Explore the night sky on Saturday, October 1, 2016, from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Morrison-Rockwood State Park, Morrison, IL. Come to the Marina & Restaurant. University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalists will take you on a tour of the solar system. Discover the stars and hear the stories of
Local area youth, ages five-through-12, are encouraged to pre-register now for Kids Fishing Day, at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. A youth fishing clinic will be held at Frog Pond on Saturday, September 10, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Children six and under must be
Get your friends together. Come create a pair of free-form design wine glasses using alcohol ink. This wine glass class will be held at the Robert Fulton Community Center on Thursday, June 30, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. The cost of the class is $12; all supplies are provided. Class is
Join us on Thursday, April 28, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. to make rubber stamped cards. We are very excited to bring this program to the Robert Fulton Community Center. Meet an accomplished stamper, who will provide design tips and share her stamps with us. The class is for all ages.
2015 marks the ninth year for the annual Youth Deer Hunt at Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, and this year’s event was nothing short of a success. Thirty-six young hunters, ranging from ten to 15 years of age, converged on Lost Mound Unit for two days of
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the Special Trapping program will be available this season on both Spring Lake Unit, south of Savanna, IL, and Pleasant Creek Unit, south of Bellevue, IA. These special trapping programs allow exclusive trapping rights, under restrictive conditions, during the duck hunting
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday, September 25, 2015, that Refuge trapping permits and trap tags, for the 2015-2016 furbearer trapping season on the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, will be issued from the Savanna District Office, beginning Wednesday, October 1. Each trapper will
Only one week remains to register for the Master Naturalist Program. This program will provide training by local and regional natural resource instructors. You will learn about the natural communities found in Northern Illinois. Participants will be trained on Tuesdays from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., from October 6, to December
With all the treats and trimmings, did you have time to treat yourself this holiday season? Let the Morrison Grand Squares help. Modern Western Square Dancing is fun, fitness, and friendship set to music. If you can walk, you can square dance. The Morrison Grand Squares’ sixth dance season is