News from Nature At The Confluence

Nature At The Confluence is excited to announce that Julie Uram has been hired to lead the organization as full-time executive director and will begin her role on April 11. Therese Oldenburg, who has been the part-time director since the nature center opened in 2017,...

A prescribed burn of the prairie at Nature At The Confluence is planned for Saturday, March 26, 2022, between 1pm and 5pm, contingent on weather and wind conditions. If we are unable to burn this spring due to weather or wind conditions we may try again in the...

It's not too early to start thinking Spring! Join our Green Team! Each Wednesday, 10am-12pm from May 4- Sept 7, we pull on our work gloves and focus on taking care of the land.  We invite you to join us whenever you can! We might work on pulling Garlic Mustard or...

The new year gives us a chance to start with a fresh calendar and toss out the old one. But, what if the information you collected in that calendar was vital to your survival? People have always observed and noted the timing of natural events. Early people knew when...

Join Us For A New, Festive Tradition For Our Community! Ongoing Activities From 4:30 to 6:00pm - Ornament Making & Tree Decorating - Fire & Marshmallow Roasting - Enjoy Hot Cider & Hot Chocolate - Take a fun picture at the Festive Selfie Spot! - 4:45 &...

At the confluence of Turtle Creek and the Rock River, from about 1822-1832, there was a very large Ho-Chunk settlement called Ke-Chunk (Kečąk) or Turtle Village.  You can learn more about Ke-Chunk (pronounced kay-chunk) Village and the Ho-Chunk people in the...

Come participate in the new “My View Photo Perspective Hike”, which challenges people of all ages and photographic abilities to take photos of the same five subjects with their own unique perspective, and then share them on Facebook or Instagram using the #myviewhike...

Introducing our amazing Super Summer team for 2021! I could have posed my team in so many ways for this photo, but instead I took a photo of them cooling off in the stream on a 90 degree day after they'd pulled buckets of glass and rusty metal from the exposed bank of...

Kids Can Soar To New Heights This Summer with the Summer Soaring Challenge! Kids that finish at least 10 Summer Soaring Challenges and bring in their sheet will receive a FREE book!  Complete all 15 Challenges and you will receive a FREE book AND be entered...