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Red Haw State Park - 3rd Annual Kid’s Fishing outing |
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
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Meet at the stone shelter. Drawing for prizes for those under 16 years of age.? |
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All State Parks - Free camping weekend |
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Lake Darling State Park |
8:00 am |
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Lake Darling State Park |
8:00 am |
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10 Mile Run around the trails |
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Lake Darling State Park |
1:00 pm |
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Fish stocking and fish identification program at the campground
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Brushy Creek State Recreation Area - Kids Fishing Derby |
9:00 am - noon |
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Kids Fishing Derby at Fish Pier Point
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Kid’s Fishing Derby |
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. |
Call 712-485-2295 for more information.
Arrowhead Park
(I-80 exit #23) Neola, IA |
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Bring the entire family to Arrowhead Park for an afternoon of outdoor fun. Since this event is held in conjunction with Iowa’s FREE fishing weekend, a license is not required for Iowa residents. All other DNR fishing regulations apply. Free gifts for all kids entered in the derby. |
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Lake Anita State Park - Kid’s Fishing Day |
10:00 am - noon |
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Prairie’s-What are they good for? |
10:30 am - noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretative Center
What: A walk through the prairie will enhance your understanding of why we need prairies and if we stay on the same path what will happen to them. Also learn about what animals live in our prairies
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Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area - Pigman Sprint triathlon |
7:00 am at the beach |
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Pottawattamie Conservation 2007 Nature Day Camps |
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
For more info or to register contact Tina Popson at 712.545.3283
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent, IA off the Old Lincoln HWY).
Honey Creek, IA |
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Discovery Camp - K & 1st grades - $30.00 per camper. Pottawattamie County Conservation summer day camps allow children to experience nature up close. this summer's themes will be Going Buggy at Hitchcock Nature Center AND Aqua Adventures at Arrowhead Park. Parents may register camp participants beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. To register, please email Tina Popson, Program Manager, at tina.popson@pottcounty.com or call her at 712.545.3283. Please register participants for camp based on the grade they just completed in spring 2007. Registration is limited and on a first come, first served basis. All camps run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and participants must bring a sack lunch each day! |
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Seining in Granger Creek-What’s in them creeks? |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretative Center. Go seining for minnow, crawdads, frogs, tadpoles and more. Discover the various insects that live in the water.
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Lewis and Clark State Park - Lewis & Clark Festival |
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Join in the annual June festival celebration which will feature movies about the Lewis and Clark 1804 expedition, an appearance of buckskinners in frontier dress, bluegrass music and historic presentations. A major attraction at this annual event is the full-sized reproduction of Lewis and Clark’s keelboat, Discovery, constructed by local volunteers and park staff.
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - Hike The Woodlands |
1:00 pm |
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Meet at EB Lyons Interpretive Center
What: Take a leisurely hike on the Mesquakie Foot Trail to explore the wonders in the forest. Take a look at whatever is sighted and even what we do not see.
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Pottawattamie Conservation 2007 Nature Day Camps |
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
For more info or to register contact Tina Popson at 712.545.3283
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent, IA off the Old Lincoln HWY).
Honey Creek, IA |
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Discovery Camp - K & 1st grades - $30.00 per camper. Pottawattamie County Conservation summer day camps allow children to experience nature up close. this summer's themes will be Going Buggy at Hitchcock Nature Center AND Aqua Adventures at Arrowhead Park. Parents may register camp participants beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. To register, please email Tina Popson, Program Manager, at tina.popson@pottcounty.com or call her at 712.545.3283. Please register participants for camp based on the grade they just completed in spring 2007. Registration is limited and on a first come, first served basis. All camps run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and participants must bring a sack lunch each day! |
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Pottawattamie Conservation 2007 Nature Day Camps |
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
For more info or to register contact Tina Popson at 712.545.3283
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent, IA off the Old Lincoln HWY).
Honey Creek, IA |
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Explorers Camp - 2nd & 3rd grades - $30.00 per camper. Pottawattamie County Conservation summer day camps allow children to experience nature up close. this summer's themes will be Going Buggy at Hitchcock Nature Center AND Aqua Adventures at Arrowhead Park. Parents may register camp participants beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. To register, please email Tina Popson, Program Manager, at tina.popson@pottcounty.com or call her at 712.545.3283. Please register participants for camp based on the grade they just completed in spring 2007. Registration is limited and on a first come, first served basis. All camps run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and participants must bring a sack lunch each day! |
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Stream Table, what is erosion and how does it affect me? |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretative Center. Demonstrations on erosion, bad land practices and more will be shown. The stream table is a devise which allows us to show what happens if we do not take care of our streams.
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Pottawattamie Conservation 2007 Nature Day Camps |
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
For more info or to register contact Tina Popson at 712.545.3283
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent, IA off the Old Lincoln HWY).
Honey Creek, IA |
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Explorers Camp - 2nd & 3rd grades - $30.00 per camper. Pottawattamie County Conservation summer day camps allow children to experience nature up close. this summer's themes will be Going Buggy at Hitchcock Nature Center AND Aqua Adventures at Arrowhead Park. Parents may register camp participants beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. To register, please email Tina Popson, Program Manager, at tina.popson@pottcounty.com or call her at 712.545.3283. Please register participants for camp based on the grade they just completed in spring 2007. Registration is limited and on a first come, first served basis. All camps run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and participants must bring a sack lunch each day! Registration begins May 1, 2007 at 8:00 a.m. |
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Pottawattamie Conservation 2007 Nature Day Camps |
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
For more info or to register contact Tina Popson at 712.545.3283
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent, IA off the Old Lincoln HWY).
Honey Creek, IA |
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Voyagers Camp - 4th & 5th grades - $25.00 per camper. Pottawattamie County Conservation summer day camps allow children to experience nature up close. this summer's themes will be Going Buggy at Hitchcock Nature Center AND Aqua Adventures at Arrowhead Park. Parents may register camp participants beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1, 2007. To register, please email Tina Popson, Program Manager, at tina.popson@pottcounty.com or call her at 712.545.3283. Please register participants for camp based on the grade they just completed in spring 2007. Registration is limited and on a first come, first served basis. All camps run from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and participants must bring a sack lunch each day! |
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Animal Tracks and who just past by? |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretative Center. Explore some of the unique tracks left by animals and put a face to the track. Take your very own track in plaster home.
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - Canoeing on Catfish Creek |
1:00 pm |
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Meet at EB Lyons Interpretive Center.
Canoe Catfish Creek through the park looking for great blue herons, beaver cuttings, deer and more. Learn the concept of stream piracy and look closer at prehistoric rock shelters used over 2000 years ago. Bring your own canoe and life jackets. Park will have 8 canoes on hand for first come/first serve basis.
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Build an Eagle Nest/Think Like a Bird |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretative Center. Learn how a bird builds a nest. Start big and build an eagle nest and then build a robin’s nest.
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Wapsipinicon State Park - Buffalo Forks Settlers Rendezvous |
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Experience a mid 1800’s encampment. Demonstrated events include knife & hawk throwing, primitive archery, bull whips, fire starting and the candy canon (a favorite for kids of all ages). Public is invited to try their luck after the demonstrations. |
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Nature Day for Kids - What are those tiny specs? |
10:30 am - noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Microscope 101, Look at microscopic things through a microscope. Look at pond water samples, dirt samples, feathers and anything that you cannot see with your eyes.
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - North American Butterfly Count |
1:00 PM |
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Meet at EB Lyons Interpretive Center. Join the Dubuque Audubon Society in counting birds as part of research and learn to identify many species.
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Union Grove State Park - Triathlon |
9:00 am |
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Nature Day for Kids - Birding - the basics |
10:30 am - noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Learn how to bird. We have the binoculars and books. Learn how to use them and go out in search of black capped chickadees, woodpeckers, goldfinch and more.
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IOU Spring Meeting 2007 |
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Briar Cliff College, Sioux City. |
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The IOU will hold its 2007 Spring Meeting in Sioux City on the
campus of Briar Cliff College. Loess Hills Audubon will be
hosting the event. Watch for details in the IOU News and on this
website.
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Black Hawk State Park - Lake View Annual Summer Water Carnival |
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Fireworks over the lake, parade of floats on the water and other water activities, carnival rides, street parade, local food stands. Various forms of entertainment-all free admission.
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Nature Day for Kids - Reptiles Oh My, Snakes, Turtles and more |
10:30 am - noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Learn what a reptile is. Snakes, turtles, skinks will be alive to look at and examine.
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - Hike into the Horseshoe Bluff |
1:00 PM |
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Meet at Horseshoe Bluff Interpretive Area. A short hike will take us into the old quarry called Horseshoe Bluff. Learn about the various layers of rock, how lead is formed and what the other minerals are that are found in the area. From here we will hike back to the road and up to the north rim of the quarry to discuss the geology of the area.
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Nature Day for Kids - Archeology, Part 1-Learn about what is underground |
10:30 am - noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Ever wonder what an archeologist does or what it all means. We will learn together and go on our very own dig to discover what lies beneath. Plan to get dirty.
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Lake Anita State Park - Whaletown Triathlon |
8:00 am |
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Nature Day for Kids - Archeology part 2 |
10:30 am - Noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Travel to other parts of the park for a more indepth look at what lies beneath.
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Nature Day for Kids - Meet Smokey Bear |
10:30 am - Noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Smokey Bear will turn 63 this year on August 9. Come to his birthday party and meet Smokey. Birthday cake will be provided after a short hike. Smokey requests no presents, just take care of nature.
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Night Sky Program - Perseid’s Meteor Shower |
8:30 p.m. |
Call 712-545-3283 for more information.
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent, IA off the Old Lincoln HWY).
Honey Creek, IA |
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Led by members of the Omaha Astronomical Society, observe the spectacular Perseid’s Meteor Shower from a Loess Hills ridge top. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and binoculars for an evening of star-studded skies. Meet at the park entrance. Cost: $2.00 per person. |
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Black Hawk State Park - Lake View Annual Carp Fishing Contest |
8:00 am |
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Fish Black Hawk Lake for 10 specially tagged carp worth $1000.00 each in cash. Also, other script money prizes (good at Lake View businesses only) for the three largest carp and the smallest carp and numerous door prizes for other carp caught. $2.00 entry fee to participate.
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Nature Day for Kids - Amphibians, Wet and Slimy but Cool |
10:30 am - Noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Are these critters really that icky to hold? Find out as we explore frogs, salamanders and more. Yes, you get to hold them.
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Real Maple Syrup Pancake Feed |
8:30 – 11:00 a.m. |
Call 712-741-5465 for more information.
Botna Bend Park
(I-80 exit #40 then south 8 miles on US HWY 59)
Hancock, IA |
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We tap the parks’ maple trees and boil down the sap to make this delicious treat. Grilled pancakes will be served with warm maple syrup, sausage, coffee and orange juice. Free will donations accepted. |
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Pleasant Creek State Recreation Area - Pigman Half Triathlon |
7:00 am |
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Nature Day for Kids - Geology, Rocks of Ages |
10:30 am - Noon |
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - @ E.B. Lyons Interpretive Center. Its’ “hard as a rock” they say. Are all rocks really that hard? Find out how to identify rocks by their hardness, by scratching them, smelling and more way then you think. We will also take a look at some awesome rocks, one that even bends.
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Mines of Spain Recreation Area - Prairies of the Mines of Spain |
1:00 pm |
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Meet at Prairie Ridge Foot Trail. Over 300 acres of tall grass prairie has been planted in the park with over 100 acres being restored from native prairies. Learn about the prairie by visiting one close up, looking at the various flowers and grasses, the soil and the insects that live there.
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Monarch Tagging Event |
10:00 a.m. |
Call 712-545-3283 for more information.
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent off the Old Lincoln Highway)
Honey Creek, IA |
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What travels up to 3,000 miles, lives only 8 months and spends the winter in Mexico? The monarch butterfly. Attend Hitchcock’s annual monarch tagging program and learn more about these fascinating creatures. Participants will learn how to tag monarchs and have the opportunity to catch and tag them in the wild. Nets, tags and refreshments provided. Cost: $3.00 per person, kids 5 and under admitted free. |
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HawkWatch Festival |
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
Call 712-545-3283 for more information.
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent off the Old Lincoln Highway)
Honey Creek, IA |
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Join HawkWatchers and keep your eyes on the skies for migrating raptors. The HawkWatch event will include live hawk demonstrations by Raptor Recovery NE, hikes in the hills, children’s bird activities and refreshments. Cost: $3.00 per person. |
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Volga River State Recreation Area - Ft. Atkinson Rendezvous |
Sat: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm / Sun: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm |
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31st year of live display of what life was like in the 1840s when the fort was being built and used. Trade blankets, food vendors, craft people and military actors portraying the 1840s time period will demonstrate through displays, competing in contests and performing to educate the public of life at this interesting place and time.
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Halloween Hike |
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. |
Call 712-545-3283 for more information.
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent off the Old Lincoln Highway)
Honey Creek, IA |
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Wear your costumes and bring little ones for a special Halloween Trail at Hitchcock. Meet at the Trailhead. Cost: $5.00 per family. |
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Halloween Hike |
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. |
Call 712-545-3283 for more information.
Hitchcock Nature Center
(I-29 exit 61A. 5 miles north of Crescent off the Old Lincoln Highway)
Honey Creek, IA |
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Last fall volunteers counted over 1,000 migrating eagles, a HawkWatch record. Hitchcock has been recognized as one of the top 5 HawkWatches in the world for viewing migrating bald eagles & November is the ideal time to view these majestic animals on their journey south. The Annual Festival will also include live raptor demonstrations from Raptor Recovery NE, activities for children, scheduled programs, and refreshments. Festival Cost: $3.00 per person. |
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