Park Events in 2010
Nature Story Time - Stumpf Education Room in Park Office
10:00-11:00 a.m.
Tuesdays - March 2nd and 16th; April 6th and 20th
Join the naturalist for a reading from selected nature based storybooks for 3 to 5 year olds. Then participate in some fun crafts relating to the stories. All free for the family!
Friends of High Cliff
Annual Spring Fundraising Banquet
Friday April 9th - Tickets on Sale Soon
3rd Annual FOHC Spring Fundraising Banquet Friday, April 9th from 6-9 at High Cliff Restaurant Here's an opportunity to give a little back to the place that gives so much; High Cliff State Park. The beauty and adventure this amazing treasure offers is truly worth preserving. Come enjoy an evening of good fun, good food and good company all for a great cause. You may walk out being an even bigger winner than when you walked in.
Annual Arbor Day Tree Planting / Spring Clean Up
Saturday, April 24, 2010
9AM – 1 PM
High Cliff State Park needs your help! Volunteers should meet at the park pavilion at 9 AM to receive trees for planting or garbage bags for litter pickup. The Friends of High Cliff State Park will provide a noontime lunch. Groups of 6 or more should call ahead. Volunteers are urged to bring shovels and gloves. A state park vehicle admission sticker is not required for registered volunteers.
Free Fishing Weekend
Saturday/Sunday, June 5 & 6, 2010
Enjoy a weekend of fishing on Wisconsin lakes and streams. No fishing license is required this weekend. A state park vehicle admission sticker is required on June 6, but not required on June 7 (Wisconsin State Parks Open House Day).
Lil Angler Program
Sunday, June 6, 2010
8:30 AM – 1 PM
Information to be added at a later date
A state park vehicle admission sticker is not required (Wisconsin State Parks Open House Day).
Wisconsin State Parks Open House Day
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Admission is free to all properties in the Wisconsin State Park System. Come enjoy a day in the parks and forests.
Midwest Sports Triathlon
Saturday, June 19, 2010
7 AM – 2 PM
www.midwestsportsevents.com
Race the Lake
Sunday, August 22
5:50 a.m.
Lakeside Park
158 E. Harbor View Dr., Fond Du Lac
Lake Winnebago…One of the largest inland lakes in the United States and the most popular lake in Wisconsin will be the 90 mile course for the event. This is the LONGEST timed, all citizen bike race in the United States. The blending of all cycling lovers including the professional, triathlete, tandem, recumbent, and recreational cyclist are welcomed. The 3rd annual one-of-a-kind 90 mile bike event travels along the Lake Winnebago shoreline; starting and finishing in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. This event is designed to challenge the recreational cyclist and simultaneously incorporate a timed event for the professional cyclist.
FOHC Volunteers are helping with this event.
Great Pumpkin Event
Saturday, October 30, 2010
3 PM – 9 PM
This is a free family event sponsored by the Sherwood Lions with help from the Friends of High Cliff. This “Spooktacular” event begins at 3 PM with a Kids’ Pumpkin Carving Contest followed by a Kids’ Costume Contest. Wagon rides run from 3:30 PM to dusk. The torch-lit trail will be open from 6 to 9 PM. Visitors are encouraged to bring non-perishable foods items to help the Sherwood Lions Food Drive and used eyewear will be collected for the Sherwood Lionesses programs. A state park vehicle admission sticker is not required for this special event.
Rep. Al Ott Attends Commission's 37th Annual Meeting to Celebrate Niagara Escarpment
On April 30, 2009 the Commission held both its regular Quarterly Commission meeting and its 37th Annual Commission Meeting at the Commission's offices in Menasha. In addition to its regular business, such as approving the nominations for Commission Chair and Vice-Chair (Dick Koeppen - Waupaca County and Marshal Geise - Shawano County respectively) for another term, Commission staff gave an overview of the accomplishments which occurred over the past year. As part of this annual celebration, Rep. Al Ott (R-Forest Junction) attended the meeting to present the Commission with a framed plaque of the recently approved Assembly Joint Resolution 1. The resolution is recognition of the Niagara Escarpment and proclaims the year 2010 as "Year of the Niagara Escarpment". Rep. Ott had been working with the Niagara Escarpment Resource Network (NERN) for approximately a year to discuss ongoing land management and conservation issues affecting this unique regional resource. As a result, Rep. Ott felt that it was time to elevate the public's level of awareness and subsequently authored and sought co-sponsorship for the legislative proclamation. AJR-1 was adopted by the Wisconsin State Assembly on February 24, 2009. The Wisconsin State Senate concurred on March 24, 2009. The Niagara Escarpment is a 650 mile long geologic feature of global importance that stretches across Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario and New York. In Wisconsin, the Niagara Escarpment spans a distance of over 230 miles and reaches from Waukesha County to the Door County Peninsula. It runs through the counties of Door, Kewaunee, Brown, Manitowoc, Calumet, Fond du Lac, Dodge and Waukesha. Locally, it is known as the "Ledge." The Niagara Escarpment is a prominent component throughout much of the eastern part of the State. Peninsula and High Cliff State Parks, two of Wisconsin's most visited State Parks, lie along the Niagara Escarpment corridor. "I am especially pleased that the Niagara Escarpment is getting this well deserved recognition," Ott said in a previous press release. "Assembly Joint Resolution 1 will promote awareness and education to this distinctive landscape. The Niagara Escarpment will be acknowledged as an essential geologic and natural resource to our State." Ott added, "This unique natural element is an important ecologic, historic, economic, cultural and recreational foundation." The Commission and the Niagara Escarpment Resource Network wishes to thank Rep. Ott and all of the other resolution co-sponsors for their support of this regional effort. Currently, the Commission is working on a number of projects and initiatives resulting from the legislative proclamation, including the development of a Niagara Escarpment Greenway Plan, a Niagara Cuesta Tourism effort, and the development of a corridor-long recreational bicycle route. For more information about these efforts, please contact Eric Fowle at (920) 751- 4770.
