Parks
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The 1st Annual Mead Kite Festival
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Celebrate the wind at the Mead, marvel at the acrobatics and engineering of magical kites, bring your own or make one on-site. Learn from expert flyers, play and relax.
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Saturday Explorers – Cranes
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Drop by the Nature Center to make some crane art, see how you measure up to a crane, become a crane, and more.
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Treasure Hunt
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Pop into the nature center to get started on a treasure hunt that will take you all over Potawatomi State Park solving clues and looking for treasure.
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Explore Horseshoe Island
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Make your own way to Horseshoe Island and join Ranger Johnson and Peninsula State Park's natural resources educator for a 1-mile hike and learn. Together they will share the ecology and history of Horseshoe Island.
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Bumble Bee Hike
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Join naturalist Anne Duffy on a casual, late-morning hike through Lakeshore State Park to celebrate these important creatures! Tour Lakeshore’s new Beeminiums, sponsored by the Friends of Lakeshore Park, and created by UW-Milwaukee students, to…
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Guided Hike to Bald Bluff
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Join our naturalist on a guided hike to bald bluff and stone elephant!
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Summer Fields Guided Hike
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Join local naturalists as they get out and enjoy a hike in the meadow. Learn about how it has evolved and how it is changing. Meet at Lot 1.
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Wildflowers Hike
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Join Master Naturalist Samantha Lammers and learn some common native and invasive wildflowers that bloom in the summertime.
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Learn To FIsh
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Come learn to fish at Sandhill Wildlife Area! Join our special team of volunteers to learn the ins and outs of fishing right on our very own ponds. This program is open to anyone wanting to learn more about fishing. All ages are welcome. Anyone 16…