Wildlife Conservation
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Wings of the Night: Celebrating Bat Week
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Join WI Bat Ambassadors and Newport State Park to help us celebrate bats for Bat Week! Participate in hands-on activities and learn how bats help us in our own backyards.
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Mead Wildlife Art Gallery
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Come enjoy magnificent works at the 4th Annual Mead Wildlife Art Gallery! Our jury-selected pieces allow talented artists to share what inspires them at the Mead Wildlife Area.
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Bird Banding Demonstration
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Licensed Master Bander, Jana Gedymin—Research Manager at Riveredge Nature Center—and a team of skilled volunteers will be joining us at Horicon Marsh as they demonstrate songbird capture and banding techniques.
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Crex Meadows Fall Festival Event
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Join us for our Annual Fall Festival Event- a day full of talks (some featuring LIVE animals), crane tours, and other family activities!
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Dive In! Great Lakes Science and Trivia
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Discover the fascinating world of the Great Lakes with the UW–Milwaukee School of Freshwater Sciences.
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Among the Grasses
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Take a family friendly walk through a tall grass prairie and explore what makes this ecosystem unique.
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Deer and Small Game Habitat Hike (Waukesha County)
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Learn about the lifecycles of common game animals and strategies for hunting them.
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Nature Fair
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This Saturday come down to the park to get connected with nature, community, volunteering and history. We will be hosting groups with roots in Door County and connecting you with them!
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Insect Safari and Monarch Tagging
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Along the Lake Michigan shore in late summer, pollinators and other bugs swoop and swarm. Join naturalist Phyllis McKenzie to search for pollinators, Monarchs, and other insects in the park.
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Deer and Ecology
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This Friday come on up to the Old Ski Hill Overlook and talk about Deer with us! We can show you a Deer Enclosure, talk about the effects of deer on the environment, and how you can help save our forests! We even have a few deer skulls and a pelt…