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50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Brad Lang served on the ICNC Board of Directors from 2005 – 2012. While growing up, Brad Lang was in effect a neighbor to…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing This piece provides the historical context of renewable energy at Indian Creek Nature Center, which began in the 1980s. Emeritus Director Rich Patterson wrote…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing May Farlinger (left) accepting the Community Supporter Award from ICNC on Alliant’s behalf in 2022. May Farlinger’s 18-year career at Alliant Energy is almost…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Nationally, the Nature Center movement gained tremendous momentum in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Countless day-use nature centers (like ICNC) and residential environmental learning centers…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing This year marks the 40th anniversary of Indian Creek Nature Center’s Maple Syrup Festival. What an incredible — and delicious — milestone! From tapping…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Local ornithologist Neil Bernstein has been bird watching since the 1960s and has also been connected to the Nature Center since the early 1980s.…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Bill Desmarais (right) joined Curt Abdouch (left) in Cedar Rapids after Curt became ICNC’s first Director. If you sit down to talk through memories…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing While the Nature Center has been around for 50 years, few people can say they knew the land before that.  Gordon and Nancy Bena,…