Chapter events and contacts

Friends of the Upper Mississippi River Refuges is organized into four chapters. To find out more about planned activities and meetings, contact the chapter nearest you:

Palisades Chapter (Savanna District of the Refuge):
Chapter meetings are held at the Ingersoll Wetland Learning Center, which houses Refuge staff offices, a visitor's center and gift shop. The Center overlooks Spring Lake, which is in the backwaters of the Mississippi River. To get to the Ingersoll Wetland Learning Center from Clinton, Iowa, take 30 East to 84 North. From Savanna, Illinois, take 84 South approximately 3 miles to Riverview Road.

Call FUMRR board members Bill Scott in Savanna, Illinois, at 815/273-2813, or Phil Jensen in Galena, Illinois, at 815/777-1101. Or contact the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Office at 815/273-2732.

Give a gift that truly does keep on giving: the Ingersoll Wetlands Learning Center Brick Campaign. PDF info and form

Coulee Chapter (La Crosse District of the Refuge):
For current information about Coulee Chapter meetings, call FUMRR board member John Wetzel in Holmen, Wisconsin, at 608/526-4238, or the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service office in Onalaska, Wisconsin, at 608/783-8405.

Bob Pohl Chapter (Winona District of the Refuge):
Meetings of the Bob Pohl chapter are held several times a year at the Exchange Building, 51 East 4th St., Winona, Minnesota.
Contact chapter president Steve Sherwood in Winona at 507/454-6227, or the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service office in Winona, Minnesota, at 507/454-7351, or the Trempealeau Refuge in Trempealeau, Wisconsin, at 608/539-2311.

(proposed) Lost Mound Chapter: Jim Rachuy in Stockton, Illinois, 815/947-2695 (grassroots@mwci.net).

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