Landmark Conservancy stewardship specialist Katie Hahn will present a program about the organization’s work with land trusts at the next Friends of the Black River meeting. Hahn will talk about how private land can be placed in easements, protecting them from development. The meeting will be held Wednesday, June 14, 2023, beginning at 6:30 p.m.… Read More »
Raptor educator Abbey Krumrie of River Valley Raptors, Inc. will present a program featuring the birds of prey native to the Driftless Region Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The presentation will be at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. The center is located at 405 State Hwy 54, Black River Falls. The… Read More »
Jackson County land conservationist Gaylord Olson II will present a program about the Jackson County Land Conservation Department Wednesday, February 15, 2023, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. His presentation will cover the history of JCLCD and its relationship to conservation. The program is free and the public is… Read More »
Conservation biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Rori Paloski will present a virtual program about her research on the eastern massasauga rattlesnake at the Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 Friends of the Black River meeting. Some of Paloski’s research was conducted in Jackson County. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub… Read More »
The Friends of the Black River will host National Weather Service meteorologist Jeff Boyne at its Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022 meeting. The meeting will be held in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center begin at 6:30 p.m. Boyne will present a program about the disastrous Dec. 15-16 storm. The severe weather event brought record warmth,… Read More »
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources assistant furbearer specialist Erinn Keisow-Webb will present a program about Wisconsin’s furbearing mammals at the Friends of the Black River Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022 meeting. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. The presentation is free and open to the public. Furbearers… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »