Written by Jason Prigge, Development Director There is a special kind of quiet that lives inside the observation windows inside Woodland Dunes Nature Center, with the sudden flutter of activity […]
Ripples 12/11/25
Written by Jess Johnsrud, Education Coordinator Photo by Gary Eslinger/USFWS Nature is everywhere and it’s amazing how much you can see even when driving from one place to another. I’ve […]
Ripples 7/3/25
Written by: Cielo Gutierrez Kuhaupt, summer intern Red symbolizes warning, and I wonder if the red-winged blackbirds were a partial reason for this connotation. Being one of the most abundant […]
Ripples 6/19/25
Written by Jordyn Ginestra, summer intern The Great Blue Heron. A species so tied to my childhood I never had to learn how to recognize it, and its name is […]
Ripples 5/29/25
By Kennedy Zittel, naturalist If you plan on visiting the nature center anytime soon, right before you walk through the front doors, take a glance up. Nestled atop one of […]
Ripples 5/1/25
By Kennedy Zittel, naturalist Bird eggs come in all sorts of colors and patterns, from brilliant blues to muted browns, from plain to polka dots! We may be familiar with […]









