The Joy of Mud

 The Joy of Mud

By Emma Roth, Nature Educator As part of an educator’s job at Audubon Community Nature Center, i act as a counselor for the camps Audubon offers, both week-long summer camps and single day camps on holidays when kids are off from school. It’s a fun job, seeing Audubon...
A Shared Moment Under the Eclipse

A Shared Moment Under the Eclipse

By Leigh Rovegno, Executive Director The whispers started weeks and months before. Would the eclipse bring thousands? Would we have enough parking? Would the sky even cooperate? A million unknowns hung over Audubon Community Nature Center like a pre-dawn mist. Then,...
Spring Starts and Stops

Spring Starts and Stops

By Chelsea Jandreau, Nature Educator Audubon just wrapped up our last weekend of Audubon Lights, where colorful lights and scenes illuminated one of the trails so people can head out after dusk. My favorite statement and the one I heard more than any other by people...
The Clean Up Crew

The Clean Up Crew

By Katie Finch, Senior Nature Educator There is a general agreement in my house. I cook dinner and my husband cleans up. Recently, I felt like I was doing most of the work, while he had the easy job. A switch in roles one night gave me the opportunity to reflect on...
Painting the Night with Light

Painting the Night with Light

By Jeff Tome, Public Engagement Specialist Do you ever have one of those moments when you notice something out of the corner of your eye that doesn’t look quite right, so you glance over to see what is going on? That happened to me last weekend as I set up for Audubon...