As I write this, rain is again beating on the nature center windows, and the driveway has turned to ice. Bins of snowshoes are waiting to be used, but it appears that they will remain boxed up for the time … Continue reading
Category Archives: winter
This was written by Anna Hall, a Woodland Dunes intern from Silver Lake College Spring is fast approaching, and as the weather warms, snow and ice are beginning to melt. These new patches of water draw one of the very … Continue reading
Recently, several families visited the nature center to participate in a session in our series “Raising a Wild Child”. The day was a bit ugly- rain melting the snow on the ground, but the group went outside anyway. As … Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but this year’s autumn, as wonderful as the season was, seemed to pass as swiftly as the migrating nighthawks and then just vanished. I am left with nothing more than a memory of a warm, … Continue reading
What an interesting winter season! As this is being written the weather is mild and school children are out in our forest snowshoeing and learning about winter ecology. Recent snows have created a palette that is continually decorated with the … Continue reading