Free Help us celebrate Wilma the Box Turtle’s birthday. Learn cool facts about reptiles and how you can support them in the wild. Wilma’s friends from the library will distribute

Free Learn about all things water-related including how water quality affects wildlife AND humans.  Visitors participate in scheduled hike. Inside the center, visitors observe fly tying. Info tables provide information

Free Learn cool things about bugs including life cycles. Also find out how to support pollinator species.  Visitors can participate in scheduled hike. In the Center, observe a working beehive

Something for everyone – activities and crafts for the kids, booths, hikes, native plant sale, live music, food and beverages.

Free Visitors participate in scheduled hike. Inside the center, info tables give information about the 15 species of interest to Cornell. People will be encouraged to participate in Cornell Lab

Free Lakeside Nature Center is participating with CNC by hosting an event on Saturday, April 26 from 10 a.m. – Noon.  Join a Naturalist from 10 -10:30 a.m. at our

Free Learn about the habitats of Swope Park and the animals living there.  StoneLion Puppets will present two shows. 11 a.m. – StoneLion Puppets Noon – Opossum 1 p.m. –

Free Learn about where animals live and how they build their houses 11 a.m. – Mole Noon – Architecture, It’s Not Just for Humans Speaker 1 p.m. – Eagle. Talk

Free Learn about common Missouri Wildlife babies and how you can help to keep families together. 11 a.m. – Screech Owl (baby bird season) Noon – Raptor Task Force 1