Archive for January, 2009
Friday, January 30th, 2009
e-Notes From The Dells: Lover’s Moon, and The Night Sky
e-Notes From the Dells
January 2009
In this issue . . . . .
1. Bird Hike This Saturday (Jan. 31)
2. Almost a Full Moon Lake Gathering
3. Darkness and the Return of Light: Kathleen Dean Moore & Paul Bogard
4. What’s Happening!
5. Library 2.0
6. Stories You Don’t Want to Miss
7. Lend Your Passive Support
1. Bird Hike This Saturday […]
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
Winter Bird Hike this Saturday, Jan. 31
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Photo of tufted titmouse by Mary K. Rubey
Severson Dells Nature Center volunteer Phil Schwab leads this bird exploration of the winter woods and prairie. But first, a stop at the feeders at the nature center, where a primer on bird ID. Bring binoculars and dress for the weather.
Meet at the nature center.
When: Saturday, January 31, […]
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Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Jan-Feb Newsletter Now Online
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Severson Dells Board Elects New Officers
Diane Kuehl is the new president of the Severson Dells Education Foundation’s board of directors for 2009. Dan Kasten is vice president.
Brenten Witherby, treasurer, and Mary Ann Toppe, secretary, were re-elected to serve one-year terms on the board of the not for profit organization.
Severson Dells Education Foundation Board for 2009
President: Diane Kuehl
Vice President: Dan Kasten
Secretary: […]
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
Winter Bird Hike this Saturday, Jan. 31
Photo of tufted titmouse by Mary K. Rubey
Severson Dells Nature Center volunteer Phil Schwab leads this bird exploration of the winter woods and prairie. But first, a stop at the feeders at the nature center, for a primer on bird ID. Bring binoculars and dress for the weather.
Meet at the nature center.
When: Saturday, January 31, […]
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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
The Cost of Rebalancing Nature
Remember that 1970’s Chiffon margarine commercial, where a goddess sits in the forest surrounded by animals and gets angry when she’s tricked into thinking the oleo in her oatmeal is butter?
“It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature,” she says, raising her arms, summoning thunder and lightning, and scaring a raccoon.
No, it’s not nice to fool […]
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
From the Rock River Times: Winter land relations
By Don Miller, Education Director, Severson Dells Nature Center
I don’t pretend to know the meaning of life, but lately I’ve discovered how to give life new meaning. It is not too terribly difficult or deep. It is through ever-evolving relationships and constantly building new ones. Creativity, knowledge, companionship, passion and a sense of belonging are […]
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
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Friday, January 9th, 2009
Happy Birthday, Aldo Leopold
It’s Aldo Leopold’s birthday on Sunday, Jan. 11.
Click here to read Don Miller’s article on Leopold for this week’s Rock River Times.
