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Recent Blog Entries

Rockford Register Star: The impact of a summer camp on a child

Instilling wonder key to introducing kids to outdoors

Camp Severson — Summer 2009!

Video: Don Miller on the beauty and importance of the Kishwaukee River

e-Notes From The Dells: Lover’s Moon, and The Night Sky

Severson Dells Board Elects New Officers

The Cost of Rebalancing Nature

Rock River Times: Winter Land Relations

Giant Wasp Caught on Camera

A Giant Falls: Signature Bur Oak Goes Down


Video: Kids in Nature

Summer Activities

May 2009
27: WW at Atwood Prairie, 6:00 pm

June 2009
04: WW at Kishwaukee Gorge North Forest Preserve
10: WW at Sugar River Alder Forest Preserve
13: Hike the Dells Orienteering Day, 9:30 am
16: Camp Peek-Into-Creek #1, 9:00 am
18: WW at Harlem Hills Nature Preserve
20: Denizens of the Pond, 8:00 am
20: Hiking the Appalachian Trail, 3:00 pm
22-23: Grandparents and Kids Camp #1, 9:00 am
24-26: Camp Peek-Into-Crek #2, 9:00 am

28: Honoring Engraved Patio Paver Donors, 1:00 pm
28: Summer Open House, 1:00 pm
28: Artist/Illustrator Richard McFarland, 1:30 pm
28: Snakes Alive! 3:00 pm

July 2009
06-08: Nature Play for Little Kids, 9:00 am
09-10: Grandparents and Kids Camp #2, 9:00 am
11: Biology of Streams, 8:00 am
12: Dr. Pond Scum, 1:30 pm
20-22: Adventure Quest, 9:00 am, 8:00 am, 8:00 am
23: The Extraordinary Ordinary: A Night of Amazing Words and Thoughts, 6:30 pm
25: Hall Creek Scamper, A Green Run and Walk

WW = Wildflower Walkabouts (all at 6:00 pm)
(Co-Sponsored with Natural Land Institute)

Severson Dells is a not-for-profit nature education center located four miles southwest of Rockford Illinois, U.S.A. (map)We exist because of the generosity of donors who realize the value of nature education. Please donate now!With 369 acres of mixed woodlands, prairie, wetlands, and old field habitat, Severson Dells is an ideal setting for nature study and appreciation.Find out more about Severson Dells, including the how’s and why’s of what we do and why it is important, by calling us at (815) 335-2915 and we can let you know of our next “Nature’s Connection” program. The program takes an hour and is a free informative program for anyone interested in a behind the scenes look at Severson Dells Nature Center.

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