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- Elizabeth Herzmann
- Natural Resources Educator
- Wildlife Management
- Phone: tel:+1-920-387-7893
Horicon Marsh Education Center
Description
Horicon Marsh has been formally recognized as a Wetland of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention of the United Nations. This renowned marsh is now home to the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center. The Wildlife Education Program has been conducted at the marsh since the mid-1980s. This program focuses on the abundant wildlife resources of the marsh, their ecology and applied management.
Contact
Website: Horicon Marsh Education Center
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Wildflowers For Wildlife
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The Horicon Marsh Education & Visitor Center will host the 2025 Wildflowers for Wildlife event. Find the plants to use to create a beautiful native garden with colorful flowers that attract butterflies, birds and pollinating insects.
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Get In Touch With Nature: Weekday Red Fox Painting
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Do you know how fast a red fox runs or how far it can hear a mouse squeal? Paint an 8 x 10 canvas using acrylic paints and learn about the life of a red fox on or near the marsh.
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Get In Touch With Nature: Weekend Red Fox Painting
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Do you know how fast a red fox runs or how far it can hear a mouse squeal? Paint an 8 x 10 canvas using acrylic paints and learn about the life of a red fox on or near the marsh.
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Get In Touch With Nature: Weekend Northern Lights Painting
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What are the mystifying Northern Lights, what makes the colors and when is the best time to view them? Paint an 8 x 10 canvas using acrylic paints and learn about the Northern Lights.
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Get In Touch With Nature: Weekday Northern Lights Painting
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What are the mystifying Northern Lights, what makes the colors and when is the best time to view them? Paint an 8 x 10 canvas using acrylic paints and learn about the Northern Lights.
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Horicon Marsh Nest Box Seminar
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Interested in birdhouses but don't know where to begin? Wondering what you can do to help cavity-nesting animals? Stop by Horicon Marsh Education & Visitor Center to bolster your nesting knowledge.
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Eagle Adventure Bus Tour
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Bald eagles overwinter in many places in Wisconsin, and in recent years, there has been an increase in their numbers around Horicon Marsh. Take a bus tour to see these magnificent birds!
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Get In Touch With Nature: Weekend Bald Eagle Painting
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What year was the bald eagle designated our national bird? The answer will probably surprise you! Paint an 8 x 10 canvas using acrylic paints and learn about one of our national symbols that was removed from the threatened species list in 2007.
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Get in Touch with Nature: Weekday Bald Eagle Painting
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Come join us and paint an 8 x 10” acrylic painting of one of our national symbols that was removed from the threatened species list in 2007.
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Cabin Fever Open House
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Are the winter blues setting in? Wishing you were somewhere warmer? Kids are bouncing off the walls? Come join us for a Cabin Fever Open House at the Horicon Marsh Education and Visitor Center where you can experience some outdoor winter adventure…