May 8, 2021
Webster County Conservation is holding a Fireside Chat from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Camp WaNoKi, 2400 WaNoKi Camp Road. Don’t let the elusive deer tick spoil your spirit of adventure. Learn some preventative measures to enhance your hike. Participants will hear personal testimonies from people who had Lyme disease or are still dealing with precarious symptoms. An optional guided hike will be offered in search of morel mushrooms.
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New attraction debuts at Kennedy Park
May 7, 2021
Children walking in the woods around John F. Kennedy Memorial Park may come face-to-face with The Lorax or The Bar-ba-loot.
That’s nothing to be concerned about, however. Both critters are completely harmless. In fact, they are not even alive. The creatures from a Dr. Seuss tale have been recreated as a wooden sculptures as a part of the newest addition to the Children’s Forest at the park north of Fort Dodge.
All of the character sculptures were created by chainsaw artist Gary Keenan.
They were set up to create a kind of literary trail where kids can walk around, see the renditions of various storybook characters and even read a bit about them. The trail also has 16 panels of nature-related stories. The panels wll be swapped out with other panels that tell different stories.
-Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
JOY Mobile volunteer Lisa Reisner helps 4-year-old Teddy Shelton pick out a book to take home, while his grandma, Deb Shelton, and mom, Natalie Shelton, look through other books. -Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Liam Schuur, 5, touches the nose of a bar-ba-loot sculpture in the Childrenâs Forest of John F. Kennedy Memorial Park on Tuesday evening. Webster County Conservation recently installed a StoryWalk for families and children to walk around and read stories at 16 stations around the Childrenâs Forest. -Messenger photo by Kelby Wingert
Webster County Sheriffâs Deputy Cody Harris and his 2-year-old daughter, Jade, check out the Humming Fish sculpture from Dr. Seussâ âThe Loraxâ at the Childrenâs Forest at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park on Tuesday evening.
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Participants in the Master Conservationist Program learn about managing prairie and grassland environments from a wildlife biologist with Pheasants Forever. -Submitted photo
Participants in the Master Conservationist Program use a sein to sample fish and insects in a small pond to learn about aquatic ecosystems. -Submitted photo
Participants in the Master Conservationist Program learn about a river in southern Iowa and practices used to protect surface waters from a fisheries biologists with the Iowa DNR.
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Participants in the Master Conservationist Program learn about managing prairie and grassland environments from a wildlife biologist with Pheasants Forever.
An opportunity will be available beginning May 18 for individuals to learn about Iowa’s natural ecosystems and the diversity of conservation challenges and opportunities within not only the state, but the region of Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas and Webster Counties.
Webster County Conservation will hold a fireside chat from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Camp WaNoKi. The camp is located one mile east of Coalville and one-half m