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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Botna Bend Pancake Feed

Saturday, September 9, 2023
8:00am · 11:00am
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry, Free Will Donations Appreciated
All Ages

Grab a tasty breakfast at Botna Bend & enjoy the taste of real maple syrup!

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Monarch Tagging | 9 A.M.

Saturday, September 9, 2023
9:00am · 10:30am
$5 per person
All Ages

Learn about monarch butterflies, their life cycle, and their miraculous migration to Mexico as we teach you how we catch, handle, and tag monarchs for research.

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Monarch Tagging | 11 A.M.

Saturday, September 9, 2023
11:00am · 12:30pm
$5 per person
All Ages

Learn about monarch butterflies, their life cycle, and their miraculous migration to Mexico as we teach you how we catch, handle, and tag monarchs for research.

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Monarch Tagging | 1 P.M.

Saturday, September 9, 2023
1:00pm · 2:30pm
$5 per person
All Ages

Learn about monarch butterflies, their life cycle, and their miraculous migration to Mexico as we teach you how we catch, handle, and tag monarchs for research.

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September Little Tike Hike | Hitchcock Nature Center

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00am · 10:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Hitchcock Nature Center!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Loess Hills Prairie Seed Harvest

Sunday, September 10, 2023
6:00pm · 8:00pm
Free & open to the public
All Ages

Join our friends at Golden Hills RC&D and help collect native prairie seed!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Homeschool in the Hills AM | Autumn Wild Bites

Wednesday, September 13, 2023
10:00am · 11:30am
$5 per child
All Ages, Designed for Kindergarten through Early High School

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Homeschool in the Hills PM | Autumn Wild Bites

Wednesday, September 13, 2023
1:00pm · 2:30pm
$5 per child
All Ages, Designed for Kindergarten through Early High School

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Arrowhead Park Obstacle Trail Run

Saturday, September 16, 2023
10:30am
$10 - $45
All Ages

Arrowhead's Obstacle Trail Run returns! Getting moving outdoors and have run during this 5k trail run with 15+ Obstacles and a 1-Mile Kids Course with 10+ Obstacles.

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Milkweed and Cookies

Saturday, September 16, 2023
1:00pm · 3:00pm
Free with refundable reservation fee
All Ages

Join the Pollinator Alliance of the Heartland (PATH) at their first-ever "Milkweed and Cookies" Native Plant Giveaway and Vendor Fair event.

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Summer's End | With Dustin Clayton and Special Guest, Lindsay Knieper

Saturday, September 16, 2023
2:00pm · 4:00pm
$10 per person
Ages 16+ please

Join Dustin Clayton and special guest Lindsay Knieper for a meaningful discussion about the turning of summer to fall. Together we'll discuss the harvest, mindfulness and awareness in nature and how we can give back to the natural world that provides us with so much.

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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ICCS 2023: Living with Loess

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 to Thursday, September 21, 2023
12:00am
$205
County conservation staff, board members, and interns are welcome to attend.

This annual conference brings together county conservation professionals to share ideas and learnings that preserve the state of Iowa's most precious natural resources and public recreation areas.

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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ICCS 2023: Living with Loess

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 to Thursday, September 21, 2023
12:00am
$205
County conservation staff, board members, and interns are welcome to attend.

This annual conference brings together county conservation professionals to share ideas and learnings that preserve the state of Iowa's most precious natural resources and public recreation areas.

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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ICCS 2023: Living with Loess

Tuesday, September 19, 2023 to Thursday, September 21, 2023
12:00am
$205
County conservation staff, board members, and interns are welcome to attend.

This annual conference brings together county conservation professionals to share ideas and learnings that preserve the state of Iowa's most precious natural resources and public recreation areas.

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Go Wild For Conservation 20th Annual Fundraiser

Thursday, September 21, 2023
5:30pm · 8:30pm
$50.00
21 and over

Support public land and recreation opportunities in Pottawattamie County during the 20th Annual Go Wild For Conservation fundraiser and auction.

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Ornithology 101 | A Land Ethic Workshop

Saturday, September 23, 2023
9:00am · 12:00pm
$15 per person
14+

Explore nature and philosophy during this immersive program inspired by the great conservationist Aldo Leopold. Perfect for anyone who is looking to build their appreciation for the natural world.

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HawkWatch Appreciation Days

Saturday, September 23, 2023
9:00am · 4:00pm
$5 Per Vehicle Entry Fee or Park Membership
All Ages

Learn more about Hitchcock HawkWatch and their vital raptor research, gather with fellow bird enthusiasts, and enjoy refreshments at the Loess Hills Lodge.

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Hitch Hike | Westridge Trail

Tuesday, September 26, 2023
6:00pm · 9:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Admission or Membership
All Ages

Join us for a challenging guided hike of the rolling Loess Hills and view the early signs of fall at Hitchcock Nature Center.

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Insect Club: Last Meeting of 2023

Thursday, September 28, 2023
6:30pm · 8:00pm
Free with $5/Vehicle Park Entry
14+

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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September Little Tike Hike | Botna Bend Park

Saturday, September 2, 2023 to Saturday, September 30, 2023
6:30am · 10:30pm
Free with $3/Vehicle Park Entry or Membership
All Ages, Designed for Ages 3-5

Families with young learners are invited to hit the trails for a self-guided hike full of fun nature learning at Botna Bend Park!

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Learn to Kayak | 9 A.M.

Saturday, September 30, 2023
9:00am · 10:00am
$5
12 & up

Get a hands-on introduction to the basics of kayaking.

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HawkWatch Appreciation Days

Saturday, September 30, 2023
9:00am · 4:00pm
$5 Per Vehicle Entry Fee or Park Membership
All Ages

Learn more about Hitchcock HawkWatch and their vital raptor research, gather with fellow bird enthusiasts, and enjoy refreshments at the Loess Hills Lodge.

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Learn to Kayak | 10:30 A.M.

Saturday, September 30, 2023
10:30am · 11:30am
$5
12 & up

Get a hands-on introduction to the basics of kayaking.

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Learn to Kayak | 12:00 P.M.

Saturday, September 30, 2023
12:00pm · 1:00pm
$5
12 & up

Get a hands-on introduction to the basics of kayaking.

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Learn to Kayak | 1:30 P.M.

Saturday, September 30, 2023
1:30pm · 2:30pm
$5
12 & up

Get a hands-on introduction to the basics of kayaking.

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