Serving Crawford, Grant, Iowa, La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe, Richland, Sauk and Vernon Counties

Scheduled WWOA and Bad Axe Events

WWOA 46th Annual Meeting: Onalaska Wisconsin. September 18th to 21st, 2025. Register now for one or more days of this informative get-together with members from across Wisconsin as we meet in Onalaska at the Stony Creek Inn and Convention Center. Meeting includes Thursday and Friday tours, and Saturday business meeting, keynote presentations, concurrent sessions and evening banquet. Sunday field day. https://wisconsinwoodlands.org/annual-meeting

BAD AXE and BLACK HAWK Chapters are planning an EVENT : Field Day on AgroForestry to be held at the at the Savanna Institute demonstration farm near Spring Green, WI. Planning for the event is underway and by early spring members should receive an exact date, time and location for this event. Please visit the Savanna website at www.savannainstitute.org to learn more about their mission and activities.

WWOA EVENTS. Other events sponsored by WWOA and their chapters are provided at https://wisconsinwoodlands.org/calendar-of-events

Other Upcoming Events

• The Tristate Forestry Stewardship Conference will be held in Dubuque Iowa on March 1st. Additional information, including the program and registration, may be found at https://naturalresources.extension.iastate.edu/programs/forestry/tri_state/introduction

Previous Bad Axe Chapter Events

June 22, 2024. Nursery Tour and Bad Axe Summer Picnic. Roger Bohringer, Assistant Manager of the nurser led the tour. Ross DeWitt, DNR forester spoke on coordination with DNR and preparing for timber sales and MFL applications. The summer picnic was held alongside the Chapter’s annual meeting.

October 15, 2022. Bad Axe Gathering and Annual Meeting Kramer Farm, Richland County, WI. July 22, 2023. Kramer Farm, Richland County, WI.

The 2023 Bad Axe Annual Meeting, Gathering and Potluck was held at the Kramer Farm in Richland County on July 22, 2023.  Highlights of the event were the delicious barbeque and potluck dishes provided by the Kramer family and guests.  Following lunch, a presentation and demonstration was provided by Mike Nee, Bad Axe member, botanist, and lifelong expert on the flora of Richland County and Southwest Wisconsin.  Mike explained how botanical specimens are identified, collected, and preserved for herbaria and he reviewed the important roles of plant collections for environmental and other scientific studies.  Mike then led us on a walking tour in which he identified native and invasive plants in the understory of a plantation. 

Bad Axe Field Day and Annual Meeting. October 15, 2022 at the Betty and Jeanie Kramer Farm, Richland County.

The October 15, 2022 Bad Axe Field Day was hosted by the Betty and Jeanie Kramer family at their 4^th generation family woodland near Boaz, Richland County, WI.    Julie Van Cleve, DNR spoke about Crop Tree Release. Randy Kelly demonstrated tree pruning. Dan Bolin discussed invasive and opportunist species and methods for control. Crystal Bailey of Richland Co NRCS shared tips on preparations of Quality Pollinator Habitat. Also, Julie Van Cleve, DNR, and Crystal Bailey, NRCS, explained funding programs and application processes.

Walnut Council Invited Field Day. May 21, 2022.

The Bad Axe Chapter of WWOA held a short meeting right after the conclusion of the Walnut Council’s Field Day at the Roger Krause Farm. Dale Parker discussed organization of the Bad Axe Chapter and the upcoming Field Day at the Kramer Farm was announced. Warren Pickar facilitated a discussion about future combined Walnut Council-Bad Axe WWOA field days.