All of Wisconsin Suffering from Drought
Currrently,100% of Wisconsin is experiencing drought conditions. Beaver Hollow is in the severe drought category (D2).
2024 Annual Membership Meeting on October 10th
Join us on Thursday, October 10th, at the South Shore Brewery Taphouse in Washburn at 5:30 pm for the Friends' Annual Membership meeting. Free pizza and beer will be served. The 2024 annual membership meeting will be held, followed by…
We Did It! 800 Trees Planted!
More than 50 volunteers from four organizations - the Friends of the North Pikes Creek Wetlands, Superior Rivers Watershed Association, Trout Unlimited Great Lakes Program, and a Northland College Ecological Restoration class - came together over the weekend of May 10-12 to plant 800 trees in the wetland forest surrounding the North Pikes Creek headwaters.
May is American Wetlands Month
The observance of American Wetlands Month each May was begun in 1991 by the Environmental Protection Agency to acknowledge the value of wetlands as a natural resource.
54th Earth Day Celebration
Earth Day, April 22 each year, commemorates the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement.
World Water Day
World Water Day is celebrated annually on March 22nd. It's a day to unite around efforts to advocate for change to solve water issues. Our rivers, lakes, and wetlands are an extraordinary resource that provides everything from habitat for wildlife and plants, drinking water for people, and water to grow our crops.
FNPCW Collaborates with Northland College Class
Eleven students from Professor Tom Mackey's Northland College Interpretive Methods class visited Beaver Hollow and viewed and evaluated the current site signage.
Planting Trees in 2024
The forests surrounding North Pikes Creek are faced with the multiple challenges of a warming climate and an imminent invasive pest infestation. The FNPCW organization is working proactively to address these challenges, and to help our forests remain healthy and continue to provide homes for wildlife.
Beavers Prepare for Winter
All fall, the beaver worked industriously to cut aspen, willow, alder, and red-osier dogwood for their winter food store.
Ash Forest Transition Tree Planting Project
The FNPCW is undertaking a 5-year transition of our black ash-dominated wetland forest to native trees that are projected to fare well in a warming climate. The wetland forests surrounding North Pikes Creek and its headwaters are facing the dual challenges of an Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) infestation of black ash trees, and a future warmer, drier climate.