The Friends of the Black River will hold its 2020 annual meeting Wednesday, October 14 in the shelter at Lunda Community Park beginning at 6:30 p.m. Election of board members will be held and annual reports presented. Those attending will be encouraged to social distance and wear masks. Current members are also encouraged to renew… Read More »
Due to the CORVID-19 restrictions, the April meeting/program has been cancelled. The presenter scheduled to give the program is restricted from giving public talks for at least the next 30 days. We will try to reschedule the program when the restriction has been raised.
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 »
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 »
The Friends of the Black River – Clark County Chapter will host a meet-and-greet with the Clark County DNR Warden Charles Ackerman. The event will be held January 15, 2020, at the Clark Cultural Art Center beginning at 6 p.m. The center is located at 201 E. 4th St., Neillsville, Wisconsin. The meeting is free… Read More »
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 »
Modern use of a primeval plant species will be the topic of a program at the Friends of the Black River’s November meeting. Growing in marshlands since the last Ice Age, sphagnum moss is valued today by gardeners for its unique seed starting properties and other uses. Dave Epstein ofMosser Lee will give a presentation… Read More »
The history and future of the Jackson County Forest will be the topic of the program at the September Friends of the Black River meeting. The meeting will be held Wednesday, Sept. 11, in The Hub in the Lunda Community Center beginning at 6:30 p.m. The meeting and program are open and the public is… Read More »
Recycling mattresses and keeping the materials out of landfills will be the subject of the Friends of the Black River’s June program. The program will be presented Wednesday, June 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub at the Lunda Community Center. The meeting is free and the public is encouraged to attend. For more… Read More »
Ralph Heiser, chair of Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association Chippewa Valley Chapter, will present a program about the organization’s mission and the assistance it can provide private woodland owners at the Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Friends of the Black River meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. in The Hub meeting room at the Lunda Community Center. The… Read More »