Meetings

Upcoming Events

Upcoming events:

Cross Country Ski and/or Snowshoe: Saturday, Feb. 11, meet at the Levis Mound Warming House, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Kayak skills: Sunday Feb. 19 at Lunda Recreation Center pool, 11 am.– 2:30 p.m.
Invasive species forum: Saturday March 31, Organizations to discuss ways to address invasive species issues, 9 a.m. – noon, members needed to be table hosts
Paddle: Sunday April 1, Halls or Morrison creeks, (time to be determined)
Paddle: Sunday April 22, Black River whitewater, (time to be determined)
Paddle: Sunday May 20, Black River, Halls to Cormican’s Landing (with portage at new Black River dam access)

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February 8 FBR Meeting features Randy Poelma, Biologist for the Ho-Chunk Nation

6:30 pm February 8 at the Co-op Credit Union

The next FBR monthly meeting will be held February 8 in the community room of the Co-op Credit Union beginning at 6:30 p.m. Our speaker for the evening will be Randy Poelma, the biologist for the Ho-Chunk Nation. He will talk about what the Nation is doing to preserve the environment in the Black River basin.

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January Meeting at earlier time! This Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 6:30 pm

Reminder: The January meeting of the Friends of the Black River will be Wednesday, January 11. The meeting will be held in the lower level of the Coop Credit Union and will start at 6:30 p.m. It is hoped more members and their guests will be able to attend at the earlier time. Our speaker will be Mike Walvaert, a weather specialist fromt the National Weather Service in La Crosse. He will talk about the service's methods for predicting the weather and the effect winter snowfall has on the watershed.

January Meeting to feature speaker Mike Welvaert, discussing the Effects of Snowfall on Spring Flooding

Scientists really can predict how much spring flooding the region will see by studying the amount of winter snowfall. The speaker for the January meeting of the Friends of the Black River will share this knowledge with the organization’s members and their guests.
Mike Welvaert, service hydrologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in La Crosse will be the presenter at the Jan. 11 meeting of the Friends of the Black River. The meeting will be held in the community room of the Co-op Credit Union beginning at 6:30 p.m.

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