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Whether it’s a backyard, community garden, schoolyard, rooftop garden, or even a business site you can create a habitat that will attract birds, butterflies and other wildlife. It’s easier than you may think. The National Wildlife Federation’s Certified Wildlife Habitat program, hosted locally by Wesselman Nature Society, gives you all the information you will need! Turn your backyard into a wildlife-friendly habitat today! Program fee
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Warm weather and longer days are coaxing many of our native wildflowers out to bloom once again. In fact, they are sprouting up left and right. Here are a few species to watch for at Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve and Howell Wetlands.

Virginia Bluebell Mertensia virginica |
Celadine Poppy |
Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis |
Cutleaf Toothwort Dentaria laciniata |
Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria |
Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliniana |
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Saturday, April 18th
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Free to the Public!
Volunteer Banquet
Thanks to the many volunteers who joined us this year for our annual volunteer appreciation banquet!



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