FBR to hold prairie wildflower walk

By | June 30, 2016

The Friends of the Black River invites the public to join its members for a walk through a restored prairie. Steve Humphrey will lead the walk on land he is restoring to native prairie flowers.

The free event will be held Wednesday, July 13. Those interested in the walk-and-talk can meet at 6 p.m. in the Black River Area Chamber of Commerce parking lot to carpool to the land.

Since 1991, Humphrey has worked with the Department of Natural Resources to return about 30 acres of a former farm to vegetation that would have grown on the land before European settlers converted it to agriculture.

Among the native plants now growing on the land include lupine, butterfly weed, lead plant, cup plant, blazing star, cone flowers, bee balm and various species of indigo. The variety of plants supports a diversity of wildlife. Humphrey has also created a pond and marsh habitat on the farm.

For more information, email to info_fbr@yahoo.com or call FBR President Steve Rake at 715-284-2087.

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