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Introducing the new Věčný Woodland Trail

In December 2023, the Indian Creek Nature Center land team and volunteers completed the Věčný Woodland Trail on a property at the corner of Otis Road and 44th St SE […]

Sharing for Fun

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Myron “Mike” Wilson and his late wife, Esther, occupy a special place in the Nature Center’s 50-year history. We […]

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Connecting Humans with Nature

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Indian Creek Nature Center is fortunate to have Kelle Kolkmeier among its most active and enthusiastic volunteers since 2018. […]

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Kathy Severson: A Wonderful Friend

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing All week long — and for months leading up to this weekend — Indian Creek Nature Center has seen […]

Vickie and Steve Kriz

Never a Bad Day

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing For decades Vickie, who lives in Mount Vernon with her husband, Steve, has served in a wide variety of […]

John Helmuth

Giving Big and Finding a Home

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing John Helmuth, Estimator and Project Manager at Sunrise Builders, was recognized for the company’s charitable giving with an award […]

Wednesday Warrior volunteers

Volunteer & Place: A Perfect Match

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Dan Sauerbrei has been a dedicated member of Wednesday Warriors, a volunteer group that comes weekly to maintain the […]

Fostering Farming’s Future with Frontier Co-op

Growing a new kind of farm Since George Etzel donated his family farm to Indian Creek Nature Center back in 2016, Frontier Co-op has been fully committed to realizing the […]

Practice in the Prairie summer yoga series

Connecting to Nature in her “Front Yard”

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing When Sayde Alexandrescu, MSYT, led the first Practice in the Prairie yoga session of this summer, she encouraged participants […]

New Leader Manufacturing

Spreading Good

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Spreading good is a cornerstone of the way New Leader Manufacturing does business. Based in Cedar Rapids, the company […]

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Permaculture: an alternative to the status quo

What is permaculture? The term “permaculture” was coined by a pair of Australian environmentalists in 1978 by condensing the phrase “permanent agriculture,” but the term speaks to concepts that are […]

Shooting Star Society

Shooting Star Society

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing On September 14, 2023 the Nature Center hosted 22 guests for its annual Shooting Star Society event. The luncheon […]

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