Educational Programs
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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?
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Pollinator Party
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Join the Naturalist in celebrating the close of 2023’s National Pollinator Week.
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Campfire Stories
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Meet the naturalist down at the amphitheater for a bonfire to learn about some fire safety and hear some campfire stories around the fire. S'mores will be included!
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Saturday Afternoon Nature Sleuths
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Get on those detective hats and join us every Saturday from June to the end of August as we solve and look for clues in the Wisconsin Explorer Books.
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Live Snake Encounter
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Learn all about snakes and how they eat! Then watch as our education fox snake Mickey is fed a mouse!
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Shoreline Walk And Rock Skipping Contest
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Meet at the nature center and join our naturalist on a brief walk along the shoreline which will include a rock skipping lesson and contest as well as some discussion of Door County history.
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Bruce the Bug Guy
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See bugs from near and far and even touch live bugs in an exciting presentation by Bruce the Bug Guy in the Ice Age Interpretive Center. Sponsored by the Friends of Interstate Park.
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Species ID
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Use your nature detective skills to try to identify and learn about some of the species that are native to Mirror Lake State Park.