Free nature programs at MDC’s Burr Oak Woods Nature Center

Learn primitive skills, join a birding citizen science project and more at MDC’s Burr Oak Woods Nature Center

Free nature programs available for families and adults

Build your skills in primitive techniques, native pollinator planting, and wildlife identification this month with various programs offered by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC).

• Burr Oak Woods Nature Center (BOWNC) will host both adult and family primitive skills sessions this Saturday, Nov. 7, from 1–2:30 p.m. and from 2:30–4 p.m. Discover hands-on survival skills at four interactive stations covering fire starting wilderness safety, making your own outdoor gear (including Y-shaped walking sticks and bark rope), and navigation using maps, compasses, and GPS apps.
  • Register for the adult session at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221928
  • Register for the family session at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221929
• Learn how to support native pollinators like butterflies and bees by creating pollinator habitat through a one-hour program from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7. The workshop will be led by a Burr Oak Woods naturalist and a Missouri Master Gardener. Register at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221178.
• Get crafty while meeting multiple Burr Oak critters from 3:30–4:30 p.m. at BOWNC on Saturday, Nov. 7. Register at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221179.
• Spend a freaky Friday the 13^th at BOWNC, Friday, Nov. 13, from 4:30–6:30 p.m., with a naturalist at the Bethany Falls trailhead for a guided 1.33-mile night hike through the forest. Register at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221180. Ages 18+.
• Help track bird populations with technology as a citizen scientist at the Project Feeder Watch Kickoff at BOWNC Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10–11:30 a.m. Register at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221499.
• Join one of three additional primitive skills sessions on Saturday, Nov. 28, to explore functional native crafts, including basic weaving, natural dyeing, blending herbal soap, and making plantable wildflower seed notecards. Sessions are offered from noon to 1:30 p.m. (ages 18 and older), 1:30–2:30 p.m. (ages 12 and older), and 2:30–3:30 p.m. (ages 12 and older).
  • Register for the noon session at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221931
  • Register for the 1:30 p.m. session at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221932
  • Register for the 2:30 p.m. session at https://mdc-event-web.s3licensing.com/Event/EventDetails/221933.

A thorough list of events across Missouri may be found at mdc.mo.gov/events.

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