Caching at Calkins--Meet and Greet Event Cache
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Caching at Calkins--Meet and Greet
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
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Go caching at Calkins!
This will be a nice little early afternoon meet and greet at a wonderful little gem in Hardin county known as Calkin's Nature Area.
Who: Geocachers from near and far!
What: Friends, fellowship, snacks, and geocaching.
When: October 22,2011, 1:30pm
Where:
Calkin's Nature Center
18335 135th St,
Iowa Falls, IA 50126
N42 30.555
W093 20.035
Food will be light and potluck style. Feel free to bring a snack to share. Coffee, tea and juice will be provided. We will also have paper plates and napkins.
We will be placing several new permanent caches in the area and will be providing a hard copy of the coordinates at the event. Kat's PC and a garmin cord will be available as well.
Log book will be available at 1:30pm and door prizes will be drawn at 2. We have some great door prizes donated already!
Come out and join us for some good caching and some good company! We are very blessed in Hardin County with a pretty active group of great geocachers and a ton of really great caches!
A little about the nature center:
Few areas of Hardin County Conservation feature such diverse habitat, cultural and wildlife diversity, like that found at Calkins Nature Area and Interpretative Center. This 76 area parcel of land was donated to Ellsworth Community College Board of Trustees in 1981. In 1993 Hardin County Conservation formed a partnership with college and Hardin County Conservation acquired management of the area. This area’s name sake was received from Homer and Ruth Calkins. Homer served as the Hardin County Conservation director for 18 years and rehabilitated animal most of his life.
Once the Calkins family homestead, now the nature area has three native habitats including woodlands, prairies, wetlands, and is bordered by the Iowa River. The nature area is home to over 30 different species of wildlife in the live animal display. You will also find a natural history museum, with over 620 mounted specimens, an extensive display of Plains Native American artifacts, and an exhibit on Hardin County’s geological history including the Ice Age.
Also, at this recreational area, you can explore the Iowa River Green Belt through two miles of trail system, get an up close view of Monarch metamorphism in the Shirley Welden Butterfly House, and test your bird identification skills at the bird blind. The newest attraction to the nature area is an Amphitheater that seats over 120 people, constructed primarily from plastic recycled lumber, and surrounded by native prairie plants
At Calkins Nature Area we strive to accomplish Homer Calkins vision to provide Hardin County and the surrounding area with a beautiful educational outdoor classroom.
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