Educational Programs
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Pop-Up Nature: Animal Tracks
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Join the naturalist to learn how to look for animal clues, create an animal track notebook, and then go on a self-guided walk to look for tracks, signs and scat!
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Guided Bird Hike
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Enjoy an informal guided birding walk with bird expert, Jeff Bahls, exploring the best of what Horicon Marsh has to offer at a relaxed pace with good company. We’ll keep an eye out for resident nesting birds. Head out on the trails early and beat…
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Natural Resource Careers In Wildlife
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For high school juniors to university freshmen. Come to Sandhill Wildlife Area and the Mead Wildlife Area to learn from the Department of Natural Resources experts themselves. Mondays, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
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Natural Resource Careers In Wildlife - Warden
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Throughout the summer, high school juniors to university freshmen are invited to learn from DNR experts at Sandhill Wildlife Area and the Mead Wildlife Area.
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Firefly: Nature Storytelling Hour
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Author Jeff Wilson and illustrator Terry Daulton share anecdotes and art from his memoir, Wrong Tree: Adventures in Wildlife Biology.
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Become A Wisconsin Explorer!
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Pop into the nature center anytime and discover how you can become a WI nature explorer and earn a state symbol patch. We will complete one of the activities in the nature center.
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Drop-In at the Naturalist Cabin
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Stop by the naturalist cabin (adjacent to the main parking area) to explore the nature center, visit the park naturalist and participate in the activity of the day.
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Pollinator Hike
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Join our naturalist on a walk thru Lakeshore State Park to view the many plants that benefit pollinators and learn what you can do to help our helpful insects.
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Pop-Up: Get Outdoors! Play Day
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Try your hand at tracking animals, honing your fishing skills, taking the eco-explorer challenge, matching young critters with their parents, and crafting original nature art.
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See the Skulls
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Swing by the naturalist’s table by the Beach House to see real animal skulls. Can you correctly guess what animals they are from?