Next Wednesday we will be meeting at Todd Wehr Center. This is a nature center that is in Whitnall Park that also includes Boerner Botanical Gardens. The actual road that is marked is Nature Center Drive (north/south) off of College(east/west). You have to turn into this road on the south side of College and go all the way to the end to get to their parking lot. Their parking lot costs $3. If anyone does not want to pay this then you can go on the 92 street side of Mallard lake and take a long walk around it on the trail until you find us. The facility includes the following list from the web site http://www.friendsofwehr.org/ :
- Twenty acre Mallard Lake with three islands, completed in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, there is a waterfall on the north end of the lake that you can access a lot easier from a parking lot on Whitnall Park Drive off of 92nd Street mentioned above.
- Wetlands that include sedge meadow, shrub carr and floodplain forest, accessible via a 1,700 foot boardwalk, featuring two piers and a bird blind
- Restored Oak Savanna and Prairie
- Maple and Oak Woodlands
- Over five miles of looping trails and interpretive signage
- Visitor Center
See you there Wednesday.
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