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Wolf advocate to speak at April meeting

Diane Cain of Hixton will talk about her work with wolf advocacy at the Friends of the Black River April meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 13, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. The meeting is free and open to the public. Cain will cover wolf characteristics… Read More »

Wild Rice is topic of March 9 2022 meeting

Kathy Smith, Great Lake Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission’s wild rice steward, will present a program about wild rice at the Friends of the Black River’s Wednesday, Mar. 9 meeting, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. The community center is located at 405 State Highway 54, Black River Falls.… Read More »

Cranberry research and production will be topic of February meeting

The new cranberry research center near Millston will be the topic of the next Friends of the Black River meeting. Tom Lochner, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Association, will present a program about the center and the cranberry growers organization Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the… Read More »

Clouds program to be presented

Life in the Clouds will be explored at the Friends of the Black River’s next public educational meeting. Jeff Boyne, a meteorologist with the La Crosse National Weather Service for three decades, will talk about the role clouds play in weather forecasting. The meeting will be held 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 10,… Read More »

Mississippi Flyway migration cam is topic of October program

Raptor Resource Project Director John Howe will present a program about a project to video waterfowl migration on the Mississippi River Flyway at the Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, Friends of the Black River meeting. The program will be presented in The Hub meeting room in the Lunda Community Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. The RRP… Read More »

Turtles will be topic of March FBR meeting presentation

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 »

County recycling program topic of February meeting

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 »

Public invited to showing of One Planet film

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 »