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Driftless Dialogue Lecture Series

The Driftless Dialogue is a monthly presentation series covering a wide range of topics relating to the Kickapoo Valley people, history, or natural surroundings.  

The Driftless Dialogue lecture series is supported by Friends of Kickapoo Valley Reserve and Kickapoo Valley (Nuzum) Reforestation Fund – University of Wisconsin – Madison College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

 

 **All talks may be subject to change.  

Program: Monarch Butterfly - Biology and Conservation in a Changing World
Presenter:  Karen S. Oberhauser - Professor Emerita, UW-Madison Department of Entomology

Date: September 23, 2026
Time:  Socializing 5:30pm - Talk 6pm

Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center
S3661 State Road 131
La Farge, WI 54639

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Program: Forests and Flood Resilience.
Presenter:  Eric Booth, PhD. Associate Scientist - Hydrologist.
Department of Plant & Agroecosystem Sciences, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Date: October 12, 2026
Time:  Socializing 5:30pm - Talk 6pm

Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center
S3661 State Road 131
La Farge, WI 54639

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Program: Archaeology
Presenter:  Constance Arzigian
MVAC Senior Researcher

Date:  Wednesday, December 9, 2026
Time:  Socializing 5:30pm - Talk 6pm

Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center
S3661 State Road 131
La Farge, WI 54639

 

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Program: Raptors of the Region - Meet a Golden Eagle!
Presenter: River Valley Raptors

Date: January 9, 2027 - Winter Festival
Time: Fireside talk at 11am and 1pm

Kickapoo Valley Reserve Visitor Center
S3661 State Road 131
La Farge, WI 54639

The Driftless Dialogue lecture series is supported by:

Friends of Kickapoo Valley Reserve and Kickapoo Valley (Nuzum) Reforestation Fund – University of Wisconsin – Madison College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

 

The Kickapoo Reserve Management Board acknowledges that the state and federal lands that comprise the Reserve fall within the ancestral homelands of First Nations people including the Hoocąk Nation. We recognize the sovereignty of the Hoocąk and other First Nations and will work towards a shared future by continuing to create collaborative opportunities to protect and preserve these lands.

Kickapoo Valley Reserve | S3661 State Road 131 | La Farge, Wisconsin 54639 
Phone: 608-625-2960

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