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SUMMARY:Spring Walkabout: Take a Closer Look!
DESCRIPTION:What hidden treasures can you find in the Pheasant Branch landscape? Spring offers the delight of new life and marvelous discoveries! \nJoin a Pheasant Branch Naturalist for a Walkabout through the prairie to the bubbling springs. We will search for budding trees\, early plants\, and evidence of creatures moving about.\nThis Walkabout is designed especially for children in preschool through 5th grade\, with an accompanying adult. \nRegistration is required as space is limited to 12 children and their accompanying adults. Adults are not counted. Masks must be worn and 6-foot distancing is expected. \n \nSaturday\, May 1\n10:00 – 11:00 am\nArrival time: 9:45\nWe will depart for the Walkabout promptly at 10:00.\nMeeting Place:  Dane County Parking Lot\, 4864 Pheasant Branch Road\, Middleton. \n \nWeather: We plan to proceed\, rain or shine. Lightning or thunder means the event is canceled.\n \nPLEASE REGISTER USING THIS LINK\n \nPlease email our Education Coordinator\, Anne Boucher\, at education@pheasantbranch.org if you have any questions or need to change your registration.\n 
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/spring-walkabout-take-a-closer-look/
LOCATION:Dane County Parking Lot\, 4864 Pheasant Branch Road\, Middleton\, Wisconsin\, 53562
CATEGORIES:Education Event
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SUMMARY:Conservancy Day: When Things Happen
DESCRIPTION:Speaker will be Randy Hoffman\, Author of When Things Happen: A Guide to Natural Events in Wisconsin \nRandy Hoffman will present how his book When Things Happen came to be. Discussion of how the book fills an information gap in a person’s nature experience highlights the talk. Exploration of the innumerable benefits of nature experiences provides the background for the book. The talk will conclude with examples from the local area regarding where to experience nature’s bounty. \nBio: Randy Hoffman is a retired DNR Ecologist. He spent nearly thirty years of government service working for the State Natural Areas Program. He is also the author of Wisconsin’s Natural communities and the primary contributor to Wisconsin’s Important Bird Areas. Randy lives with his wife in Waunakee\, volunteers doing prairie restoration and enjoys nature adventures. \n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n\n\nConservancy Day programs are virtual. Can’t attend live? Not a problem.  We will post a link to the recording on our YouTube channel\, following the event. \nEvery Conservancy Day is: \n\nFree — thanks to your donations and membership as a Friend\nOpen to the public\nFor all ages unless a specific age group is given in the program description\nDiverse topics — More than 400 participants each year enjoy topics ranging from wildlife\, science\, resource management\, natural and cultural history and current community issues\n\nMark your calendars for these inspiring and special events the third Thursday of each month\, from January through November.
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/conservancy-day-2-2021-02-18-2021-05-20/
LOCATION:Virtual Conservancy Day
CATEGORIES:Conservancy Days,Education Event
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SUMMARY:The Month of Maying
DESCRIPTION:Birds do it\, bees do it\, even educated fleas do it\, let’s do it\, let’s fall in love! Join Master Naturalist Alex Singer for a free outing to enjoy Spring birds\, bugs\, flowers\, and the burst of life occurring around us. \nThis is a family-friendly outing welcoming everyone. Masks and social distancing are required. \nNo registration necessary. Please leave pets at home. \nMeet on Park Street in Middleton at the east entrance to the Creek Corridor MAP HERE \nMonthly Bird and Nature Adventures in the Conservancy are co-sponsored by Madison Friends of Urban Nature (FUN)\, Madison Audubon and The Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy. See their websites and FaceBook pages for more activities! Contact 608-698-0104 with questions. \nExplore the Conservancy on your own by taking a healthy nature walk any time this month to observe and enjoy The Month of Maying. Do you hear a Song Sparrow? Can you spot a Bluebird by a Bluebird Box?
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/the-month-of-maying/
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SUMMARY:Eco-poetry as Healing Art
DESCRIPTION:These writing workshops are held in partnership with Troy Hess\, the founder of On the Yahara Writing Center.  We hope to include and engage interested participants of all ages and encourage an intergenerational approach for our Pheasant Branch Conservancy education outreach. These workshops are free and are funded by the Friends of Pheasant Branch Conservancy as part of our 25th Anniversary celebration. \n\n“The Great Work\, based on the story of life’s unfolding\, moves us away from a preoccupation with the self into the larger ecological self of the Earth Community.  This movement has deep implications for our psychological healing\, awakening in us a sense of both awe and belonging.”  – K. Lauren de Boer\, “Healing and the Great Work\,” from Ecotherapy: Healing with Nature in Mind. \nFor this two-part class we will use the quote above as inspiration to consider ways of finding spiritual practice in the process of understanding and writing eco-centric poetry. An eco-spiritual practice will often have to do with experiencing the natural world first-hand\, observing it in relation to self\, and then creating as a natural act in itself that allows us to restore our connection to place\, self\, the earth. We will supplement our reading with Trebbe Johnson’s Radical Joy for Hard Times. \nA common reading will be sent out before each session.  This is the first of two classes in the Eco-poetry session.   \nWorkshops will meet in person at the Dane County Parking lot: 4864 Pheasant Branch Road \nIf regulations for outdoor gatherings change\, a Zoom link will be sent out two days before the class. \n\n\n\n\n\nPreregistration required\, register here.
URL:https://pheasantbranch.org/event/eco-poetry-as-healing-art/
LOCATION:Dane County Parking Lot\, 4864 Pheasant Branch Road\, Middleton\, Wisconsin\, 53562
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