All volunteers for macroinvertebrate collection need to have at least one person that has attended one of the training sessions (virtual, or in-person) in the past two years. It is highly recommended that you attend the in-person training if you have never attended a training before. To sign up please fill out this form: Monitoring …
All volunteers for macroinvertebrate collection need to have at least one person that has attended one of the training sessions (virtual, or in-person) in the past two years. It is highly recommended that you attend the in-person training if you have never attended a training before. To sign up please fill out this form: Monitoring …
This is the sampling window to collect macroinvertebrates for the spring 2026 sampling season! If you are interested in volunteering, make register@ Monitoring Sign-Up or reach out to @will@superiorrivers.org for more information.
We’ll be holding volunteer sorting and identification sessions following the collection season. At these sessions volunteers sort through preserved specimens, sorting them into groups to help with identification by our expert volunteers. We will also have microscopes for any folks interested in diving deeper into the identification process or who might just want to see …
Join us for our first field trip of the season! Local birder Tim Oksiuta will guide us on a birding field trip through Prentice Park. We'll be exploring all the amazing birds that call Fish Creek home through the summer or on their journey north. Bring your binoculars and be prepared to be mostly on …
We’ll be holding volunteer sorting and identification sessions following the collection season. At these sessions volunteers sort through preserved specimens, sorting them into groups to help with identification by our expert volunteers. We will also have microscopes for any folks interested in diving deeper into the identification process or who might just want to see …
Our annual Volunteer Appreciation Party is on Sunday, June 7th from 5pm - 7pm at the Black Cat Coffeehouse. We will serve hefty hors d'oeurves, and there will be a cash coffee and liquor bar. If the weather is pleasant, we can use the back patio and perhaps have lawn games! We are celebrating over 70 volunteers who support the …
Bayfield County Groundwater Investigations: From Rain and Snowmelt to Lake Superior. This talk will explore the hydrogeology of the Bayfield Peninsula—that is, how geologic conditions influence groundwater flow, from recharge to aquifers, through groundwater flow systems, to emerge at wells, streams, springs, wetlands, and Lake Superior. Over the past decade, the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History …
Living Science: Being a Wisconsin Master Naturalist Do you care about the environment and want to give back in meaningful ways? Then the Wisconsin Master Naturalist Program might be right for you! The August Science on Tap program will focus on what it means to be a Wisconsin Master Naturalist volunteer. Laurel Sukup and Michael …
Join us for food, live music, silent auction, and beer to celebrate our water and the watershed stewards protecting their streams and Lake Superior! A sneak peak at some of the silent auction items:
Help us cut invasive cattails! We need volunteers on Saturday, September 12th and Sunday, September 13th (with a backup rain date one week later, September 19th and 20th) to: The Superior Rivers Watershed Association is removing hybrid invasive cattails from the Prentice Park Fish Creek Slough. These cattails spread across the marsh on extensive underwater …
Jeff Wilson, masterful storyteller and author of Wrong Tree: Adventures in Wildlife Biology. Wilson’s memoir takes readers from the fields of Iowa to the north woods of Wisconsin, and ultimately to far flung locations around the world. His tales involve beaver, bear, osprey, and loon, to name a few, weaving natural history and science into adventures that leave you laughing. At Science on Tap, Jeff will focus on his work as a WDNR wildlife technician, helping restore osprey populations in Wisconsin in the 1980’s and 90’s.
