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SUMMARY:Frog and Toad Call Monitoring Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Frog and Toad Call Monitoring Workshop \nTuesday\, April 4th \n6:30-9:30 \nReservations Required \nIf you are interested in getting involved\, volunteers must register for one training \nworkshop\, which is most appropriate for adults and teens.  The DNR and the Clayton \nCounty Conservation Board will partner up to host a workshop this year at the Osborne \nNature Center on April 12th\, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.  For more information and about the \nsurvey and to register visit: http://www.iowadnr.com/   vwmp/ \nThe Iowa DNR’s\, Stephanie Shepherd\, will be leading a workshop to learn how to identify 16 frogs and toads based on sound to become a volunteer wildlife monitor\, helping the DNR monitor amphibians across the state and providing valuable citizen science. \nJoin other volunteers this summer along Iowa’s back roads listening for the frog chorus.  Soon\, in farm ponds along Iowa’s roads\, a raucous chorus of male frogs will be making themselves heard as they vie for mates.  You can be one of the volunteers\, standing clipboard in hand\, ear cocked\, mentally sorting out each of the calling species which are using these seemingly ordinary ponds. \nAcross the state of Iowa\, community scientists are making enormous contributions to wildlife conservation.  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources’ Volunteer Wildlife Monitoring Program (VWMP) program coordinator Stephanie Shepherd explains\, “With more than 1000 wildlife species in the state\, we just don’t have enough staff in the DNR to adequately monitor all the vulnerable species that we need to.  This is where citizen scientists play a crucial role.” \nAmphibians have been of concern to scientists all over the globe because these vulnerable critters appear to be declining. Over the last 30 years\, volunteers have collected data on over 2\,000 wetland sites.  “The frog and toad surveyors are particularly special because to perform the surveys they have to drive back country roads at night along a specified route with only their ears to collect data with\,” Shepherd says. “I think most feel that exploring the Iowa wilds at night is a unique experience and opportunity.” \nIf you are interested in getting involved\, register for one of the training workshops\, which are appropriate for adults and teens.  The DNR and the Clayton County Conservation Board will partner up to host a workshop this year at the Osborne Nature Center on April 4th\, from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.  For more information and about the survey and to register visit https://www.claytoncountyconservation.org/upcoming-events \nOsborne Nature Center is located on HWY 13 five miles south of Elkader and open M-F 8am-4pm. \n 
URL:https://elkader-iowa.com/event/frog-and-toad-call-monitoring-workshop/
LOCATION:Osborne Nature Center\, 29862 Osborne Road\, Elkader\, IA\, 52043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Clayton County Conservation
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SUMMARY:Older\, Wiser\, Livelier\, Souls  “The Mushrooms of Iowa”
DESCRIPTION:Older\, Wiser\, Livelier\, Souls \n“The Mushrooms of Iowa” \nThursday\, April 20th \nReservations Required \nThe next Older\, Wiser\, Livelier\, Souls program will be at 11 a.m. on Thursday\, April 20th. This year’s theme is “Iowa\, Then and Now”\, and March’s program will be “The Mushrooms of Iowa.” \nAre you looking for an excuse to get out of the house\, meet new friends and enjoy a meal while you learn about our area? Open to all\, O.W.L.S.\, Older Wiser Livelier Souls gets together the 3rd Thursday of each month\, March through November. April’s topic will be “The Mushrooms of Iowa” with Naturalist Abbey Harkrader to learn if mushrooms grow or if they “POP”.  Participants will have the option of joining the others for lunch in town after the program. \nReservations are required. Reserve your spot today by calling (563) 245-1516 or visit the Osborne Nature Center.  Osborne Nature Center is located on HWY 13 five miles south of Elkader. The center is open from 8:00am to 4:00pm\, Monday-Friday. For more information on events visit www.claytoncountyconservation.org.
URL:https://elkader-iowa.com/event/older-wiser-livelier-souls-the-mushrooms-of-iowa/
LOCATION:Osborne Nature Center\, 29862 Osborne Road\, Elkader\, IA\, 52043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Clayton County Conservation
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SUMMARY:Pasque Flower Hike
DESCRIPTION:Pasque Flower Hike \nFriday\, April 21st \n5:00-6:30 PM \nAldo Leopold once said\, “the chance to find a pasque flower is as inalienable as the right to free speech.” Come and exercise your right with a guided hike to see one of Iowa’s earliest-blooming and most beloved wildflowers at the Motor Mill Historic Site. \nPasque flowers indicate high-quality natural areas\, particularly prairie areas including a thin-soiled “goat prairie” overlooking the Turkey River Valley. To nature lovers\, their emergence marks the start of the wildflower season. \nThe hike will be a short but rugged off-trail hike\, so participants should be confident in their mobility and wear appropriate footwear. The group will meet at the campground at Motor Mill for the roughly 1-mile round-trip hike. \nMotor Mill is located at 23002 Grain Road\, Elkader\, IA 52043. \nTo sign up or ask questions please contact the Osborne Nature Center at 563-245-1516 or sign up at claytoncountyconservation.org .
URL:https://elkader-iowa.com/event/pasque-flower-hike/
LOCATION:Motor Mill\, Elkader\, 52043\, United States
CATEGORIES:Clayton County Conservation
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