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Monona Memorial Day Parade
Monona Memorial Day Parade
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature CenterFriends! Share your love of nature and Aldo Leopold Nature Center and as we celebrate Memorial Day and honor all of the Veterans […]
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Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days (Tues AM)
Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days (Tues AM)
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature Center…Are here again. Want to learn some tricks or feel like you have practiced once before heading on your own […]
Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days (Tues PM)
Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days (Tues PM)
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature Center…Are here again. Want to learn some tricks or feel like you have practiced once before heading on your own […]
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Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days
Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature Center…Are here again. Want to learn some tricks or feel like you have practiced once before heading on your own […]
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Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days
Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature Center…Are here again. Want to learn some tricks or feel like you have practiced once before heading on your own […]
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Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days
Wonder Bugs Preschool Program: Camping Days
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature Center…Are here again. Want to learn some tricks or feel like you have practiced once before heading on your own […]
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Parks & Trails Unite Festival @ Lake Farm County Park and McDaniel Park
Parks & Trails Unite Festival @ Lake Farm County Park and McDaniel Park
Help us celebrate our amazing parks and trails at an event designed to bring us ALL together! Dane County Parks […]
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Power of Data Workshop @ UW-Milwaukee
Would you like to… Increase understanding of Geospatial Inquiry in your classroom? Increase confidence and skills for facilitating Geospatial Inquiry […]
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Volunteer Day @ Goodman Youth Farm
Volunteer Day @ Goodman Youth Farm
Organizer: Community GroundworksCome lend a hand at the Youth Farm! Individuals and groups of all ages are welcome to join us the second […]
Ecological Restoration Work Party @ UW Arboretum
Ecological Restoration Work Party @ UW Arboretum
Date: Saturday, June 9 Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Volunteer for restoration activities and learn […]
Summer Palooza @ Madison Children’s Museum
Summer Palooza @ Madison Children’s Museum
The summer season kicks into high gear with our sixth annual SummerPalooza! Free museum admission all day Free performances outside […]
Rendez-Zoo
Rendez-Zoo
Make a Reservation for Conservation! Tickets are now available online. Make a Reservation for Conservation! Join us for Rendez-zoo, Henry […]
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Greene Prairie Walk @ UW Arboretum
Greene Prairie Walk @ UW Arboretum
Date: Sunday, June 10 Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Location: Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W […]
The Summer Buzz Walk @ UW Arboretum
The Summer Buzz Walk @ UW Arboretum
Date: Sunday, June 10 Time: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Discover the fun and fascinating world […]
Guided Garden Strolls @ Olbrich Gardens
Guided Garden Strolls @ Olbrich Gardens
Free guided garden strolls of the outdoor gardens Sundays Only, May 6 - October 14, 2018 1:30 & 3:00 p.m. […]
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Connect, Explore, and Engage Pre-Service Teachers in Place-based Learning
Join teacher educators from across the state for a workshop to help us all deepen our practice related to place-based […]
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Adopt-A-Plant @ MCM
Adopt-A-Plant @ MCM
Transplant and take home your own plant from our rooftop greenhouse garden! Bring a bit of our popular rooftop play-garden […]
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Tour North Cherokee w/ Parks Staff
Tour North Cherokee w/ Parks Staff
Free, guided tour of Madison's largest conservation park. Led by veteran Conservation Crew member Brandon Mann from Madison Parks. Follow […]
Woodland, Savanna, and Prairie Tour @ UW Arboretum
Woodland, Savanna, and Prairie Tour @ UW Arboretum
Date: Wednesday, June 13 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Celebrate late spring by visiting our woodland, savanna, and […]
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3rd Annual Green Schools Conference
3rd Annual Green Schools Conference
The annual Green Schools Conference is an ideal opportunity to connect with the Milwaukee-area's greener, healthier schools movement. The conference […]
Thursday Night @ Troy / CSA Pickup
Thursday Night @ Troy / CSA Pickup
Thursday Nights at Troy All are welcome at Thursday Nights at Troy, a free, weekly community event happening every Thursday, […]
Call of the Mild @ Aldo Leopold Foundation
Call of the Mild @ Aldo Leopold Foundation
Lily Raff McCaulou is a journalist based in Bend, Oregon whose writing has appeared in publications including The New York Times and The […]
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Exploring Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living at the Energy Fair
This course provides educators with a unique opportunity to learn more about renewable energy and sustainable living technologies and applications, […]
Energy Fair
THE ENERGY FAIR IN CUSTER, WI June 15-17, 2018 Start planning your Fair days by choosing from over 250+ workshops! […]
Tot-Zilla Town Take-Down @ MCM
Tot-Zilla Town Take-Down @ MCM
Join us for some big body dino suited action! We’ll be dressing up in our dinosaur vests, building towers out […]
Fireflies in the Garden @ Olbrich
Fireflies in the Garden @ Olbrich
Have you ever watched fireflies and wondered how and why they create their own light? Joins us as we learn […]
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Cranes and Culture Art Series @ International Crane Foundation
The International Crane Foundation is hosting a new Cranes and Culture Art Series throughout the 2018 visitor season. Each month local […]
Founders Day @ Cave of the Mounds
Celebrate the anniversary of Ebenezer Brigham’s arrival in Blue Mounds and settlement on the land above Cave of the […]
Ecological Restoration Work Party @ UW Arboretum
Ecological Restoration Work Party @ UW Arboretum
Date: Saturday, June 16 Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Location: Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W […]
Land Steward Work Party @ ALNC
Land Steward Work Party @ ALNC
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature CenterLand Stewards & Restorationists — We Need YOU! Interested in helping restore and maintain ALNC’s prairie, marsh, and woodlands? Join […]
An Evening with the Cranes @ International Crane Foundation
An Evening with the Cranes @ International Crane Foundation
Organizer: International Crane FoundationEnjoy a magical evening on our beautiful grounds in Baraboo, Wisconsin. An Evening with the Cranes will be held rain […]
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Keeper Talks @ International Crane Foundation
Keeper Talks @ International Crane Foundation
Want to learn about the behind-the-scenes work we do to care for our cranes? Stop by our headquarters on the first and […]
Curtis Prairie Arboretum Walk
Curtis Prairie Arboretum Walk
Date: Sunday, June 17 Time: 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Explore Curtis Prairie—the first restored prairie […]
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Power of Data Workshop @ UW-Milwaukee
Would you like to… Increase understanding of Geospatial Inquiry in your classroom? Increase confidence and skills for facilitating Geospatial Inquiry […]
Bad River and Red Cliff Indigenous Arts and Sciences
Organizer: UW-Madison School of EducationProgram Information Program Name: Earth Partnership Institutes Program Link: http://earthpartnership.wisc.edu/ Session Title: Bad River and Red Cliff Indigenous Arts and […]
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Broaden Your Reach Through Birds
Birds are the most observable wildlife found in all environments including urban, suburban, and rural settings. They offer an excellent […]
Summer Concert Series @ Olbrich Gardens
Summer Concert Series @ Olbrich Gardens
Enjoy the summer evening with a concert on the Great Lawn of Olbrich's outdoor gardens. A wide variety of music […]
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Leopold Education Project
Leopold Education Project
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationAre you a formal or informal educator who would like to incorporate Aldo Leopold and the land ethic into your […]
Story Time with the Animals @MacKenzie Center
Story Time with the Animals @MacKenzie Center
Introduce your toddler or pre-school-aged child to the outdoors during story time. The MacKenzie Center features a live wildlife exhibit […]
What’s Blooming Tour @ UW Arboretum
What’s Blooming Tour @ UW Arboretum
Date: Wednesday, June 20 Time: 7 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Join Susan Carpenter, Arboretum native plant gardener, to find, […]
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Land Ethic Leaders
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationBased on Aldo Leopold’s own teaching method, “observe, participate, reflect,” this two-day program prepares participants to connect wider audiences to […]
Summer Solstice Night Walk @ UW Arboretum
Summer Solstice Night Walk @ UW Arboretum
Date: Thursday, June 21 Time: 8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Enjoy a sunset walk on the […]
Museum Storytime @ UW Geology Museum
Museum Storytime @ UW Geology Museum
Museum Storytime – 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 10:30 am. Museum storytime is geared toward preschool-aged children […]
Arboretum Book Group
Arboretum Book Group
Date: Thursday, June 21 Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Read engrossing environmental books and discuss […]
Writing Workshop @ ALNC
Writing Workshop @ ALNC
Walking Home Ground: Retracing The Steps Of Muir, Leopold And Derleth To Learn About Our Home Ground This class is […]
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Zoovies- Moana
Zoovies- Moana
Join us for ZOOvies at the Henry Vilas Zoo! Grab some popcorn, set up a blanket on the lawn, and […]
Family Field Trip @ Troy Kids’ Garden
Family Field Trip @ Troy Kids’ Garden
Organizer: Community GroundworksBring the whole family out for a fun-filled afternoon in the garden! New in 2017, Community GroundWorks is thrilled to […]
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Ecological Restoration Work Party @ UW Arboretum
Ecological Restoration Work Party @ UW Arboretum
Date: Saturday, June 23 Time: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Volunteer for restoration activities and learn […]
Bird and Nature Outing @ Edna Taylor Conservation Park
Bird and Nature Outing @ Edna Taylor Conservation Park
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature CenterJoin a naturalist for a free and easy, family-friendly walk from Aldo Leopold Nature Center into the beautiful Edna Taylor […]
Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh
Butterflies of Cherokee Marsh
We will observe a variety of butterflies as they take nectar from wildflowers, and learn about their identification, behavior, and […]
BioBlitz at Lake County Farm Park
BioBlitz at Lake County Farm Park
Milwaukee Public Museum is sponsoring the very first BioBlitz in Dane County at Lake Farm County Park! Over one hundred […]
Bubble Science @ MCM
Bubble Science @ MCM
Make bubble on the rooftop with different kinds of wands. Can you make a giant bubble? Can you tell which […]
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Intro to Field Investigations Summer Teacher Workshop
For 4th-8th grade teachers Learn the techniques and strategies to conduct outdoor inquiry-based field investigations wuith your students in this […]
Prairies and Savannas Walk @ UW Arboretum
Prairies and Savannas Walk @ UW Arboretum
Date: Sunday, June 24 Time: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Location: Meet at Grady Tract parking lot (SE corner Seminole Hwy & W […]
Wisconsin Prairie Nature Program @ UW Arboretum
Wisconsin Prairie Nature Program @ UW Arboretum
Date: Sunday, June 24 Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: Many flowers are blooming on our […]
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Taste the World: Kazakhstan @ MCM
Taste the World: Kazakhstan @ MCM
Explore cultures from around the world through history and their foods. This week we’ll sample foods from Kazakhstan! Staff will demonstrate, […]
Sensory Friendly Time @ MCM
Sensory Friendly Time @ MCM
Join us for autism- and sensory-friendly museum time! Sensory-friendly hours are part of Madison Children’s Museum’s initiative to support and welcome […]
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Family Field Trip @ Youth Farm
Family Field Trip @ Youth Farm
Organizer: Community GroundworksBring the whole family out for a fun-filled afternoon in the garden or on the farm! New in 2017, Community […]
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Recycled Bag Fabric Art @ Bethel Horizons
Recycled Bag Fabric Art @ Bethel Horizons
Come make usable fabric from your plastic shopping bags! We will make 7 layer fabric and then cut the fabric […]
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Mud Day @ MCM
Mud Day @ MCM
Joins us for squishy, messy fun as we celebrate International Mud Day! International Mud Day was dreamed up by educators […]
Strawberry Moon Night Walk @ UW Arboretum
Strawberry Moon Night Walk @ UW Arboretum
Date: Friday, June 29 Time: 8:30 p.m. – 10 p.m. Location: Meet at Visitor Center, UW-Madison Arboretum Description: The Ojibwe call June’s full moon […]
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Dane County Lake Access Sites Free Day View Event
All Dane County Parks and City of Madison Parks Boat Launches will be free to use and try out on […]
Fireflies @ Welty Environmental Center
Fireflies @ Welty Environmental Center
Fireflies are fun for the entire family. These luminescent beetles are members of the family Lampyridae. They are reported to […]