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Registration open for Women in Nature

March 31, 2016

On Saturday, April 30, Indian Creek Nature Center will host its 23rd annual Women in Nature retreat. This day-long event, which some may know by its previous name of Women’s Walking Workshop, brings together women of…

Easter weekend hours

March 23, 2016

News

easter hours, hours

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We are adjusting our hours this weekend, March 25-27, in observation of the Easter holiday. We will close at 4 p.m. on Friday and all day on Sunday. We are open normal hours on Saturday…

Amazing Space update: What’s in a Ceiling?

March 7, 2016

Amazing Space, Sustainability

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March 7, 2016 Building progress is moving forward on schedule! Crews are staining the large, exposed wooden beams running through the building, or trusses. Where this is completed, they are installing tectum panels. Tectum is…

Record attendance in beekeeping class mirrors rising interest in pollinators

January 29, 2016

Eco-minded, News, Sustainability

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January 30, 2016 Enrollment in Indian Creek Nature Center’s annual beekeeping class tripled its typical enrollment – there are nearly 75 participants registered for 2016, versus 25 in previous years. “The increased interest in the…

Project Update: Handling Rainwater Run-off

September 25, 2015

Amazing Space

Infrastructure in general, and parking lots in particular, are notorious for causing water problems. During a rain storm, a variety of factors combine to devastate local water ways. The rainwater picks up contaminants, such as spilled…

Project Update: Maintaining Healthy Soil

September 18, 2015

Amazing Space

Soil provides a foundation for all other life. It determines which wild plants flourish, which animals survive, and which crops grow. That doesn’t change on a construction site. How the soils are treated before, during,…

Non-resident deer tag auction set for August 10-13, 2015

July 22, 2015

Fundraising, News, Other

If you live outside of Iowa, this is your chance to hunt Iowa Whitetail deer! Indian Creek Nature Center and the Iowa DNR are again teaming up to offer a 2015-2016 Iowa Non-Resident Deer Tag to…

“Get Dirty and Let’s Move”

July 9, 2015

News

Indian Creek Nature Center’s new mantra, “Get Dirty!”, and a list of accompanying programs designed to fit in with Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative, have garnered national attention. Read the blog post on the Institute of Museum and…

Rain Water Runoff

June 23, 2015

Sustainability

Rain Garden Rain gardens collect and temporarily hold water from your roof or driveway that would otherwise runoff across your lawn and be channeled into fast-moving torrents of water. In our case, it collects rainwater from…

Photovoltaics

June 23, 2015

Sustainability

A leader in energy efficiency, the Indian Creek Nature Center began using photovoltaics in 1993. The first system stored solar produced electricity in batteries. This type of system allows a homeowner or business to draw…

Our Blog

Registration open for Women in Nature

Easter weekend hours

Amazing Space update: What’s in a Ceiling?

Record attendance in beekeeping class mirrors rising interest in pollinators

Project Update: Handling Rainwater Run-off

Project Update: Maintaining Healthy Soil

Non-resident deer tag auction set for August 10-13, 2015

“Get Dirty and Let’s Move”

Rain Water Runoff

Photovoltaics

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