2026 Board of Directors
President: Kathryn Lammers
Store Manager: Melissa Meier
Secretary: Kathryn Lammers
Treasurer: Melissa Meier
Event Planner; Mark Gaikowski
Store Volunteer: Carol Sagen
Store Volunteer: Nancy Stienhoff
Friends of the Refuge - Mississippi River Pools 7 & 8 is an official Friends group for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge - La Crosse District.
March 2027 tbd Annual Meeting social 6pm short business meeting and program. Sign up for membership. Meet your Friends!
May, 2027 tbd Saturday World Migratory Bird Day
May 2026 Saturday Bird Banding from 7-11 at Shady Maple Interpretive Trail at Goose Island. TBD
Earth Day in LaCrosse at The Nature Place, Myrick Park Sunday April 26, 2026 11-3.
Outdoor Recreation Festival in Pettibone Park in La Crosse July 11. 2026 Saturday 10-2.
Friends will host an event at Nov 12 Thursday 2026 . 6:00-8;00. Inaugural brewery seminar at Turtle Stack! Speakers on waterfowl habitat, birds response to boating on Lake Onalaska, and waterfowl identification.
Friends will be selling souvenirs Nov 14, 2026 from 10-2. A Ranger or Naturalist is available 10-2 on first three Saturdays and Sundays. Typically 10,000 Tundra swans are in the area during the first three weeks in November. Huge birding event!
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