50 Stories for 50 Years

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,…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Jean O’Donnell founded Indian Creek Nature Center, along with her friend BB Stamats, to create a home for environmental education in Cedar Rapids. Michael…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Mary has served many roles at ICNC including artist-in-residence. I have been involved with the Nature Center for over 40 years, but one memory…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing If you’ve enjoyed the land or programs at Indian Creek Nature Center at any point over the last 50 years, you have B.B Stamats…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Rich Patterson served as Director of Indian Creek Nature Center for 36 years. BB Stamats and Jean O’Donnell were visionaries who brought the nature…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Jan Aiels has a rich history with Indian Creek Nature Center. She served as an educator for ICNC for 24 years, during which she…

50 Stories for 50 Years is presented by New Leader Manufacturing Joyce Fleming (seated front and center in the image above) has served the Indian Creek Nature Center in various capacities for decades, beginning in…