Learn about nature at Schmeeckle Reserve
3/23/2015
 

Spring into learning about nature in April by attending free, public programs at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Schmeeckle Reserve.

Taught by UW-Stevens Point students, the programs are offered at the reserve’s Visitor Center, 2419 North Point Drive, Stevens Point. Dress for the weather. For more information, call 715-346-4992 or go to www.uwsp.edu/cnr/schmeeckle.

April programs include:

·   Tracking the Timberdoodle, Monday, April 6, 7-8 p.m. Take a guided walk through the reserve to learn about the woodcock, a ground dwelling bird sometimes called the timberdoodle.

·   Spring Into Action, Thursday, April 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Celebrate phenology, the study of the seasons, as Schmeeckle Reserve begins the changes of spring.

·   The Power of Nature, Saturday, April 18, 1-2 p.m. Stroll down Schmeeckle Reserve’s Trail of Reflections to learn more about famous naturalists, including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Aldo Leopold. Participants will create their own nature journal.

·   Record the Ribbit! Earth Day Frog Walk, Wednesday, April 22, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Identify the spring calls and “record the ribbit” as part of this Earth Day citizen science event. Park and meet at the Wood Lane entrance on the eastern edge of the reserve.


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CNR; Sustainable