Nature Daze in Brown County

Nature Daze is an outreach program sponsored by the Brown County Native Woodlands Project (BCNWP) to help landowners better understand the importance of managing their property to create a resilient native habitat. Check-in opens at 8:30am

Free, but registration requested here.
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Speakers and Topics
​Jim Eagleman, Retired, DNR Naturalist: The Use of Local Media to Further the Conservation Message

​Jesse Moore, Central Indiana Conservation Land Manager & Peter Bauson, Southern Indiana Land Steward, The Nature Conservancy: Tools and Techniques for Managing Invasive Plants

​Dan Marsh, Director of Education and Volunteer Services, Cincinnati Zoo: International Conservation Brought to Indiana

​Eli Major, DNR Naturalist, Brown County State Park: For Goodness Snake!

​Dawn Slack, Project Manager/Coordinator, Indiana Cooperative Invasives Mgmt: A Ramble Through the Woods

​Ray Major, Forester: Seeds to Trees

​CHILDREN’S PROGRAM
​The Children’s Program is for children ages 5 through 15 whose parents and/or grandparents are attending Nature Daze. Children under the age of 5 that wish to participate must be accompanied by an adult. CYO Camp Rancho Framasa staff have a variety of activities planned around camp that will “Be-Wilder” children as they learn more about the environment in which we live. Topics and activities for the day include Animal Adaptions, Backyard Biodiversity, Living with the Land, a Bounce House and a Creek Stomp.

​NATIVE PLANT SALE
DOOR PRIZES
FREE BBQ LUNCH (vegetarian and gluten free options available)

Questions? Email info@bcnwp.org or call the Brown County Soil and Water Office, 812-988-2211.