Jackson

Region
Kansas City
FIPS code
095
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Paddle Sports

Many of us drive over the Missouri River without giving it a second thought. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore Missouri’s most magnificent natural resource in a canoe? It is magic to be on the river! We will explore a 14 mile stretch on the Missouri River from Rocheport in Columbia, MO to Coopers Landing near Easley, MO. Estimated time on the water is appx. 4 hours.

Wildlife

Join us online to discover Missouri’s amazing wildlife through a traditional slide show. Then, test your new knowledge with a fun, online trivia game played individually on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. No account or login is necessary to join this Blooket game.

Babes in the Woods

MEET AT THE NATURE CENTER

Hike out with your little one to the Bethany Falls Trail, voted #1 in Kansas City! “Falls” refer to the unique limestone boulders that we will explore. We’ll stop to play and take pictures. We’ll take the short cut by walking about ½ mile on a wide mowed/dirt trail across our prairie (no umbrella strollers).

Nature Rx

Enrich your life by nature immersion to reduce stress, improve sleep and many more possible health benefits! Try out your aim with an easy, instructor-led atl atl session and enjoy an interpretive, nature stroll down the Hickory Grove trail. Nature Rx topics to look forward to this year include: craft and learn style programs (leafy totes and holiday nature swag), Coffee with the Birds and more!

Babes in the Woods

Missouri’s “creepy” animals all have “jobs” to do in nature and the more we know about them hopefully the less scary they will seem. We will read a short picture book, play with puppets and meet a live snake, toad and tarantula!

Nature Rx

Enrich your life by nature immersion to reduce stress, improve sleep and many more possible health benefits! Discover just how “odd” nature can be with a slide show and trivia game before we go to the forest to practice hands-on basics of how to remove invasives from the landscape. Nature Rx topics to look forward to this year include: craft and learn style programs (leafy totes and holiday nature swag), Coffee with the Birds and more!

Wildlife

Join us online to discover how conservation (the wise use of our natural resources) has helped to recover many species with a traditional slide show. Then, test your new knowledge with a fun, online trivia game played individually on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. No account or login is necessary to join this Blooket game.

Mammals

The conservation area and nature center will be closed to the public all day on Saturday and Sunday. Additional Archery Deer Hunts will be on November 1- November 30 and December 9- January 5. The nature center and conservation area will be open to the public during that time.