Join Joe Hovel in this engaging discussion.
Registration required at North Lakeland Discovery Center www.discoverycenter.net 715-543-2085
Join conservationist Joe Hovel at the Land O Lakes Public Library at 1PM on Thursday Sept. 7.
Joe will give an overview of his side career in land conservation and work with Northwood Alliance, with special focus on the Land O Lakes area projects. Area projects include the new Headwaters Cedar Community Forest, and NWA is seeking public feedback in developing the Community Forest Management Plan.
Questions and comments on the Upper Wisconsin River Legacy Forest and the Wildcat Falls Community Forest will be most welcome as well.
https://www.boulderjunctionlibrary.org/event/conservationist-and-local-author-joe-hovel/
Joe Hovel will discuss his memoir From Barbells to Spruce Grouse and the connection to the Northwoods Alliance Conservation projects. All proceeds from this book assist Northwoods Alliance in protecting habitat and offering public access.
Please call, email or text and we will reply as to specific meet points on the project.
Likely the meet location will be .67 miles east of US Hwy 45 on County Road E
April 22, 2023 West Iron District Library Earth Day event: Northwoods Alliance will make a presentation on land conservation at 11 AM Central Time
116 West Genesee St. Iron River MI 49935
We encourage you to visit the snowshoe trail any time. The road has been plowed to provide sufficient parking. Look for the stake with a yellow marking in the snowbank and a small sign marking the trailhead. Reach out if you would like directions or need a guide.
Wildcat Falls, near Watersmeet MI., has been long-known as a special place by area naturalists, and was once protected as part of the Ottawa National Forest. This parcel was lost as a National Forest holding, and today Wildcat Falls and surrounding old growth forest is in the process of becoming a 160-acre community forest. The effort to maintain public access and protection for this unique feature has been led for years by Northwoods Alliance, a decades-old nonprofit conservation organization. As a major step toward project completion, the USFS Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program has awarded 50% of the needed funding to establish a Wildcat Falls Community Forest, and we now need help from the community to reach the goal.
This inspiring ten-year conservation effort will be the subject of a program titled Tenacity Creates Opportunity at the Olson Memorial Library in Eagle River on Saturday, December 14 at 1 PM. This informative program will describe the efforts to keep Wildcat Falls open to the public, and highlight the history and current status of this important work while showcasing the features and quality of the project. We will also describe the current project status, including timeline to completion and fundraising goals. To date, over one hundred donors, including individuals, conservation groups and foundations, have contributed to the project. Thanks to this support, we have now raised more than half the funds necessary to match the federal community forest grant.
All are invited to join Northwoods Alliance and conservation partners for this program, to learn of efforts to build community and advance the Wildcat Falls Community Forest and other projects.
For more information email nwa@nnex.net, or contact Joe Hovel at 715-479-8528. We hope to see you there.
