of the Black River meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 11, in The Hub in the Lunda Community Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. The meeting and program are open and the public is… Read More »
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 »
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 »