Nature Center

CANCELLED: Spring prescribed burns

April 12, 2021

Eco-minded, Nature Center, News, Restoration, Sustainability

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Spring prescribed burns on the Nature Center’s property are planned beginning Monday, April 26 and continuing April 28 and May 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 14. Indian Creek Nature Center conducts regular…

Creekside Forest School: Our Core Beliefs

March 22, 2021

Indian Creek Nature Center

Kids, Nature Center, News, Preschool, Programs

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By Director of Education Kelli Kennon-Lane Like all Iowa preschools, one of our goals at Creekside Forest School is kindergarten readiness. One difference is that our nature-based preschool prepares children for the next step…

New Indian Creek Exhibit Completed & Open to the Public

March 9, 2021

Indian Creek Nature Center

Amazing Space, Art, Nature Center, News

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New in-floor exhibit at the Nature Center features masterful fabrications of flora and fauna found in real-life namesake Indian Creek After more than five years of planning, careful crafting and, finally, installation, Indian…

Help us reach our goal: 20 new sustainers in 2020

November 23, 2020

Indian Creek Nature Center

Fundraising, Nature Center, News, Restoration, Sustainability

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This year has no doubt had its challenges, but now we have a challenge for YOU: This Giving Tuesday (Dec. 1), we’re striving for 20 new ICNC Sustainers (20 in 2020!). What’s an ICNC Sustainer?…

Opportunity in Disaster: Sowing Seeds of Change

November 11, 2020

Indian Creek Nature Center

Diversity Equity Inclusion, Fundraising, Nature Center, News, Programs, Restoration, Sustainability

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By Executive Director John Myers Published October 21, 2020 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette Troubling events like the pandemic and derecho challenge us all, but they also provide a major opportunity. Change is nature’s…

Turn the Derecho Disaster into Opportunity

October 28, 2020

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Nature Center, News, Restoration

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By Director of Education Kelli Kennon-Lane Published October 24, 2020 in the Cedar Rapids Gazette Many property owners in Linn County are seeing the light — literally. With trees and shrubs downed or damaged,…

Fall prescribed burns starting next week

October 21, 2020

Indian Creek Nature Center

Nature Center, News, Restoration, Sustainability

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Fall prescribed burns on the Nature Center’s property are planned beginning Thursday, October 29 and continuing on the following dates: October 31 and November 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, and…

Finding Beauty in Tragedy — Tree Art Inspired by the Derecho

September 30, 2020

Indian Creek Nature Center

Art, Fundraising, Nature Center, News, Weather

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Jamie and Kyle Morrissey will tell you they “aren’t artists.” But the prints piling in their dining room and garage full of tree cookies would suggest otherwise. Since the August 10th derecho, the Morrisseys have…

What makes a tree the “right tree?” — Our take on native trees

September 25, 2020

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Fundraising, Nature Center, News

derecho recovery, ecological restoration, land restoration, native plants, tree sale

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By Director of Land Stewardship Jean Wiedenheft People keep telling me how great catalpas are, but in my neck of the woods, quite literally, they are not great because they are not native. What constitutes…

The Sunny Side of the Derecho: Ecological Advantages

September 18, 2020

Indian Creek Nature Center

Eco-minded, Nature Center, News, Restoration, Sustainability, Weather

derecho, ecological restoration, ecology, land restoration

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By Director of Land Stewardship Jean Wiedenheft If you had asked me in July what the biggest problems facing our forests are, I would have said: Lack of sunlight. There are too many trees…

Nature Center

CANCELLED: Spring prescribed burns

Creekside Forest School: Our Core Beliefs

New Indian Creek Exhibit Completed & Open to the Public

Help us reach our goal: 20 new sustainers in 2020

Opportunity in Disaster: Sowing Seeds of Change

Turn the Derecho Disaster into Opportunity

Fall prescribed burns starting next week

Finding Beauty in Tragedy — Tree Art Inspired by the Derecho

What makes a tree the “right tree?” — Our take on native trees

The Sunny Side of the Derecho: Ecological Advantages

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