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Fall Newsletter Sept-Nov 2018 Fall Newsletter Sept-Nov 2018 Field Trips • Workshops • Free Events & more! Inspiring people to be stewards of the natural world 1 Celebrating FREE Admission! Staff Milestones 400 S Badour Rd, Midland, MI 48640 Dennis Pilaske Executive Director Visitor Center In July 2018, I had the pleasure of talking with one of Located near the confl uence of the Chippewa Nature Center’s earliest naturalists, Doug Moore Pine and Chippewa rivers, Visitor – what a joy it was to hear his stories from the time when Center features include: the Nature Center was just starting out. As we talked, I was Ecosystem Gallery with hands-on exhibits of CNC reminded that an incredible staff dedicated to CNC’s mission ecosystems and a live reptile and amphibian exhibit and vision has always been at the heart of building positive River Overlook with spectacular views of the Pine River nature connections for people of all ages and abilities. Wildlife Viewing Area to observe animals through Each year, we recognize those staff members who are one-way glass celebrating anniversary milestones. In 2018, the following staff reached the 5-year milestone in their tenure. Please join Nature Discovery Area with nature-themed activities, books and crafts me in congratulating Marcus, Ashley, Carri and Isaac for their dedication and commitment to CNC’s mission! Bur Oak Theater with short nature and history interpretive videos Nature Center Store offering nature-themed books, toys, gifts, eco-friendly items and more Table of Contents Nature Fest ...........................................................2 Marcus Collins Ashley David Nature at Night ...................................................2 Preschool Teacher Marketing Manager Nature Notes: Autumn Stars ............................3 Calendar of Events September ..................................................4-6 October .................................................. 6-7, 9 November ..............................................11-13 Turkey Time ...........................................................8 Leaf Litter ............................................................. 10 Carri McGuire Isaac Wolfgang Preschool Teacher Land and Facilities Donors & New Members .............................. 14 Celebrating 5 Years! Operations Manager Become a CNC Member! CNC members help promote stewardship of natural resources and help us teach visitors about the natural world. Check out the benefi ts below, and review the various levels of CNC membership online. • Quarterly newsletter by mail • 20% off registered programs • Members-only events • 10% store discount Chippewa Nature Center Newsletter | Published Quarterly • Fall 2018 1 www.chippewanaturecenter.org | Sept 14 -15 FREE for members and children under 18 $5/non-member adult (good for both days) enture out and celebrate nature! This two-day event highlights CNC’s “best of” nature programing. See live birds of prey, Vmammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish up close. Join naturalists and scientists to investigate the plants and animals in CNC’s rivers, ponds, forests and fields. Activities include hikes, live animal programs, kids’ crafts and games, nature yoga, an indoor nature lab and more. Food concessions provided by Studley Grange will be available for purchse. Fri, Sept 14 • 6-9 pm Live Animal Presentation 6:30-7:30 pm The Secret Lives of Skunks by Nature on the Go Outdoor Activities 7:30-9 pm Guided Nocturnal Animal Stations Bat Walk (ages 9+) Owl Prowl (ages 9+) Fri and Sat, Oct 26 and 27 Sat, Sept 15 • 10 am-4 pm 6-8:30 pm On-Going Activities Michigan Amphibians and Reptiles – Live animal exhibit by Nature’s Come fi nd out who wakes Discovery up when you go to bed! Kids Discovery Stations – Games, crafts and face painting at The Visitors to Nature at Night, Woods Nature Play Area a free family-friendly event, Exploration Stations – Pond dipping, forest investigations and insect will learn about Michigan’s collecting along Arbury Trail nocturnal mammals and Nature Preschool Open House – Learn about the program, explore astronomy. Children are the building or spend time playing indoors and outside encouraged to dress up Explore the Homestead Farm – Visit the farm to do plant pounding as their favorite animal and other activities as they explore the night Nature Lab – Visit indoor stations to learn more about plants, animals through crafts, games, and fungi activities, a jack o’ lantern trail, outdoor obstacle Live Animal Presentations course, stories in the 10-11 am & 1-2 pm Live Birds of Prey by Wildlife Recovery Association wigwam, and a puppet 11:30 am-12:30 pm Mammals of Michigan by Howell Nature Center show. Food will be available & 2:30-3:30 pm for purchase by Studley Grange during both nights Hikes, Exploration, Yoga and more! of the event. You won’t 10-11 am & 1-2 pm Small Mammal Collecting want to miss this free 11 am-12 pm Salamander Search family-friendly event! 11 am-12 pm & 2-3 pm Nature Yoga with Well Bean 12-1 pm Searching for Aquatic Invertebrates 12:30-1:30 pm & 3-4 pm Drone Demonstration 1-4 pm Monarch Butterfl y Tagging 2-3:30 pm Flowers and Fungi Walk Time TBD Electrofi shing Chippewa Nature Center Newsletter | Published Quarterly • Fall 2018 3 2 Nature Notes: Autumn Stars Jeanne Henderson Interpretive Naturalist New England Aster s a prelude to autumn’s main event of trees changing push up and open to form a ring of yellow pollen from the Ainto their multiple colors, we encounter stars scattered stamens. Each pistil also grows up to form a “y” at its tip, across gardens, fields and woods – the asters. With multiple ready to receive pollen; at this stage, the outer disk appears flower heads on reclining or upright stems, asters extend fuzzy. The rays project outward from the center disk, and the blooming season through the next two months. have only a female pistil at the base. An insect such as a Pollinators benefit from the available nectar and pollen, bumblebee lands on the rays and outer disk, depositing helping to finish their lifecycles before cold weather returns. pollen from a previous fl ower. As the bee moves towards the center, it picks up new pollen from the ring. When it reaches Besides growing the center where no tubes are open, it fl ies off to visit in sunny fi elds, another fl ower. Sequential rings of yellow move towards the you will fi nd center of the disk as new tubes open. Once pollinated, the asters in shady aster’s yellow disks change color to brown, rose, or purple, woods or along telling the insects that no more pollen is available there. roads and trails. Certain clues Look for these common asters. With leaves clasping the help to familiarize hairy stem, New England aster’s purple fl owers grow in ourselves with fi elds. Big Leaf them. Asters have aster’s wide leaves fl owers with grow on the forest Small White Aster yellow center fl oor, then sprout disks and rays that lavender fl owers may be white, blue, purple or pink. Asters growing in the above. In shady open have narrow linear alternate leaves, spaced closely. woods, you’ll fi nd Asters in the woods typically have larger, heart-shaped the delicate blue leaves, widely spaced. Smooth asters. Small White aster’s How does pollination occur on these fl owers? Disks abundant fl owers contain closed tubes with both male (stamens) and female cascade into an (pistils) fl ower parts. Starting at the outer edge, the tubes airy mound. Smooth Aster 3 www.chippewanaturecenter.orgwww.chippewanaturecenter.org | | Calendar of Events September sun mon tues wed thurs fri sat 9:30-10:30 am 1 FREE Programs Affiliate Programs Registered Trips & Workshops Story Hour • *If weather• conditions are unfavorable,• a program 8 am-5 pm may be canceled (determined at CNC’s discretion). Summer Exploration Days 12-5 pm 2 8 am-5 pm 3 4 6:30-8 pm 5 9:30 & 11 am 6 7 10 am-2 pm 8 Summer Summer Mid-Mitten Story Hour Buttefl y Tagging Exploration Days Exploration Days Chapter of Wild 7-9 pm 2-3 pm Valley Herb 1-5 pm Ones Families in Nature Society: Herbal Discover the Weaving Homestead Farm 2-3 pm 9 10 7-9 pm 11 12 13 9:30-10:30 am 14 15 Venture Outside Mid-Michigan Wee Stroll on Grandparent’s Rock Club 6-9 pm 10 am-4 pm Day 16 17 18 3-4:30 pm 19 9:30 & 11 am 20 21 8 am-5 pm 22 Chippewa Trail Story Hour Fur Trade Fun by Golf Cart 6:30-7:30 pm Falling Leaves & Seeds at DP 8-9 pm Black Light Hike 12-5 pm 23 24 25 5:30-7:30 pm 26 5:30-7 pm 27 28 9 am-4 pm 29 Fur Trade Fun Sunset Kayaking CNC Stewards: Geocaching Sleepy 7-8:30 pm Wildfl ower Seed Hollow Park Full Moon Stroll Collecting 10-11:30 am Lumberjack- in-Training 30 Story Hour: Track that Scat Valley Herb Society: Herbal Weaving Sat, Sept 1 • 9:30-10:30 am Thurs, Sept 6 • 7-9 pm Thurs, Sept 6 • 9:30 & 11 am Join Valley Herb Society (VHS) for Ages: 3-5 w/adult their monthly meeting. VHS furthers Come spend an hour learning about the knowledge, propagation and use of nature! The hour will include a story, herbs among its members. For more crafts, time outdoors and other age appropriate activities. information, contact Cathy Devendorf at cdevendorf@ chippewanaturecenter.org or 989-631-0830. Discover the Homestead Farm Sun, Sept 2 • 1-5 pm Mingling with the Monarchs: All Ages, under 18 w/adult Butterfl y Tagging Step back in time at CNC’s log cabin, Sat, Sept 8 • 10 am-2 pm timber frame barn and one-room All Ages, under 18 w/adult schoolhouse to try your hand at grinding Be a part of citizen science and learn corn, pumping water, writing on a slate board, working in the about the amazing Monarch Butterfl y, garden and watering the animals.
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