A Good Pothole
If you’re visiting the Nature Center or driving along Otis Road in the next couple of days, don’t be alarmed to see bulldozers working in Bena Field. With funding from a Green Communities grant through…
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Welcome, Erica!
The Nature Center welcomes Erica Zito as our new Registrar! Erica starts today but she’s no stranger to us. Her husband, Joe, is known around here as “the bug guy” and leads many of our “Bug…
Read MoreRain, rain…go away (slowly)
The City brought in the heavy equipment to change the Nature Center’s parking lot from a slant into a bowl shape If you’ve visited the Nature Center anytime since last fall, you know we’ve been…
Read MoreSummer fun
Summer camps started this week and we’ve got kids all OVER the place here all having a BLAST! Our Young Explorers are planting an American Indian “Three Sisters” garden of corn, squash and beans that…
Read MoreCalling All Kids!
If you’re wondering what to do with the kids this summer, take a look at the variety of summer camp options offered at the Nature Center! We have programs that run from just an hour…
Read MoreWant to Work at the Nature Center?
Our current Registrar, the lovely Liana, is going to be leaving us this summer. Her husband got a great job offer and she – for some strange reason – likes to be under the same…
Read MoreMore signs of spring
Rich reports the wrens, orioles and grosbeaks have arrived back in our area, right on schedule! I guess the bird population follows its calendar no matter how stubbornly chilly it remains around here. I can’t…
Read MoreWelcome to our new website!
We’ve been working hard since late last year and we’re proud to introduce you to our labor of love! Spring seems to be just the right season to see this beautiful new site in bloom. …
Read MoreRich Patterson remembers Don Canney
Former mayor Don Canney was an avid outdoorsman and expert knifemaker. Although much of the media attention following Don Canney’s death focused on his many achievements in the urban part of Cedar Rapids, he also…
Read MoreMusic in the Loft
Iowa Vanguard Jazz Collective will fill the barn’s auditorium with a broad selection of music from great jazz composers: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Toshiko Akioshi, Woody Herman and more! Original arrangements and compositions will also…
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