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…
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Rain, 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…
Summer 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…
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…
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. …
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!
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…