Outdoor Activity
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Horicon Marsh Bird Festival
Horicon Marsh Bird Club invites birders of all skill levels—as well as anyone who enjoys the great outdoors—to the annual Horicon Marsh Bird Festival.
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Discovering Wildflowers
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Wednesdays are for wildflowers. Join Master Naturalist Karen Merlau and discover a variety of wildflowers growing along the Black River Trail.
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May 5 Invasive Workday
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Please join us to help pull invasives in the Family Campground and Pollinator Garden.
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Discovery Bird Walk
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Join Master Naturalists Janet & Andy Raddatz to observe birds and nature in the park.
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Exploring Vernon Marsh in Waukesha County
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The Great Waters Group is collaborating with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Friends of Vernon Marsh on a 3.1-mile hike to explore the southernmost section of the 4,300-acre Vernon Wildlife Area.
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Spring Candlelight Hike
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Spring is a great time to get outdoors at night to hear frogs, see stars, and take in the woodland scents.
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Candlelight Walk
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Join us for the spring candlelight walk on the City of Merrill/Council Grounds shared trail.
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HERP Hike
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Take a relaxing walk down to the pond with DNR staff to look under snake boards and spend time on the dock to look for turtles, frogs and toads! Afterward, meet the reptiles and amphibians that call the nature center ‘home’.
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Burning and Wildlife Management Field Trip (Sauk County)
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Learn how fire is used to restore deer and wild turkey habitat!