History walk: Better than a crumbling foundation
(Plum trees left from the Samual and LuAnn Turner homestead 100 years ago?) Four of us took a history walk on the barrens today, and…
Author: Mark
Sharptail Nature Walk August 1, 2018
Friends members Jerry McAllister and Mark Nupen led a nature walk along with two English setter bird dogs, Daisy age 12 and her daughter Floss…
Humans on the barrens: The wandering Arvid Lyons
We know for certain where Arvid Lyons lived out the end of his eventful life. And we know where he lies at rest in the…
Humans on the barrens: Clemens family, Clemens Creek
Concrete foundations of what likely were silos for hay on the homestead of William and Mary Clemens. At least three of us – Brian Finstad,…
Humans on the barrens: Jim Anderson
Vern Drake and Dave Peters visited Jim Anderson on June 5, 2018, and he shared with us several documents, photos and his memory of his…
Annual open house
(Photo by Jerome McAllister.) The Friends of the Namekagon Barrens Wildlife Area held their annual open house June 9, 2018, a little earlier than in…
South Unit Nature Walk–Lupines and Bogs
The Friends of the Namekagon Barrens is leading a series of Nature Walks during the summer of 2018. The first was led by…
Humans on the barrens: Severne’s lilacs
The lilacs of Severne Bradley were the telltale, opening a window on a century-old community of struggling farmers in the sands of northwest Wisconsin. In…
150 yr old Bridge site
Hello all, last April some of us from FNBWA took a walk from the south unit of the NMBWA up to the boot end of…
And more birds dancing…..
This frenzy of activity took place on the lek last weekend. The first two hours were spent keeping warm, watching males dance, and then stare…