Ashland County 4-H Elementary Adventure Days is returning for Summer 2022! See what 4-H is all about on these fun half-day excursions for youth grades 2-6. Lead by 4-H Volunteers, 4-H Youth Ambassadors, and trained outdoor professionals. There is no charge for these adventures! Registration and Permission slips are required.

Tuesday, June 7 at 9 AM (Central time) Northern Wisconsin is an epicenter for at least 6 tick-borne illnesses that can cause serious and sometimes long-lasting symptoms. Many of our friends and neighbors have gotten sick from Lyme, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and other diseases while working or recreating outside. Warmer and shorter winter conditions are affecting how and when infected ticks spread their bacteria. Join us for this second session of a three-part series called “Living with Ticks” on Tuesday, June 7 at 9 AM (Central time) Register here.

Thursday, June 2 at 11:00 AM (Central time) Northern Wisconsin is an epicenter for at least 6 tick-borne illnesses that can cause serious and sometimes long-lasting symptoms. Many of our friends and neighbors have gotten sick from Lyme, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and other diseases while working or recreating outside. Warmer and shorter winter conditions are affecting how and when infected ticks spread their bacteria. Pets also need to be protected from tick bites, as these Warmer conditions are now causing pet illnesses in every month of the year.

Wednesday, June 1st from 4:00 to 5:00 PM. All of us have it stored on shelves in our basements, garages, barns, out buildings, and other places–hazardous materials. Unused oil paint, old farm chemicals, toxic cleaners, burned out batteries and light bulbs. In this one-hour webinar, we’ll learn what happens to those products after you take them to a local Cleansweeps collection. And, we’ll learn how to avoid even using hazardous materials by purchasing safe products instead. Register here.

Register for the upcoming Zoom Webinar: Though Wisconsin is notorious for frigid winters, extreme heat kills more people in the state than all other weather disasters (like tornadoes, floods, blizzards) combined. Just as the human body can freeze to death when temperatures are too cold, it can also stop functioning properly when it cannot dissipate excessive heat. You can watch a recording of the program here.

Speakers Include Dr. Susan Paskewitz is the chair of the Department of Entomology and director of the Midwestern Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease in Madison. Dr. Paskewitz is an expert on the biology and control of mosquitoes and ticks that transmit human and animal diseases including malaria, West Nile Virus, and Lyme disease. She and her lab […]

Registration is open for 2022 Spring Shooting Sports. Archery and Riflery should be fun this year, with some familiar friendly faces returning to coach! Registration is required. Sign up for the Archery Project and/or Riflery Project club(s) on 4-H Online!