Half-Off ALNC Memberships!

Today, the Aldo Leopold Nature Center is featured on Groupon, offering Aldo Leopold Nature Center Family Memberships for 50% off!

Membership at ALNC offers exciting ways to connect with nature year-round with valuable benefits including:

•         12 months of FREE admission for three people to ALNC’s new, fun and educational, interactive exhibits and special Wonder Weekend events (click here to find out more about this weekend’s Wonder Weekend)!

•         10% discount and advance registration on family programs and summer camps!

•         Free admission to member-only events, like Fall Fest (October 26), ALNC's autumnal celebration ($50 value)!

•         Free rental of the year-round Family Trailside Backpack Program!

•         10% discount on Gift Shop purchases!

•         Subscription to the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s newsletter and e- newsletter!

•         The satisfaction of knowing you are helping engage, educate and inspire the next generation to follow Aldo Leopold’s example!

                                                                                                                                                                                          

This is a deal too good to miss!

Please pass this information on to any friends, family members or colleagues who may be interested in becoming a member. Click here to get the deal!

Thanks, in advance for helping the Aldo Leopold Nature Center follow our mission to provide hands-on programs which “...teach the student to see the land, to understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands” in the spirit of famed ecologist Aldo Leopold.

Wonder with Nature this Weekend!

What kinds of plants and animals live in your backyard? How do your local ecosystems work? How does nature change over the seasons, and how are these seasons changing over time? Learn how keeping records can improve your relationship with nature and provide a unique perspective on our planet’s systems and cycles. At this month’s Wonder Weekend, you and your family can have fun with phenology – explore a variety of nature records and techniques, practice on our grounds, and find the journaling style that works for you. Learn how to get started, get tips from experts, enjoy hands-on journaling activities, check out displays and nature photography, and more!

Here are a few more details:

SPECIAL PRESENTATION
Phenology Wheels: Earth Observation Where You Live presentation by Anne Forbes (Partners in Place, LLC) – 1pm Saturday and Sunday

Learn about tracking your nature observations on a circular, year-round journal and get started on a sample phenology wheel to take home! Find out more about the presentation at http://

partnersinplace.com/.

Wonder Weekend Event Details
Location: Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 330 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716
Date/Time: Saturday, August 18, 11 am – 4 pm and Sunday, August 19, Noon-4 pm
Fee: $5.50/person; ALNC members receive free admission for three people.
Information/Register: www.naturenet.com/alnc or 608-216-9371

Check out a preview of the Wonder Weekend below!

WKOW 27: Madison, WI Breaking News, Weather and Sports

Hope to see you there!


- Miss Alanna

Warbling South and Crabby Crickets

Here's what's happening outside this week:

Many birds are molting their bright summer colors.

Warblers are beginning to move south, and swallows will soon follow.

Crab apples are now ripe.

Snowy crickets are making noise in the evenings.

Young red squirrels are leaving their mothers’ sides to go off on their own.

Learn more about how nature change over the seasons, and keeping records can improve your relationship with nature and provide a unique perspective on our planet’s systems and cycles this Saturday and Sunday at this month’s Nature Journaling Wonder Weekend!

At the event, you and your family can have fun with phenology – explore a variety of nature records and techniques, practice on our grounds, and find the journaling style that works for you. Learn how to get started, get tips from experts, enjoy hands-on journaling activities, check out displays and nature photography, and more!

PLUS - DON'T MISS THIS SPECIAL PRESENTATION!
Phenology Wheels: Earth Observation Where You Live presentation by Anne Forbes (Partners in Place, LLC) – 1pm Saturday and Sunday

Learn about tracking your nature observations on a circular, year-round journal and get started on a sample phenology wheel to take home! Find out more about the presentation at http://

partnersinplace.com/.

Wonder Weekend Event Details
Location: Aldo Leopold Nature Center, 330 Femrite Drive, Monona, WI 53716
Date/Time: Saturday, August 18, 11 am – 4 pm and Sunday, August 19, Noon-4 pm
Fee: $5.50/person; ALNC members receive free admission for three people.
Information/Register: www.naturenet.com/alnc or 608-216-9371

A Lasting Legacy

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