The Friends of the Black River invites the public to join its members for a walk through a restored prairie. Steve Humphrey will lead the walk on land he is restoring to native prairie flowers. The free event will be held Wednesday, July 13. Those interested in the walk-and-talk can meet at 6 p.m. in… Read More »
Paddlers are invited to join members of the Friends of the Black River for a number of paddling opportunities this summer. FBR will sponsor a paddle on the Black River reservoir landing just above the Black River Falls dam from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Saturday, July 2, as part of the Karner Blue Butterfly Festival.… Read More »
The annual spring wildflower walk will be held Saturday, May 14. Hikers are asked to meet in the Black River Area Chamber of Commerce parking lot at 10 a.m. to carpool to the trail head. A river paddle will be held on Morrison Creek from Highway 54 put-in to the #6 take-out May 22. Paddlers… 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 »
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 »
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 »
The Friends of the Black River will host Abbie Church of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy at its Wednesday, Sept. 9 meeting. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. in the lower level meeting room of the Jackson County Bank. Church’s presentation will inform landowners how to protect their land from frac sand mining or other… Read More »
The Friends of the Black River is looking for volunteers to help with its annual river cleanup Saturday, Aug. 29. Volunteers are asked to meet at 8 a.m. at Al Young Park at the south end of First Street in Black River Falls to be assigned a section of the river. Volunteers may paddle the… Read More »
The Friends of the Black River will hold its annual Lake Wazee kayaking instruction event, Saturday, July 18, 2015, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public will be able to try kayaking and can receive basic instruction in kayaking or more advanced methods such as the roll. All equipment will be provided. An admission… Read More »