Join us at the Boardman River Nature Center for this day of fun-filled activities designed to celebrate the wonders of nature in the Grand Traverse region. This celebration will bring together a variety of area organizations devoted to environmental education, outdoor recreation and natural resource management. Admission is FREE and there will be a ton of activities, programs and games for everyone in your family to enjoy!

• Live raptors! – An awesome live bird experience with Wings of Wonder
• Free kayaking on Sabin Pond with PaddleAway
• Interactive video experience with the UpNorth Media Center. A green screen set up where kids can “interact” with oversize creatures from nature. Kids can then relive their experience and share it with friends and family online shortly after the event.
• Interactive music experience with Kathryn Christian
• Music from The Tongue Family String Band
• Fly casting – Learn how to throw a fly from the pros with Orvis Streamside
• Large telescope (11ft tall!) with a solar filter with the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society
• Stream life discovery – Kids can get into a nearby creek and learn about the insects and fish in it with the DNRE
• Guided hikes
• Ollie the Otter
• Food: Pick up gyros (meat or veggie), hot dogs, and some hummus & warm pita (for purchase)

Printable event schedule
Map to the Boardman River Nature Center

Rain or SHINE!

Participating Organizations:

• Bay Area Recycling for Charities (baRc)
• MI Department of Natural Resources (DNRE)
• Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
• Grand Traverse Astronomical Society
• Inland Seas Education Association (ISEA)
• MSU Extension
• Michigan Entomological Society
• RecycleSmart
• Saving Birds Thru Habitat
• SEEDS
• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SBNL)
• Trout Unlimited – Adams Chapter
• UpNorth Media Center
• The Watershed Center

Sponsors:

NATURE IS CALLING… ENJOY IT!!