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 »
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 »
Hiking enthusiast and nature book author Rob Bignell will present a program about great autumn hikes in the Black River Falls area at the next Friends of the Black River meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. For more information… Read More »
Due to the pandemic, the Friends of the Black River will not be holding its 2020 holiday movie night in December. Future events and meetings continue to be on hold until it’s determined it is safe to meet in large groups. For more information about FBR, email info_fbr@yahoo.com.