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3 events,
Garden Stroll
Garden Stroll
Organizer: UW ArboretumThis gently paced stroll through the gardens is well-suited for a multi-generational outing. Learn about the land, plants, animals, fungi, […]
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Organizer: Badger Rock Neighborhood CenterJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Gardening Class. Each week brings a tip, trick or idea to grow your green […]
Scratch Programming Class
Scratch Programming Class
Organizer: Madison Children’s MusuemExercise your creativity and have fun learning computer programming! Class participants will learn computer programming fundamentals while making their own […]
0 events,
3 events,
Stewart Lake — Tree and Brush Removal Volunteer Workday
Stewart Lake — Tree and Brush Removal Volunteer Workday
Organizer: Dane County ParksDuring these winter workdays staff and volunteers work to restore land by removing invasive brush (e.g. honeysuckle, buckthorn, autumn olive, […]
Volunteer Training Series: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop
Volunteer Training Series: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workshop
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin staff as they lead you through a recorded training from August Ball, founder of Cream City Conservation, for a […]
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Cooking Class. Each week brings a new kitchen delight!
0 events,
1 event,
Understanding Movement and Population Dynamics of Migratory Birds
Understanding Movement and Population Dynamics of Migratory Birds
Organizer: UW ArboretumWinter Enrichment Lectures Series 2022 Speaker: Amber Roth, assistant professor of Forest Wildlife Management, University of Maine. Understanding how birds […]
2 events,
Anderson Farm — Tree and Brush Removal Volunteer Workday
Anderson Farm — Tree and Brush Removal Volunteer Workday
Organizer: Dane County ParksDuring these winter workdays staff and volunteers work to restore land by removing invasive brush (e.g. honeysuckle, buckthorn, autumn olive, […]
Explore Your Sense of Place: Leopold Week Kick-Off with Buddy Huffaker
Explore Your Sense of Place: Leopold Week Kick-Off with Buddy Huffaker
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationWhat does it mean to connect to a “sense of place,” and why is it important? Join Buddy Huffaker, Aldo […]
10 events,
Member Morning
Member Morning
Organizer: Madison Children’s MusuemStop in Saturday morning for exclusive members-only playtime! We know that Madison Children’s Museum members love and value the museum […]
Volunteer Training Series: Pesticide Applicator Training/Review Session with Certification Exam
Volunteer Training Series: Pesticide Applicator Training/Review Session with Certification Exam
Organizer: Dane County ParksRegistration closes march 2nd at 7:00 p.m. Join Adam Alves, Dane County Park Forestry Specialist, for an in-person pesticide application […]
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Organizer: UW ArboretumVolunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training provided. Groups and youth are welcome with […]
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin the Friends of Silverwood County Park on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.pm. to help them remove invasive […]
Learn to Build a Birdhouse
Learn to Build a Birdhouse
Organizer: City of Madison ParksA birdhouse offers a safe haven from the outdoor elements and predators for our feathered friends. Participants in this workshop […]
4 events,
Walking in Leopold’s Footsteps Arboretum Walk
Walking in Leopold’s Footsteps Arboretum Walk
Organizer: UW ArboretumLearn where conservationist Aldo Leopold, the Arboretum’s first research director, conducted famous phenological research from 1935 to 1945 and helped […]
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Gardening Class. Each week brings a tip, trick or idea to grow your […]
Bird & Nature Adventures – Cherokee Marsh
Bird & Nature Adventures – Cherokee Marsh
Organizer: City of Madison ParksCherokee Marsh is Madison’s largest conservation park with three units - North, South, and Mendota. Each month, year-round we explore […]
Scratch Programming Class
Scratch Programming Class
Organizer: Madison Children’s MusuemExercise your creativity and have fun learning computer programming! Class participants will learn computer programming fundamentals while making their own […]
0 events,
6 events,
Restoration Workdays — Walking Iron County Park
Restoration Workdays — Walking Iron County Park
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin Natural Areas Staff at Walking Iron County Park on every 2nd and 4th Tuesday from 9am-12pm throughout the year […]
Feeding Your Conservation Ethic: Eating Local with Chef Luke Zahm
Feeding Your Conservation Ethic: Eating Local with Chef Luke Zahm
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationWhat does it mean to be a “local-vore?” How does your grocery trip connect to the conservation movement? Join Luke […]
Volunteer Training Series: Interpretive Signage and Design
Volunteer Training Series: Interpretive Signage and Design
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin Lauren Brown, owner and principal designer for LVBrown Studio, to learn how to select a designer, collect information and […]
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Cooking Class. Each week brings a new kitchen delight!
Native Landscaping: A Beautiful Solution to Pollution
Native Landscaping: A Beautiful Solution to Pollution
Organizer: Dane County ParksInterested in learning how to incorporate native plants into your landscape? This webinar will provide an introduction to the benefits […]
2 events,
Nature Nurturing: Getting Your Family Outdoors with Christine Peterson
Nature Nurturing: Getting Your Family Outdoors with Christine Peterson
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationAmidst all that life throws at us, how do we continue to make nature (and our wellbeing) a priority? Join […]
Re-Envisioning Human-Land Relationships using Photography with Dr. Edgar Cardenas
Re-Envisioning Human-Land Relationships using Photography with Dr. Edgar Cardenas
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationHave popular images of mountains and waterfalls, like those found in nature calendars, diluted our appreciation for our local nature […]
3 events,
Four Hundred Years of Fire and Wind in the Boundary Waters
Four Hundred Years of Fire and Wind in the Boundary Waters
Organizer: UW ArboretumWinter Enrichment Lectures Series 2022 Speaker: Lee Frelich, director, Center for Forest Ecology, University of Minnesota. Boreal forests of northern […]
2022 Frog and Toad Survey Kickoff Event
2022 Frog and Toad Survey Kickoff Event
Organizer: Friends of Pheasant Branch ConservancyIn 2021, the Friends of Pheasant Branch conducted its first frog & toad survey among a small group of Restoration […]
Parks and Rec meets Berry and Leopold: Nick Offerman’s Growing Conservation Ethic
Parks and Rec meets Berry and Leopold: Nick Offerman’s Growing Conservation Ethic
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationHow do we “comprehend, protect, and truly experience the outdoors,” even in fields outside of conservation? Actor, author, humorist and […]
2 events,
Lil’ Explorers
Lil’ Explorers
Organizer: Lussier Family Heritage CenterYour preschooler loves to get their hands into everything, run around, and explore! Come help foster that sense of wonder […]
Living a Land Ethic in Leopold’s Sand County: A Reflection with the 2022 Leopold Fellows
Living a Land Ethic in Leopold’s Sand County: A Reflection with the 2022 Leopold Fellows
Organizer: The Aldo Leopold FoundationFuture conservation leaders connect to the same land the Leopold family loved and cared for through the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s […]
6 events,
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Organizer: UW ArboretumVolunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training provided. Groups and youth are welcome with […]
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin the Friends of Silverwood County Park on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.pm. to help them remove invasive […]
Learn to Build a Birdhouse
Learn to Build a Birdhouse
Organizer: City of Madison ParksA birdhouse offers a safe haven from the outdoor elements and predators for our feathered friends. Participants in this workshop […]
Best Pollinator Plants for southern WI (RCC Annual Meeting)
Best Pollinator Plants for southern WI (RCC Annual Meeting)
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterThis free event begins with a hour-long presentation by David Bendlin. He and his wife Barbara are avid gardeners with […]
Sarah’s Saturdays!
Sarah’s Saturdays!
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterCurious about the natural world? Looking for something to do today? Come on over to the Welty Environmental Center. Ms. […]
3 events,
Family Nature Walk
Family Nature Walk
Organizer: UW ArboretumThis walk is a fun, fascinating way for families with children elementary age and younger to explore the natural world. […]
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Gardening Class. Each week brings a tip, trick or idea to grow your […]
Bird & Nature Outing – Turville Point
Bird & Nature Outing – Turville Point
Organizer: City of Madison ParksFollow rolling hiking paths through the Turville Point Conservation Park woodlands and prairie with beautiful vistas of Lake Monona and […]
0 events,
1 event,
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Cooking Class. Each week brings a new kitchen delight!
1 event,
It’s Happening On Mars
It’s Happening On Mars
Organizer: MMSD Planetarium(Virtual) NASA’s uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon and beyond could launch as early as March 12, 2022. This […]
3 events,
Water Advocacy in Wisconsin: Watershed and Statewide Approaches
Water Advocacy in Wisconsin: Watershed and Statewide Approaches
Organizer: UW ArboretumWinter Enrichment Lectures Series 2022 Speakers: Allison Madison, sustainability and development coordinator, Wisconsin Salt Wise, and Alli Wenman, WATER Project […]
Rainbows and Pots of Gold
Rainbows and Pots of Gold
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterWelcome Young Leprechauns! Let’s experiment and make a few rainbows. Perhaps we’ll even discover a shiny pot of gold waiting […]
Conservancy Day: Pheasant Branch Creek— Where Does All This Water Come From?
Conservancy Day: Pheasant Branch Creek— Where Does All This Water Come From?
Organizer: Friends of Pheasant Branch ConservancyThis virtual presentation will be a joint session of the Friends’ Conservancy Days and the Sustainability Committee’s “Sustainable U” series. […]
1 event,
Full Moon Hike
Full Moon Hike
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterWalk in a moon-lit forest. We will practice walking silently, slowly, and observing the wonders of the park under a […]
7 events,
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Organizer: UW ArboretumVolunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training provided. Groups and youth are welcome with […]
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin the Friends of Silverwood County Park on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.pm. to help them remove invasive […]
Building Ceramic Birdfeeders
Building Ceramic Birdfeeders
Organizer: Bethel HorizonsA collaboration between Adamah Clay Studios and Bethel Horizons Nature Center. Go birding on Horizons trails with naturalist James Marlow. […]
Bird & Nature Outing – Starkweather Creek Area
Bird & Nature Outing – Starkweather Creek Area
Organizer: City of Madison ParksBird & Nature Adventures in the Starkweather Creek area vary each month - be sure to check the website (linked […]
Phenology—Keeping Track of Nature
Phenology—Keeping Track of Nature
Organizer: UW ArboretumThe March equinox is the perfect time to think about spring unfolding. Phenology—noting the periodic occurrences in the natural world—is […]
3 events,
Nature Hike
Nature Hike
Organizer: UW ArboretumLearn about the land, plants, animals, fungi, phenology, and ecology. Geared for adults, these longer walks may cover some sloping […]
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Gardening Class. Each week brings a tip, trick or idea to grow your […]
Bird & Nature Outing – Warner Park
Bird & Nature Outing – Warner Park
Organizer: City of Madison ParksEnjoy an informal family and kid-friendly nature walk around the scenic Warner Pond lagoon and across Castle Creek to discover […]
0 events,
2 events,
Restoration Workdays — Walking Iron County Park
Restoration Workdays — Walking Iron County Park
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin Natural Areas Staff at Walking Iron County Park on every 2nd and 4th Tuesday from 9am-12pm throughout the year […]
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Cooking Class. Each week brings a new kitchen delight!
1 event,
Smart Salting for WI Roads Workshop
Smart Salting for WI Roads Workshop
Organizer: Dane County ParksFree training for winter maintenance professionals who remove snow, apply road salt or maintain snow removal equipment used on roads. […]
1 event,
The DRAWdown Design Project: Illustrating and Inspiring Climate Change Solutions
The DRAWdown Design Project: Illustrating and Inspiring Climate Change Solutions
Organizer: UW ArboretumWinter Enrichment Lectures Series 2022 Speaker: Andrew Hall, founder / creative director, Drawdown Design Project. Why commission pop culture illustrators […]
1 event,
No School Day Camp
No School Day Camp
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterNo School! No Problem! Welty’s line up of No School Days has you covered. Let’s keep the learning going by […]
5 events,
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Ecological Restoration Work Party
Organizer: UW ArboretumVolunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training provided. Groups and youth are welcome with […]
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Restoration work at Silverwood County Park
Organizer: Dane County ParksJoin the Friends of Silverwood County Park on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.pm. to help them remove invasive […]
Bird & Nature Outing
Bird & Nature Outing
Organizer: Aldo Leopold Nature CenterBird and Nature Outings at Edna Taylor Conservation Park Starting at Aldo Leopold Nature Center, Children’s Shack 4th Saturday of […]
Sarah’s Saturdays!
Sarah’s Saturdays!
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterCurious about the natural world? Looking for something to do today? Come on over to the Welty Environmental Center. Ms. […]
Friends of Urban Nature (FUN) Bird and Nature Adventure: Spring Solstice Walk
Friends of Urban Nature (FUN) Bird and Nature Adventure: Spring Solstice Walk
Organizer: Friends of Pheasant Branch ConservancyExplore the Pheasant Branch Prairie in March. Join naturalists Lynn Persson and Eva Roos for this guided nature walk. Monthly […]
3 events,
Garden Stroll
Garden Stroll
Organizer: UW ArboretumThis gently paced stroll through the gardens is well-suited for a multi-generational outing. Learn about the land, plants, animals, fungi, […]
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Facebook Live Gardening Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Gardening Class. Each week brings a tip, trick or idea to grow your […]
Scratch Programming Class
Scratch Programming Class
Organizer: Madison Children’s MusuemExercise your creativity and have fun learning computer programming! Class participants will learn computer programming fundamentals while making their own […]
1 event,
Sugar Maple Tree to Table Community Days
Sugar Maple Tree to Table Community Days
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterNeed family-friendly outdoor activities to do during spring break? Join us at the Welty Environmental Center as we explore the […]
2 events,
Sugar Maple Tree to Table Community Days
Sugar Maple Tree to Table Community Days
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterNeed family-friendly outdoor activities to do during spring break? Join us at the Welty Environmental Center as we explore the […]
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Facebook Live Cooking Class
Organizer: RootedJoin us for our weekly Facebook Live Cooking Class. Each week brings a new kitchen delight!
1 event,
Sugar Maple Tree to Table Community Days
Sugar Maple Tree to Table Community Days
Organizer: Welty Environmental CenterNeed family-friendly outdoor activities to do during spring break? Join us at the Welty Environmental Center as we explore the […]
2 events,
How High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Has Changed Ecological Research in Antarctica
How High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Has Changed Ecological Research in Antarctica
Organizer: UW ArboretumWinter Enrichment Lectures Series 2022 Speaker: Michelle LaRue, associate professor, University of Canterbury. LaRue’s research focuses on understanding the biogeography […]
West Coast Sandhill Cranes
West Coast Sandhill Cranes
Organizer: International Crane FoundationYou are invited to our monthly webinar series on Thursdays beginning at 11 a.m. Central Time. Join us for our […]