Tending Iowa's Land: Pathways to a Sustainable Future summarizes today's environmental challenges to our soil, water, climate, and native biodiversity.  An edited volume with 28 chapter authors, the book's science-based explanations and action-oriented essays paint a hopeful picture for our future, if we address today's environmental warnings. In addition to outlining the book's basic premises,...

Project FeederWatch is a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at Indian Creek Nature Center and other locales in North America. Join a Naturalist to count the birds at our Bird Room feeders from November through February. Registration is encouraged but not required. Register

Join Interim Creekside Forest School Director, Marcy Fratzke, for a look at Creekside Forest School. Prospective families, interested community members, current or pre-service educators are welcome to attend. Attendees will learn about the core beliefs of Creekside Forest School, our approach to teaching and learning, what a typical school day looks like, and discuss logistics...

Project FeederWatch is a winter-long survey of birds that visit feeders at Indian Creek Nature Center and other locales in North America. Join a Naturalist to count the birds at our Bird Room feeders from November through February. Registration is encouraged but not required. Register

Creatures big and small leave their tracks and traces in the mud and snow — birds, squirrels, deer, rabbits, mice and more! Go on a tracking walk, learn about food chains, and make an animal track craft. Fee: $5 per preschooler (ages 3-5), Adults free, Siblings (2 and under) free. Pre-registration is required for this...

Creatures big and small leave their tracks and traces in the mud and snow — birds, squirrels, deer, rabbits, mice and more! Go on a tracking walk, learn about food chains, and make an animal track craft. Fee: $5 per preschooler (ages 3-5), Adults free, Siblings (2 and under) free. Pre-registration is required for this...

Try out snowshoes (if conditions permit) or lace up your hiking/snow boots and explore the trails in the winter on a guided naturalist hike. No experience needed. Feel free to bring hiking poles or ski poles; they are helpful but optional. Snowshoes provided (rental included in program fee), or bring your own. In case of...