At the Aldo Leopold Nature Center, we know that truly living our mission and reaching as many children, families, educators, conservationists and community members as possible means expanding access now. In order to better serve our community, we are redesigning our space to increase our impact, improve our programs and better accommodate diverse populations. As […]
Robin, Eagle and Cardinal Migration
Why are robins one of the first birds seen in spring, while eagles are usually seen in winter and cardinals all-year-round? With spring right around the corner, we’re all eager to see and hear the birds that give the Wisconsin woods, prairies and lakes life. Robins have been coined the first bird to arrive and […]
Field Studies at the ALNC and Edna Taylor Conservation Park
Did you know high school students have been investigating important environmental questions at both the ALNC and Edna Taylor Conservation Park? La Follette High School students in the AP Environmental Science class have been conducting field studies in these local habitats for the past 5 years. This year La Follette Biology 2 students also got […]
TerraCycle: Expanding Recycling Options at the ALNC
The Aldo Leopold Nature Center naturalists, staff, and interns can now recycle more items than ever before – saving them from ending up in the landfill. Thanks to a partnership with Winnequah Elementary School’s TerraCycle program, items that are not typically recyclable, such as foil chip bags, juice pouches, cereal bags, pens and markers, will […]
This Week at the Little Free Library!
Try a pond or lake dip, a favorite activity at the ALNC, at home with this guide all about the creatures you can find in an aquatic environment. All you need is a natural water source, small net, plastic tupperware, and Wonderful, Wacky, Water Critters! Created in partnership by UW-Extension and the DNR, this guide […]
Thank You to our Spring Badger Volunteers!
Working with Volunteer Land Stewards has always been an important part of Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s programming, enabling us to share land stewardship practices with our community and complete important land restoration work. The Badger Volunteers program through University of Wisconsin Madison’s Morgridge Institute is a perfect fit for ALNC. Every semester, ALNC has a […]
This Week at the Little Free Library!
What is nature to you? Compiled by Lorraine Anderson, Sisters of the Earth showcases the words of many female writers, including Emily Dickinson, Alice Walker, and Terry Tempest Williams, on this broad subject. Through journals, poems, essays, and stories, these women describe the natural world as they see it. Take a book, leave a book, […]
This Week at the Little Free Library!
This week’s book takes us to the savannas of East Africa. Follow through the eyes of an elephant calf as his herd searches for water and forages for food. What kind of fascinating animals will they run into? Find out in Schuyler Bull’s Through Tsavo: A Story of an East African Savanna. Take a book, […]
Stepping back in time with Juliette Kinzie at ALNC’s Vacation Day Program
This spring brought many wonderful programs to the Aldo Leopold Nature Center, and the Spring Vacation Day programs were a special highlight. Every year during the spring breaks for the Madison area school districts, ALNC holds all-day programs for students ages 5-12, where they explore a range of science and nature topics, observe the spring […]
This Week at the Little Free Library!
Hop on the school bus, because we’re going back, back, back in time this week at the Little Free Library! Join Ms. Frizzle and the gang as they explore the field of paleontology in the Jurassic era finding dinosaur bones. (Little known fact: this book is the first time Ms. Frizzle’s name is ever mentioned.) […]
