Cape Girardeau

Missouri is home to a nocturnal gliding mammal known as the southern flying squirrel. By attending this virtual program, you will learn more about their needs, what makes them exceptional gliders, and how to attract them to your woods or forest. We will also go over plans for a flying squirrel nest box and how to place them.

Are all your workouts the same? Are you tired of running the same roads over and over again? Join us on a trail run at Trail of Tears State Park along the east loop of Peewah Trail. As you cover diverse terrain, enjoy beautiful scenery while also bringing your workouts to the next level. This running club will generally occur the first Tuesday of each month at a variety of different conservation areas. This activity may be rigorous – moderate fitness level required. Trail surfaces may include gravel, asphalt, and dirt.

This December we will have art by Rebekkah Yunck, a senior at Saxony Lutheran High School, displayed in our Lobby, and art from the 2024 Missouri Junior Duck Stamp Contest in the Auditorium.

I spy something brown. Tree! I spy something with bark on it. Tree! I spy a vertical log. Tree! Many people find it difficult to identify trees in the winter. Leaves are gone, one of the only things left is bark, and many are left feeling like they are in a sea of nameless vertical logs. Learn how to identify a variety of trees in winter while enjoying a walk on one of the nature center trails.

Who goes there? What animal tracks are these? Learn about terrific tracks and the animals that leave them behind in this month’s Babes in the Woods program! Babies 0-2 will learn to be a tiny tracker and participate in animal track-themed crafts and activities.

Description:

2 million acres of swampy and oversaturated soil. When southeast Missouri’s settlers first arrived, this is what greeted them. They deemed it as land unfit for cultivation and habitation and moved on. It wasn’t until years later that citizens began to realize the potential agricultural powerhouse that this land could provide as well as the unique habitat and species that are found only in the Bootheel.

Celebrate a belated World Wetland Day, and learn all about past and present southeast Missouri as well as the unique wetlands found there.

Sticky! Syrupy! Yummy! Learn all about maple syrup in this month’s program, and how this sweet treat is harvested from native trees. Take a short trek out to a sap-producing maple tree and see firsthand how sap is collected to make this yummy table condiment. Afterward, participants will enjoy maple syrup-themed activities and crafts.

Sticky! Syrupy! Yummy! Learn all about maple syrup in this month’s program, and how this sweet treat is harvested from native trees. Take a short trek out to a sap-producing maple tree and see firsthand how sap is collected to make this yummy table condiment. Afterward, participants will enjoy maple syrup-themed activities and crafts.

Who goes there? What animal tracks are these? Learn about terrific tracks and the animals that leave them behind in this month’s Babes in the Woods program! Babies 0-2 will learn to be a tiny tracker and participate in animal track-themed crafts and activities.

Sticky! Syrupy! Yummy! Learn all about maple syrup in this month’s program, and how this sweet treat is harvested from native trees. Take a short trek out to a sap-producing maple tree and see firsthand how sap is collected to make this yummy table condiment. Afterward, participants will enjoy maple syrup-themed activities and crafts.