Join Dane County Parks at our first ever Environmental Fun Fair located on the grounds of our Lussier Family Heritage Center facility. This FREE fun afternoon will be full of hands on activities and learning opportunities appropriate for all ages. Activities will include:

Rainfall Simulator – Madison Area Municipal Stormwater Partnership
Guided Prairie Walks (leaving at 1:15, 1:45, 2:15 and 2:45) – Friends of Capital Springs Recreation Area
Mobil Trash Lab – Dane County Waste & Renewables
Renewable Energy Info – Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change
Native Plants and Pollinators – UW Extension
Learn about amphibians and reptiles – Madison Area Herpetological Society
Hands on STEM activity – Dane County 4H and UW Biotechnology Center
Fruit and Veggie Hopscotch – Dane County 4H
Guided bike ride along the Lower Yahara River Trail (bring your bike and helmet or borrow ours – we have adult and youth sizes)
Nature Craft on our Lower Patio
Scavenger Hunt starting at the Lower Patio – check back to get a prize once complete
Dream Bus – Madison Public Library
Camping Demo – Sierra Club Four Lakes Group
Skins, Skulls and Scat Touch Table – Aldo Leopold Nature Center
All of Us Research Program – UW School of Medicine & Public Health
FUN With Birds – Madison Friends of Urban Nature (FUN)
Free Shuttle
The Sierra Club Four Lakes Group is sponsoring a free shuttle to help people get to this event. The shuttle will run on a 45 minute loop with stops at the Village on Park, the Bridge Lakepoint Waunona Neighborhood Center, the Lussier Family Heritage Center and William G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park). The shuttle will run until 4:30 so people can stick around and check out the park after the Fun Fair has ended.

Shuttle schedule:

The first shuttle will depart at the times listed below. It will run on a continuous loop (approximatly 45 minute loop):

Village on Park (2300 S Park St – north end) – 12:05 pm
Bridge Lakepoint Waunona (1917 Lake Point Dr) – 12:15
Wiliam G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park Shelter #1 – 12:25
Lussier Family Heritage Center – 12:30
The last shuttle will leave at 4:30 from WG Lunney Lake Farm County Park and 4:45 from the Lussier Family Heritage Center to drop people off at Bridge Lakepoint Waunona and the Village on Park.