Stop by the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center from 10:00am to 2:00pm on Saturday, May 2nd for some FREE Family Fun! Celebrate Wisconsin’s Archaeology Month & learn about 10,000+ years of history on the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest! - Meet Forest Service archaeologists- See artifacts from northern Wisconsin- Take part in family-friendly activities including an artifact […]
You are invited to attend the Ashland and Bayfield Counties Non-Profit and Volunteer Fair on Tuesday, April 28th , 1-6pm at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center. There will be over 40 non-profit organizations tabling at this event to share information on their mission, values, and programming. You can learn how to support their work through volunteering, […]
Celebrate creativity and talent at the Bayfield County 4-H Youth Art & Talent Show! This fun, family-friendly event invites students in grades K–12 to showcase their skills across a wide range of artistic and performance categories. Local artists will judge entries and provide constructive feedback, with ribbons awarded to best-of-show participants. 📅 Date & TimeApril […]
40+ Vendors of homemade items including jewelry, woodwork, pottery, wine bread, candles, and more! The Friends of the Center will have coffee, baked goods and pizza for concessions. Please note vendor spots have filled and posts advertising tables for sale are fraudulent. If you have a vendor related question, please call Donna at 685-2659.
Turner Road Farm in Bayfield is participating in the Audubon Conservation Ranching program! Come hear Ashly Steinke, who is the Wisconsin Grassland Ecologist for Audubon Great Lakes and leads the Audubon Conservation Ranching (ACR) program in Wisconsin. He will describe how program participants carry out regenerative grazing practices that use cattle as “habitat helpers,” to […]
Sparky Stensaas, the founder and executive director of Friends of Sax-Zim Bog, describes the bog and explains how each winter "vole snatchers" like Great Gray Owls, Hawk Owls, Boreal Owls, Northern Shrikes, ermine, marten, fox and coyote survive and thrive there on a diet of voles.
Join Ranger Ariana for a guided night hike on our boardwalk trail and learn all about nocturnal animals along the way! No tickets or RSVP necessary. Contact Ranger Ariana with questions.
The Lake Superior basin is home to some of the most spectacular waterfalls in the state. Meet at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland then caravan to visit four waterfalls: Copper Falls, Potato River Falls, Saxon Falls, and Superior Falls. Enjoy picturesque views and learn about the geologic history that is responsible for […]
April 24th at 7pm. Join us for “Gardening is for The Birds” with wildlife biologist Karin Kozie. Karin will talk to us about what trees, shrubs, and flowering plants to put in your yard to attract more birds. She’ll describe how to learn which plants are native to our area and where to purchase them. […]
Feb 13th at 7pm. Naturalist Emily Stone traveled to Michoacán, Mexico, in December 2022 to visit the sanctuaries where monarch butterflies overwinter. The temperate fir forests that cradle the butterflies sit atop high peaks of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. In a delicate balance between staying cool enough to conserve fat stores and warm enough not […]
Jan 16 at 7 pm. Ted May from Chequamegon Audubon describes his experience with a group of ten volunteers from northern Wisconsin on a working vacation in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. The presentation shares pictures of the area’s biological avian and other biodiversity and their work with local communities to protect those resources and sustain […]
Bring the family out for a free showing of Stranger in the Woods, followed by refreshments and ranger program. Journey into the winter woods and meet two snowdrifts, Pierre and Janine. They will introduce you to their forest friends and reminisce about a mysterious stranger who once visited. This entertaining combination of live video and […]
Bring the family out for a free showing of Stranger in the Woods, followed by refreshments and ranger program. Journey into the winter woods and meet two snowdrifts, Pierre and Janine. They will introduce you to their forest friends and reminisce about a mysterious stranger who once visited. This entertaining combination of live video and […]
Bring the family out for a free showing of Stranger in the Woods, followed by refreshments and ranger program. Journey into the winter woods and meet two snowdrifts, Pierre and Janine. They will introduce you to their forest friends and reminisce about a mysterious stranger who once visited. This entertaining combination of live video and […]
