The Friends of Lapham Peak held their annual meeting for the 2019-2020 year, on Nov 11, 2020, from 7-8pm. Our Annual Reports for this past year are here: 2019-2020 Annual Reports John McCarthy presented a history of Lapham Peak’s Snowmaking Operations, equipment, recent additions (Winter Recreation Storage Building, and our […]
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Updated 2/7//2022 We have engraved bricks as a fundraiser for our Butterfly Garden Walkway! An engraved brick may be to honor, or in memory of someone with a 4×8″ brick for $150 or an 8×8″ brick for $300. The first phase of the walkway has been installed. Check out the Butterfly
Each year, the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks ask the public to vote on various topics and categories. This year, 2020, Lapham Peak was voted Best State Park System Property to see spring wildflowers! Thank you for your votes, and we also thank our volunteers and Rangers for their work
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Our new Winter Recreation Storage Building, that will house our new SnowCat, snowguns, hehicles, and other winter recreation equipment, such as water hoses, pipes, tools, and supplies, is starting to take shape. Volunteers prepared the site, including engineering work, survey work, building design, excavation work, work on a drainage system,
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Ornamental grasses, including non-native phragmites (also called common reed), pampas grass, miscanthus grass (also called maiden grass) can become a huge issue for our State Parks. Each year, volunteers and DNR rangers try to address various invasive plants (such as buckthorn, honeysuckle, black locust, Japanese barberry, etc) and now ornamental
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Thanks to the Friends of Wisconsin State Parks for the “Incentive Grant” they awarded us with! With this, volunteers from the Friends of Lapham Peak and our local DNR staff, renovated Lapham Peak’s backpacking campsite! Updates include: a new fire-pit with movable cooking surface 2 new benches a new /
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Find Your Adventure, Go Wild In Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: NEWS RELEASE MADISON, Wis. – People are connecting with Wisconsin’s great outdoors more than ever as the state continues to navigate the COVID-19 public health emergency. For those who need a place for space, Wisconsin has lots to offer. With 49
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A rare butterfly for Wisconsin, the Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes), has been seen at Lapham Peak recently. The Giant Swallowtail is the largest species of butterfly in North America! Apparently, we’re at the northern edge of its normal territory. Our wildflowers and butterfly garden attract a lot of interesting and
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Work began Monday, Aug 3, 2020 on site preparation for access and footings, for the new Winter Equipment Storage Building at Lapham Peak! The new building will house our new Snowcat (Pisten Bully 100) and other winter related equipment. Please help us with the final funding for the snowcat and new
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The Friends of Wisconsin State Parks are asking for your vote in this year’s contest categories. If you are a camper, biker, hunter, hiker, angler, or park visitor, cast your vote for your favorite state park, forest, trail, or recreation area in the categories below. The winning parks, forests, trails, or
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