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LOVE NATURE?

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Master Naturalist course today!

  • Enjoy presentations and hands-on learning experiences on diverse natural resource.
  • Expand your knowledge of Indiana's natural history and ecology.
  • Enhance your ability to share your knowledge with others.
    Meet and engage with other local nature enthusiasts.
  • Gain personal satisfaction from ”giving back” to your local community through volunteer service.

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Recycle Saturday, January 9th at the Civic Center parking lot from 8 a.m. to Noon. Wesselman Nature Society also conducts monthly drop off recycling opportunities at various sites throughout Vanderburgh County for certain recyclable items. Items accepted during off site collections are as follows:

  • Aluminum cans
  • Glass containers: all colors
  • Steel food cans
  • Newspapers: including inserts that come in the paper
  • Plastic bottles (small necked): Only #1 and #2 plastic (milk jugs, laundry detergent bottles, and soda bottles).
  • Bottles that contained a hazardous material (bleach, antifreeze) cannot be accepted.
  • Magazines and catalogs
  • Mixed paper (junk mail, notebook paper, wrapping paper, copy paper)
  • Cardboard and paperboard: including cereal boxes

We ask that you please separate these items by the material types listed above and place them into separate bags or boxes. Paper shopping bags work best for this. Flatten boxes before you arrive if possible. Please be sure items are clean and dry. Lids need to be removed.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:
The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District at
(812)436-7800 or: www.vanderburghgov.org.

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WNS Bird Banding - Pileated Woodpecker

Join us for the first Winter Bird Banding of 2010 on Sunday, January 10th at 1 p.m. Join Master Bird Bander Scott Kramer for an ongoing conservation project as we catch, identify, tag, and release birds from the Nature Preserve. This avian research program is a great opportunity for pictures, so bring a camera. $4 per person/$12 per family. Note: for the safety of the birds, this program will be cancelled if it is raining, snowing, or if the temperature dips much below 32 degrees.

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Wesselman Nature Society
(812) 479-0771
551 N. Boeke Rd.
Evansville, IN 47711
info@wesselmannaturesociety.org