FLORENCE, Wis. — The Wild Rivers Interpretive Center is reducing hours for the winter due to county budget cuts.

The public can stop in to purchase gifts, licenses and trail passes or explore the brochures and displays from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. The center will be closed on Saturdays until the first Saturday of May.

They also have used snowshoes available for members of the community to try on the ¾-mile interpretive trail around their building at 5628 Forestry Drive, on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway 70. They can sign them out during business hours.

Snowshoeing is great exercise and fun for all ages. There are two different sizes available, depending on the depth of the snow and the weight of the user. Stop in to select the right size and sign a waiver form. The snowshoes must be returned to the front desk by 3 p.m., when the center closes.

The Wild Rivers Interpretive Center offers local, regional and state level travel brochures, natural resource and historical interpretive displays, wildlife mount displays, an Up North-themed gift shop and public restrooms.

The center also provides natural resource-based information and sells licenses and permits for Florence County Forestry and Parks, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the federal USDA Forest Service offices that are co-located in the building.

For more information, call 715-528-5377 or email Wendy Gehlhoff at wgehlhoff@FlorenceCountyWI.gov.