Volunteer Spotlight: Helga Mayhew
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Helga Mayhew, 79, has volunteered with the Friends of Indian Creek Nature Center for at least 20 years and served as the Friends’ board representative at the Nature Center for six years. This year marks…
Your Sustainability Tips: Eco-Friendly Solutions for Frugal Parents
Sustainability Tip brought to you by Meridith Myers, wife of Executive Director John Myers I wish I could say that my journey to sustainable practices started with a deep seeded love of the outdoors and…
Sustainability Tip: Recipes to Recycle Thanksgiving Dinner
Americans waste millions of pounds of food during the holidays. In 2016, more than 6 million turkeys ended up in the trash, according to the NRDC. The thing is, when we waste food, we’re also…
#GivingTuesday Donor Spotlight: Jenni Semelroth
For more than 15 years, Jenni Semelroth has generously donated her time, expertise and dollars to Indian Creek Nature Center. A former Microbiologist and Science Teacher, Jenni has dedicated countless hours as a volunteer Teacher…
Giving Tuesday 2018
Help us fund field trips! One of the key ways Indian Creek Nature Center creates Champions of Nature is through high quality environmental education. Bringing children out of the classroom and into nature through field…
New to exhibits: “Squish” the Turtle & Art Alcove Update
Two exhibits at Amazing Space have been updated with new features, including a newly named baby painted turtle in the Prairie Creek Nursery Water Feature and a new local artist in the Art Alcove! Squish…
Fall Prescribed Burns
Indian Creek Nature Center conducts regular (annual or bi-annual) prescribed burns of its prairie, oak hickory savanna, and woodlands as part of its land management strategy. The organization follows a burn management plan and notifies the…