Friends Event

The fishing platform replacement project has begun at the Halfmoon Landing! This means the landing is closed until construction is complete, hopefully just a couple of weeks and it will open back up. The LaCrosse District is offering spring bird walks at Goose Island (south of LaCrosse) lead by a Refuge Ranger and Minnesota Audubon forest…

We are scheduled to host the clients from Project COMPASS for fishing and a picnic on Wednesday, June 1 from 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. The event will be held at the Hiawatha Valley Marine shelter, 527 West Lake Park Drive in Winona (next to the boat ramp on West Lake Winona). We haven’t held this…

Refuge Friends and Volunteers, the next Friends meeting will be held on Thursday, April 28 beginning at 4:15 p.m. at the Refuge office (102 Walnut Street, Suite 205) and there will also be a call-in option. Email Mary Stefanski ([email protected]) if you would like the link to attend virtually. Click here for the meeting agenda. April…

Refuge Friends and Volunteers, the next meeting of the Friends of the Refuge Headwaters will be this Thursday, March 24th beginning at 4:15 p.m. at the Refuge Office (102 Walnut Street, Suite 205). If you would like to attend but are not comfortable meeting in person, a virtual option will be available. Please email Mary…

Here are a few time-sensitive items to share with our friends and volunteers: If you’ve been waiting to purchase an America the Beautiful Park Pass they have finally arrived! Annual passes are $80; senior annual passes (persons 62 and older) are $20; senior life-time are $80; and disabled persons access passes are free. You can…

Refuge Friends and Volunteers, the next meeting of the Friends of the Refuge Headwaters will be held at the Refuge Office (102 Walnut Street, Suite 205) beginning at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 24th. Masks will be required. If you would like to attend but are not comfortable meeting in person, a virtual option will…

We would like to welcome new Friends Treasurer Margaret (Megs) Hurkman. We want to take this opportunity to thank outgoing Treasurer Bev Spande for her years of service to the Refuge and Friends. Bev has held the President, Vice President and Treasurer positions in her 15+ years of membership/volunteerism with the Refuge. While Bev will…

At the last Friends meeting it was approved for the Friends to apply for a MN Department of Natural Resources competitive grant to combat the invasive species flowering rush. Click here to learn more about flowering rush on the Winona District by looking at the program provided by Refuge Biologist Jennie Froehly. You can learn…

The annual Kid’s Ice Fishing Event co-sponsored by the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Refuge) and Friends of the Refuge Headwaters is scheduled for Saturday, February 19, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to noon at the McNally Boat Landing on Prairie Island Drive, Winona, MN. Children ages 6 through 13 and their families…

Refuge Friends and Volunteers, the next meeting of the Friends of the Refuge Headwaters will be held at the Refuge Office (102 Walnut Street, Suite 205) beginning at 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, January 27th. Masks will be required. If you would like to attend but are not comfortable meeting in person, a virtual option will…