Chequamegon Bay Birding and Nature Festival - Birding at Beaver Hollow, Thursday, May 18, 7:00 am – 11:30 am: The headwaters of North Pikes Creek are an expansive area comprised of marshes, ponds, shrub thickets, and wetland forests teeming with wildlife. Thanks to the Friends of the North Pikes Creek Wetlands organization, portions can be…
Join Marisa Lee of the Chequamegon Wild Ones for a walk at Beaver Hollow, followed by a session of garden cleanup in the pollinator garden. Event postponed to the 20th due to weather. 10 am Spring Ephemerals walk: See what's blooming along the new Leopold Loop through the woods at Beaver Hollow. (Note: this route…
Christian W. Cold, retired wildlife educator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and falconer, travels extensively throughout Wisconsin offering programs on wildlife and related topics of natural history to schools and adult audiences. This "Raptors of the Great Lakes Region" presentation will be held Saturday, June 17th at 1 pm and will include the…
Bill Volkert, renowned naturalist and educator, and one of the foremost authorities on the Great Blue Heron in the Midwest, is coming back to Beaver Hollow this year to present a program titled, “The Great Blue Heron; Its Life History, Research and Management,” on Wednesday, June 28 at 2 pm, at the Beaver Hollow pavilion. Volkert…
Bill Volkert, renowned naturalist and educator, and one of the foremost authorities on the Great Blue Heron in the Midwest, is coming back to Beaver Hollow this year to present a program titled, “The Great Blue Heron; Its Life History, Research and Management,” on Wednesday, June 28 at 7 pm, at the Beaver Hollow pavilion. Volkert…
Christian W. Cold, a retired wildlife educator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, travels extensively throughout Wisconsin offering programs on wildlife and related topics of natural history to schools and adult audiences. He will present “Reptiles and Amphibians of Wisconsin” on Thursday, July 27th at 1 pm. His presentation will cover the identification and natural history…
Join Brian Heeringa, Wildlife Biologist for the Washburn Ranger District of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, on Thursday, August 3rd to learn about the bats of Wisconsin, and which bats call North Pikes Creek Wetlands home. Discover the importance of bats and the role they play in ecosystems around the world. The summer months are a busy…
John Olson, retired WDNR Furbearer Specialist, will discuss the life and ecology of Wisconsin’s wetland furbearers - beaver, otter, mink and muskrat - and exhibit pelts and other artifacts. John has been engaged in wildlife management for over 40 years. His work has included programs involving bald eagles, common loons, ospreys, black bears and wolves.…
This presentation by Timber Wolf Alliance Educator, Jane Weber, will cover the biology and ecology of Wisconsin's canids - foxes, coyotes, and wolves - as an important part of a healthy ecosystem. Skulls, skins, scat replicas and track casts will be available for comparison. This is an exciting, hands-on presentation suitable for adults and youth.…
Join us as Andy Edwards, Red Cliff Treaty Natural Resources Division Administrator, will discuss the research and monitoring work being conducted to better understand the history, population dynamics, and movements of the two resident Red Cliff Reservation wolf packs occupying the tip of the Bayfield Peninsula. A brief overview of Red Cliff’s other predator monitoring…
Thursday, October 12th, the Friends of the North Pikes Creek Wetlands will hold its Annual Membership Meeting at the South Shore Brewery Taphouse at 5:30 pm. Pizza will be served, followed by the FNPCW Annual Meeting. Following the meeting, Ryan Brady, Research Scientist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource's Bureau of Wildlife Management, will…
The FNPCW adopted Compton Road in 2016 through the Town of Russell's "Adopt a Road" program, and volunteers have since cleaned up trash along the road each year on Earth Day, April 22nd. This year our Earth Day cleanup event will also include raking the garden to get ready for the emergence of spring flowers,…