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Ready to get your hands dirty? ICNC invites youth ages 11 and older to participate in a summer solstice day (June 21st from 9 AM to 3 PM) of volunteering to help restore Nature Center habitats with staff. Learn about conservation work and its importance!
Call us at 362-0664 to sign up.
Can’t make it on the 21st? We’re having a second Youth Volunteer Day on Monday, July 26th!
Leaping lizards! It’s all about spring critters at the Nature Center this week!
Join us bright and early on Thursday, May 6th for Dawn Watch: Return of the Little Brown Bats. Greet the sunrise with a 5:30 AM cup of coffee, and watch the bats return after a long night of mosquito eating!
Too early for you? Join us Friday evening, May 7th, at 7 PM for a Frog Walk. We’ll walk the path around the Nature Center’s wetlands and let the frogs serenade us with their springtime call.
Want to enjoy the spring after a long winter with a little one? Be at the Nature Center on Saturday, May 8th, at 10 AM for Sounds of Spring, a froggy program for parents and preschoolers. Learn about the life cycle of a frog, hear a story and make a craft!
For more information on these or any of our other programs, click here to be taken to our full event calendar!
(The photo in this post is property of David Allen of White Oak Art. It is used under creative commons guidelines. If used elsewhere, please credit the original photographer.)
Yesterday afternoon, some area homeschoolers hit the powder to try their hand (and feet!) at snowshoeing.
Though it took a little while to get the hang of it, everyone was successful, tired and a little silly by the end.
Are you interested in learning to snowshoe? Indian Creek Nature Center is hosting a snowshoe hike for all ages on Wednesday, December 30th at 10 AM. Try out those snowshoes you got as a holiday gift, or borrow some of our own! For more information, visit the website.
Sunday and Monday at the Nature Center were alive with the sounds of children experiencing nature. (Curiously, that sounds a lot like a marimba!) We dedicated the new trail on Sunday, and the media coverage drew crowds here on Monday as well. So far, it looks like a hit!
But now for what you really want. Pictures! (Above: staff, committee and crew members pose around the marimba with other instruments and cloth “flags”. I think we’ll call them the Sense of Wonder Jam Band.)
Two young visitors give the marimba a whirl. So far, this has been the hot ticket item on the sense of wonder trail!
Contemplating her next move, this tic tac toe player is using game pieces made from reused plastic and canning rings!
A family works together to build a “block city” out of natural materials called tree cookies!
There’s always something to see and do at Indian Creek Nature Center. While the staff takes a step back and a deep breath (and maybe even a nap!), come out and enjoy our newest feature. And, as always, stay tuned for what’s next!
(Please note: The photos in this blog were taken by Marion Patterson. The Nature Center has used them under Creative Commons guidelines. So if you use them, pass the credit for them back to Ms. Patt!)
