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Our facility is open Monday through Friday, 9am to 4pm, and from 10am to 2pm on weekends.

Visit us. Everyday, our trails are free and open from dawn until dusk.

Our facility will be closed on Friday, Mar 21st for an all-staff meeting.

Our building will reopen to the public at 10am on Saturday, Mar 22nd.

Everyday, our trails are free and open from dawn until dusk.

Vacation Day: Happy Earth Day to You!

It’s Earth Day! Let’s celebrate! In the true spirit of Earth Day, we will partake in our own conservation project and learn how we can conserve our resources in our own homes as well. […]

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Vacation Day: Earth and Beyond

How do you organize a space party? You planet! Space is an exciting place and we’ll spend our day launching into all sorts of astronomical knowledge through games and out-of-this-world experiments. […]

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Home School (Ages 9-14): Earth Day!

In celebration of Earth Day (April 22), we will team up with the younger homeschoolers to learn all about people who were and are like-minded in the role of conservation of natural resources. […]

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Home School (Ages 5-8): Happy Earth Day!

In honor of Earth Day, we’ll learn how we can make a positive difference towards the earth! We will learn about the people, including Aldo Leopold, who were important in conserving our resources in Wisconsin. […]

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Bicycling for the Earth and Your Health

Celebrate Monona’s Year of the Bike and Green Living month at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center with the next in our public lecture series on nature, climate, energy, and sustainability! Join special guest Maggie Grabow (PhD, MPH) from the University of Wisconsin’s Global Health Institute to learn about the environmental and human health benefits of bicycling.   There are […]

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Earth & Beyond

Our solar system is vast and contains many different worlds. Earth is unique because of one precious resource: water! Join us as we learn about why we have water on our planet, take some weather measurements and compare our planet with other planets in our solar system. Get ready to step into the shoes of an astronaut as we explore outer space! […]

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Aldo Leopold Nature Center