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 »
Some Wisconsinites mark the arrival of spring with the first sight of a robin; others know winter is gone when they hear the songs of frogs. “The singing frogs are the true sign that winter has lost its grip and warmer weather is here,” said Beaver Creek Reserve naturalist Ruth Forsgren. Forsgren will present a… Read More »
Since retiring from his job with the School District of Black River Falls, Jim Hornby has not only continued to pursue his photography interest, he’s made the hobby a small business. Hornby will show his photographs at the Wednesday, Nov. 8 meeting of the Friends of the Black River. The meeting will be held in… Read More »
The Friends of the Black River will host Kathy KasaKaitas at its Wednesday, Oct. 11 meeting. The meeting will be held in The Hub in the Lunda Community Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. KasaKaitas is the animal humane officer and wildlife rehabilitator with the Coulee Region Humane Society. She will talk about the CRHS program… Read More »
Jesse Hieb’s standup paddle board adventure is not just historic; it led the adventurer on a journey to advocate for the state’s longest river. Hieb paddle boarded the entire length of the Wisconsin River in 2016, beginning at the river’s source at Lac Vieux Desert, on the Wisconsin-Michigan border, to where it meets the Mississippi… Read More »