Calling 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…
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Want 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…
More 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…
Welcome 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. …
Rich 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…
Paddle Day is coming!
Winter doesn’t slow us down at the Nature Center! Paddle Day is coming up quickly and we’ve got a henhouse full of chicken workshops for you!
Bug Academy this weekend!
Are you getting ready for winter? The bugs are! Join Indian Creek Nature Center and expert “bug guy” Joe Zito for Bug Academy this Saturday, October 9th at 1 PM. Joe will tell us all…
September means honey!
It’s that time of year again! Are you ready for Honey Fest? The Nature Center bees have been very happy – and busy, of course – this year, and they’re ready for you to come…
New Kid in Town
There’s a new species of dove arriving in Eastern Iowa. Well, the species isn’t new, but its presence here is. It’s the Eurasian Collared Dove and they’re spreading quickly across the United States. You can…
What on Earth?
To the untrained eye right now, our front walk looks like a giant slip n slide. (Namely to my untrained eye. And I’m not recommending the front walk for its slip n slide properties.) So…