Marsh Water Level
The water level in the marsh at Beaver Hollow is the lowest it has been in the last decade. The cause of this water level drop is the extended drought conditions in far northern Wisconsin. The Bayfield peninsula is currently…
Tom Frizzell Memorial Boardwalk Dedication
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” ~John Muir The boardwalk at Beaver Hollow was dedicated to Thomas D. Frizzell on July…
Dedication of Beaver Hollow and the Tom Frizzell Memorial Boardwalk
Join us at Beaver Hollow, 88850 Compton Rd, Bayfield, at 2 pm on Sunday, July 11, for the official Grand Opening of Beaver Hollow and the Dedication of the Thomas D. Frizzell Memorial boardwalk. It will be a grand time! The…
The Gift of Beaver
Red Cliff Tribal Natural Resources staff members presented the Friends with two of their unwanted beavers in May. The beavers, who were causing flooding problems, were trapped near the Tribal fish hatchery and brought to Beaver Hollow. Their ages and…
A Story of Stream Restoration by Beaver!
In the spring of 2017, Tracy Hames, wetland hydrologist and Executive Director of Wisconsin Wetlands Association, led a group of Friends' members on an assessment tour of the North Pikes Creek's headwaters. In the top photo, Tracy is explaining why…
The Friends tell the Story of the North Pikes Creek Headwaters with an ArcGIS Story Map
The headwaters' region of North Pikes Creek is an expansive area comprised of marshes, ponds, shrub thickets, and wetland forests teeming with wildlife, including 32 rare, threatened, and endangered species of birds and mammals. The wild and wet nature of…
Purple Loosestrife – A Pretty, but Problematic, Invasive
You've more than likely seen purple loosestrife growing in road ditches, wet meadows, marshes, and along river and stream banks. It may look pretty, but it is invasive everywhere it is found in North America! Purple loosestrife was brought to…
Sumner Matteson presents, “Wisconsin’s Trumpeter Swan Recovery Program” on April 8th
In 1986, Trumpeter Swans, once plentiful in Wisconsin, were absent from the state. Market hunting and feather collection in previous centuries had decimated their population. Sumner Matteson, and other WDNR scientists, drafted a Trumpeter Swan recovery plan to return these…
Snowshoeing at Beaver Hollow
Fresh snow is falling! It's time to get outside at Beaver Hollow with your snowshoes! You don't have snowshoes? Luckily, thanks to generous donations from the Bayfield Community Education Foundation (BCEF), and from Friends' members, we are able to loan…
Winter at Beaver Hollow
There's no such thing as bad weather - only bad clothing, according to the Norwegian maxim,“Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær!” This is oft repeated throughout Scandinavia, where people grow up with a unique relationship with nature. Children are…