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Prairie Burn at Lapham Peak
A Prescribed Prairie Burn was performed at Lapham Peak on Nov 2 and 17. About 55 acres on the west side of the Park, and about 2-3 acres on the east side of the park were successfully burned. The areas outlined in red on the right were the units involved. The Friends of Lapham Peak contracted Good Oak Ecological Services for most of the work, and the FLP also supplied 8 certified volunteers to assist. […]
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2020 C.D. Besadny Conservation Funded Project – Complete
Invasive Species Removal for Picnic Shelter & Trail Accessibility Project (2019-2020) In 2019, The Friends of Lapham Peak (FLP) applied for a grant from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin’s C.D. Besadny Conservation Fund. The grant was to co-fund two efforts, both dealing with the removal of invasive species within the Park at these locations: The Mike Fort Picnic Shelter (Crown-Vetch and Buckthorn) And the meadow, trails, and areas surrounding our hike in backpack campsite […]
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2019-2020 Annual Reports
The Friends of Lapham Peak held their annual meeting for the 2019-2020 year, on Nov 11, 2020, from 7-8pm. John McCarthy presented a history of Lapham Peak’s Snowmaking Operations, equipment, recent additions (Winter Recreation Storage Building, and our new snow cat, a PistenBully 100F) and future plans. As soon as we can get his slides into a format for the web, we will post them here.
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2020 Oct Newsletter
Check out our recent Newsletters. Our Fall (October 2020) Newsletter has been posted.
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Memorial Bricks
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 Garden on your next walk through Lapham Peak. Orders can be completed online or with the Butterfly Garden Flyer. Engraved bricks may be purchased on an ongoing […]
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Lapham Peak wins 2020 Gold Seal Award for Wildflowers!
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 in maintaining Lapham Peak’s property so that this continues to be possible. To see all of the awards for this year, visit the Friends of […]
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Removing Black Locust
We’ve been monitoring the growth of some very nasty, invasive, thorny, Black Locust trees along the Paul Sandgren Recreational Trail on the far west side of the park, along Cushing Road. This October (2020), volunteers removed as much of this as they could find, and they will continue to monitor it for any re-growth next year.
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New Winter Recreation Storage Building is Taking Shape
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, and conduit for electrical connections, etc. The foundation is being installed now. We still need funds to cover the full cost of the materials and […]
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Ornamental Grass can be a Huge Problem for the Park
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 grasses have become an increasing threat. Non-Native Phragmites (or common reed) is a perennial wetland grass that grows as high as 15-20 feet tell. It […]
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Backpacking Campsite Renovated
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 / refurbished picnic table a chopping block and new paint on the outhouse that is close by You will also see that we are working on […]
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