Educational Programs
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Whose Scat is that?
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Have you ever stumbled upon something stinky that an animal left behind? Take a short hike around the White Cedar Nature Center with a naturalist to find out who pooped in the park.
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Crex Meadows Monarch Tagging Program
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Help Crex Meadows staff capture and tag Monarch butterflies! Suitable for ages 10+.
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4th 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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Birding scavenger hunt
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Soar on over to Weborg Point to go birding in the best spot in the park! Complete a scavenger hunt to win a prize.
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Open Door Bird Sanctuary
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Join Open Door Bird Sanctuary as they return to Potawatomi for the second annual Raptor Series, held every Friday in August, at the park's amphitheater near the campground.
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Foraging Fundamentals!
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This Friday, come on down to the Nature Center and learn about foraging! We will be covering good safety practices, as well as honorable harvesting and staying on the right side of the law. And book recommendations! We may take a short hike to test…
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Monarch Tagging
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Join forest staff to tag monarch butterflies as part of the Monarch Watch program! You’ll learn how to properly catch and tag the butterflies, and collect data on each migrating butterfly. Data will be submitted to the official Monarch Watch program…
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Meet the Monarchs!
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Join the park naturalist and learn all about amazing monarchs from migration to their life cycle.