Parts of our Sanctuary will be open for gun deer hunting from Nov. 23-Dec. 1. Trails are closed during this period. Hunters and trappers must register with The Ridges before hunting.

Category: Programs

Kids running through the woods with an instructor.

Nature Notes: A Forest Days Hike in the Woods

Forest Days are designed to bring students outside and into their local forest for place-based environmental education. Forest Day lesson topics include the carbon cycle, patterns in nature, the role of decomposers in the forest, food webs, and other interconnecting themes.
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Nests that 3rd graders constructed during a lesson about bird eggs and nest types.

Nature Notes: Creating Environmental Stewardship

Each school forest functions as both an outdoor classroom and the learning material for each lesson; all Forest Day topics can be explored through the physical space of the forest.
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Nature Notes: Monarch Madness

Nature Notes: Monarch Madness By Anna Foster, published August 17, 2023 A symbol of summer, monarch butterflies are widely recognized for their bright orange, black, and white spotted wings. Their […]
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Nature Notes: Evergreens & The Boreal Forest

Nature Notes: Evergreens & The Boreal Forest By Anna Foster, published May 25th, 2023 While Trillium, Yellow Lady’s Slippers, and Columbine are starting to unfurl in wooded lots along the […]
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Nature Notes: The Importance of Monarch Butterflies

Nature Notes: The Importance of Monarch Butterflies By Anna Foster, published August 1st, 2022 The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)  symbolizes summertime, appearing year after year in meadows, gardens, and front […]
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