Announcements & Information

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Fall Workday Oct 6th - 8th 2023

Memberships are valid Jan 1 – Dec 31 each year.  Fees pay for youth conservation education, stream restoration and helping to raise 2500 Brook Trout released each April in the Watershed with the DNR and Living Waters Bible Camp. Upon Checkout, you will be offered the option to pay for memberships ($33), firewood ($21 per wheelbarrow, and the opportunity to contribute to either our Flood Restoration Fund or our Stream Restoration Fund.)

Paypal westforksportsclub@gmail.com , snail mail to:  WFSC, P.O. Box 52, Viroqua WI 54665

 

Welcome to the WFSC.   New members always welcome!  Check out the new events page for happenings at the WFSC.  (under announcements.)

NEW :

Camping Reservations.  Some spots are now reservable.   All sites are group sites, and are dispersed camping. There is always room for everyone! . Camp where you like except on the south point where posted, Indicate closest camp site # on your registration envelope. 

Groups can make special reservations with 12 or more people with notice by April 1st each year by email. 

Cabin Rental linens, please bring your own sheets, towels or sleeping bags.  This change will keep the club sustainable and allow us not to raise rates for 2023.  Thank you for understanding.  See cabin pages for the number of beds and sizes. 

Clubhouse – please consider having your function here  by renting this awesome space for your gatherings! See pictures on Clubhouse page. Full Kitchen, bar, round and rectangular tables and chairs.

2024 Board meeting will be June 8th in the Clubhouse. Time to be announced. All voting members must have a current membership purchased before May 1 of each year to vote at the Annual Member meeting. 
 
Your Club! Please see the section below on how you can help the club during your stay.  All members contributions help make the club a great stay for everyone!
 
Membership $33 by PayPal to westforkSportsclub@gmail.com or $30 in person at the green pay station at the park.

Electrical spots are $30 per night. Non elect $20 per night. (Even if you camp in a tent in an electrical site the cost is $30 per night. Please leave electric for those who need it. We have fewer electric than tent sites available ~thanks).  Electric cars can be charged onsite for an additional $30.00 per day.  
Wood is  $20 a wheelbarrow each time you get a load from all wood pile locations on site.

 
We practice the policies the CDC recommends.  The entire campground is considered  “group sites” and anyone can camp anywhere, we encourage you to have a good distance between where you place your sites and to not camp next to the river in case the river rises.  7″ of rain or more north of us in less than 24 hours can make the river go over it’s banks.   ~thank you in advance for keeping others safe.
 
 
2200 Brook Trout Released APRIL 2023 into the West Fork of the Kickapoo Watershed. We do this in partnership with LIVING WATERS BIBLE CAMP AND THE WI DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.  See the pics of the day!  Next release will be April 2024. Date to be determined.  Date will be posted under announcements.
 

Please help the club by:

  1. pick up sticks around the campground and put them in fire pits or tinder holders in various locations.  (helps the mowers immensely)
  2. DON’T get stuck in a sand trap or wet ground, it will cost you $100 or more to get pulled out by a farmer and repair the grounds. (AAA won’t service a vehicle not on a road.)
  3. As an environmental club please recyclables home with you or deliver them 2.6 miles to the recycling center M-F 7:30 am – 3:30 pm.  It is free and likely on your way home. Map Here: Vernon Co. Recycling center (map here) is 2.6 miles from the Campground.
  4. You can also take cans into town and donate them to local causes. There are collection bins for cans by the Mobile Station on Main.
  5. Trash at the Campground is for campers/ cabin members only.  Please respect this as it saves the club precious funds and helps us keep the costs low.   Consider cans vs bottles for camping (YES, good beer is available in cans also!)
 

 

All Upcoming and Past Events are now posted HERE:  See events Calendar

Typical Yearly Events: 

  1. April 19 – Brook Trout Release with WI DNR, Living Waters Bible Camp and WFSC
  2. April – Viroqua High School Science STEM Water Monitoring
  3. April- Fox Valley TU Adventure Weekend
  4. April – Valley Stewardship Water Monitoring Training
  5. Spring – Boy Scouts of America Chapter
  6. May – Project Green Teen Kids from Shabazz High School in Madison WI
  7. May – Americorps
  8. May – Vets on the Fly
  9. May – local 4H youngsters practicing for the fair presentations of their animals.
  10. JUNE 5 WFSC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING (PORTAGE SHELTER)
  11. June – Gary Borger TU Chapter Function
  12. June – Veterans on the Fly
  13. June 16 – 20 – Wisconsin Women’s Fly Fishing Clinics – Southern WI Trout Unlimited
  14. July – 3 FREE Music in the Park Concert Series, July 17, 24, 31 , bring lawn chairs, refreshments available.
  15. Aug – Girl Scouts
  16. Aug – South Eastern Wisconsin Trout Unlimited Mentoring Weekend
  17. Gary Borger Chapter Outing
  18. Sept 10- Avalanche Clave – Wisconsin Fly Fishing Message Board – all welcome, on & off FaceBook
  19. Sept 16- Bamboo Rod Makers – Scott Grady
  20. Sept 18, Widner Remembrance at the Portage Shelter
  21. Sept 20 Vets on the Fly

 

Workdays have been a spectacular success each spring to open and fall to close. Please keep an eye out for 2024 events and consider coming to help your club out. “Many hands make light work”.  Your showing up in person or making donations to be able to hire workers for maintenance and improvements keeps the club a pleasant place to be.   Thank you who all who came out to help!  

 

Enjoy your time at the Westfork. ~ the Volunteer Board!

 

 

 

Camping

Camping is now both reserved and first come first serve.  You can make a reservation here. 

ALL sites are group sites. Please put the closest numbered site on your registration envelope. Membership receipts are the tear off portion of the reservation forms in the GREEN Iron Ranger by the parking lot. 

Dogs are welcome under control.  Dogs are dogs and should be allowed to run. However, if campers are frightened, worried etc. because of a dog,  please ask the owner to put their dog on a leash or to not have the dog around you.  A misbehaving dog is the owners responsibility. Owners, please use leashes when necessary and please be sure to clean up after the dogs.  Dog poo on shoes are no fun for anyone.

Club Work & Donations

Since 1966 the WFSC has been a conservation club. Activities we participate in:

  • Helping feed, and release 2200 brook trout in the Westfork of the Kickapoo Watershed each April. Working with Living Waters Bible Camp and Wisconsin Dept of Natural Resources
  • Environmental Education to youth groups
  • Scholarship to a local high school graduate entering Natural Resource Management.
  • Offering space to groups to gather
  • Initiate or support Stream restoration projects
  • Host At-Risk youth with Natural Resource partners for one week each spring
  • Complete supplemental support for stream projects (build fish cribs, access stiles).
  • Participate in local environmental planning and protections.

Please consider donating time to the grounds, or conservation efforts or donating financially to our mission work stated above. Donations are tax deductible up to $13000.00 to the 501c3. Donations can be delivered in multiple formats:

  • Add extra funds to your camping payment envelopes
  • Paypal funds to westforksportsclub@gmail.com 
  • Mail in to WFSC P.O. Box 52, Viroqua WI 54665
  • Work place charitable matches (EIN 39.1624390)
  • Financial benefits from your savings plan. Example Thrivent Financial clients all get $500 EACH year to donate to a 501c3 organization – Contact Jeff Worrell for guidance jeffreyjohnworrell@gmail.com
  • Identify the WFSC as a benefactor in your will.
    • ~100% of donations go directly to run the club and keep it a viable and sustainable option for the future & members! ~thank you for your consideration and donations. 

Membership Privileges

Memberships are required and cost only $30 per year.    Each adult should have a membership.  A family should have one  membership. When children are OF AGE they should buy their own membership. All other adults are expected to be members.  We encourage all adults to purchase memberships.  Membership allows you to camp, use the WiFi, remove your garbage, wood  purchase on site, day use anytime, swim, bring your families, rent the clubhouse for events, have picnics and participate in our educational and scientific endeavors. Membership fees help pay for the infrastructure you enjoy during your stay; septic, water, electricity, grounds, etc. 

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Affordable Camping

Cost Comparison:  Memberships cost $30 per person, camping costs $20 per night per tent and $35 per night for electric (tent or camper) A Weekend of camping at the Westfork for 2 night with a membership currently costs $70 for a tent  or $100 for electric (both including a membership and both allowing future camping without the membership fee for the year of $40 by tent and $70 by electric for 2 nights. Less than a hotel room for ONE night!  

  • TENTS, Each tent is $20 per night.. How many people are in the tent does not matter, however all adults should be members. Tents should not camp in the electrical sites. If they do the cost is $35 per night per tent with Electric.
  • TRAVEL TRAILERS, each electric site has 2 electric plugs in the box and can be shared by more than one trailer. Each Trailer is $35 per night for electrical.
  • Cabin reservations are done only online.
  • COMING SOON – Native Structure will be primitive, without electricity but with a wooden platform.   A Tiny House Cabin we call the Brookie that will be similar to the “old blue cabin”.

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West Fork Sports Club

West Fork Sports Club
S3649 County Rd S, Viroqua, WI 54665, USA

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