A program for two-year olds to enjoy with their favorite adult. Bring your little sprout to this class celebrating seeds and flowers. Tots will hear the Lois Ehlert story, Planting a Rainbow, and make their own magic seed necklace. We will pot a flower to take home, walk to see spring wildflowers and enjoy a…

A program for three-year olds to enjoy with their favorite adult. Bring your little sprout to this class celebrating seeds and flowers. Tots will hear the Lois Ehlert story, Planting a Rainbow, and make their own magic seed necklace. We will pot a flower to take home, walk to see spring wildflowers and enjoy a…

Veterans from all branches of service – Active Duty, Reserve, and Retired personnel and their families are invited to attend monthly walks held here at Wehr Nature Center. We will explore the trails observing and experiencing seasonal nature happenings. No fee but registration is required. Please register on our website so we may contact you…

Discover the secret lives of these sometimes-smelly neighbors. We will sing the “skunk song”, make a craft skunk, and go outside in search of skunk clues. Join us for all the stinky fun. A program for 4–6-year-olds with an adult. Online registration is required two days prior to the program.

Discover the secret lives of these sometimes-smelly neighbors. We will sing the “skunk song”, make a craft skunk, and go outside in search of skunk clues. Join us for all the stinky fun. A program for 4–6-year-olds with an adult. Online registration is required two days prior to the program.

Calling all frog lovers. Hop over to Wehr and celebrate spring with these amazing amphibians. We will meet some Wisconsin amphibians up close and then stroll to Wehr’s vernal pond to listen for the sweet sound of frogs chorusing.  Recommended for families with children ages 5 and older $5 parking fee applies to non-members

A program for two-year olds to enjoy with their favorite adult. Spring is here, bringing raindrops and mud puddles. Toddlers will enjoy the story, Mud by Mary Lyn Ray, paint with mud (disguised as chocolate pudding), and enjoy a “muddy” snack. We will go on a puddle-jumping walk and make mud pies, so please bring…

A program for three-year olds to enjoy with their favorite adult. Spring is here, bringing raindrops and mud puddles. Toddlers will enjoy the story, Mud by Mary Lyn Ray, paint with mud (disguised as chocolate pudding), and enjoy a “muddy” snack. We will go on a puddle-jumping walk and make mud pies, so please bring…

Celebrate spring with frog songs! Join the Nature Wizard for a magical journey to Wehr’s ephemeral pond to search for fairy shrimp and wood frogs. We’ll peek through microscopes at invertebrates we scoop from the pond and hope for a glimpse of the early emerging wood frogs.  These programs are appropriate for children ages 5…

Wehr Nature Center staff prepping for Eclipse Day. Check out the solar filter on the 12″ diameter telescope.