"The objective is to teach the student to see the land, to understand what he sees, and enjoy what he understands." Aldo Leopold
Information
- Location:
- Toddville, IA, 52341
- Phone:
- 319.892.6485
- Wed:
- 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Thurs - Fri:
- 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Sat:
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Sun:
- 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Check out our website www.linncountyparks.com to see our new event listings for the upcoming season - Scouts, Fishing Rods, Science for Squirts, Moonlight Hikes and lots more!!
www.linncountyparks.com
MyCountyParks serves the Iowa area with outdoor recreation, environmental education, and natural resource protection.
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Build a fishing rod to your specifications! A fishing rod building class will be held on February 16, 23, and March 2 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center. Custom rod builder Chuck Ungs, will lead participants through the process of building a G. Loomis or St. Croix spinning rod. When finished... with this series of classes, you will have the knowledge to move on to other rod-building projects. You also get to keep the rod you build. For additional information or to register, please call Chuck at (319) 892-6485. Participants must pre-register by February 2. Class size is limited. Class cost depends on the model of fishing rod blank and options selected.
Time:7:00PM Saturday, December 12th
Location:Wickiup Hill
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area
December 9 – Wednesday - Science for Squirts: The Mitten
10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. at Wickiup Hill
Make your own mitten ornament and read a story about animals that stuff themselves inside one. Learn what animals do in the winter time and feel some of their fur coats! Register by the 7th . For ages 3-5. Cost is $2/child.
Time:10:00AM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:Wickiup Hill
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area
December 5 – Saturday – Bill Whitaker: Frontier Forts of Iowa
10:30 a.m. at Wickiup Hill
At least fifty-six frontier forts once stood in, or within view of, what is now the state of Iowa. The earliest date to the 1680s, while the latest date to the Dakota uprising of 1862. Some were vast compounds housing hundreds of so...ldiers; others consisted of a few sheds built by a trader along a riverbank. Regardless of their size and function—William Whittaker and his contributors include any compound that was historically called a fort, whether stockaded or not, as well as all military installations—all sought to control and manipulate Indians to the advantage of European and American traders, governments, and settlers. Frontier Forts of Iowa draws extensively upon the archaeological and historical records to document this era of transformation from the seventeenth-century fur trade until almost all Indians had been removed from the region. Cost is $2.50/adult, $1/child 16 and under, or $5/family.
Time:10:30AM Saturday, December 5th
Location:Wickiup Hill
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area
Nov 14 - Saturday – Tri-state Rod Builders Workshop
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center
Come and learn about rodbuilding with many masters of the art form from throughout the Midwest at a beautiful Nature Center outside of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We are arranging a variety of topics including the fo...llowing: Rattan Handles plus Trim Rings of Wood and Corian by Sam Fox, Playing with Polyester Casting Resin by Mark Blabaum, A Roundtable Discussion of Fundraising to Support Rodbuilding in the Tri-state Area, What the Rod Guild Can Do for You and Sharing the Wealth with Al Hutchison and others, Angle Wraps – Chuck Making for Wrapping Wineglass Stems – and Ice Rod Design by Steve Cox, Turning Banksia Nut Handles by Bob Hasbrook, Rodbuilding to Beginners by Doug Nauman, and perhaps more. The meeting is free to anyone interested in rodbuilding from beginners to professionals and all should leave with new thoughts and ideas on how to build better fishing rods. We will take a good will donation to cover food expenses, any proceeds are donated to youth rodbuilding initiatives. We will be drawing for a limited number of door prizes during the day.
For more information or to RSVP so we can plan an appropriate amount of food please contact Chuck at (319) 892-6485 or at Chuck.Ungs@LinnCounty.org .
For those who have built custom rods before - please bring a few along to display your work, we’ll have racks set up to display all the works of art - it is always a learning experience to see what other folks have designed. Last year we had visitors here from 6 or 7 states. Hope to see you there.
For directions to Wickiup Hill at 10260 Morris Hills Rd. Toddville, IA 52341 go to:
http://www.linncounty.org/files/down...d
Time:9:00AM Saturday, November 14th
Location:10260 Morris Hills Road, Toddville IA 52341
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Thanks to Tracy Mccullough from Hoopla for reviewing our trails. It's a beautiful day today. Take her advice and hike at Wickiup!
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In any other setting it is called walking. It is mundane, irksome even, means to get from Point A to Point B when there is no drive-through option. But do
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Since the insecticide DDT was banned, population sizes of most birds of prey have increased across the continent. In particular, the bird-eating Accipiter hawks such as Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks are increasing in abundance and are now observed more frequently than ever before at backyard feeders. Still, remarkab...ly little is known about the behavior of these predators. Dr. Roth has studied the behavior of these two hawk species during the winter with the goal of understanding how they influence the risk of predation in their prey (song birds). He will discuss the predatory behavior of these hawks and how this research allows us to understand how prey and predators interact at different spatial scales, what these hawks need to survive, and what aspects of modern landscapes might influence their populations and success.
Time:7:00PM Monday, October 5th
Location:Cornell College - 100 West Science Building
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area The Cedar Rapids Area Environmental Film Fest is excited to announce its 3rd annual film fest! THe mission of the festival is to provide screenings of feature length and short movies on environmental topics for the public throughout the month of October. All events are FREE! The complete schedule is on Facebook - searc...h for Cedar Rapids Area Environmental Film Festival. These are films you do not want to miss!!
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Operation ReLeaf Trees are now available to order - go to our website www.linncountyparks.com - order form is on the front page.
www.linncountyparks.com
MyCountyParks serves the Iowa area with outdoor recreation, environmental education, and natural resource protection.
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Thanks to the families that attended Monarch Tagging. Monarch caterpillars will be on display inside the Learning Center this weekend. Maybe you'll see one making its cocoon!
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area A video of the area of washed out trail.
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Wash out in Wickiup Hill's trail system from flash flooding on 8/26 and 8/27, 2009.
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Trails are flooding, the center itself is not.
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Wickiup Hill's indoor facility is high and dry. Our grounds are doing their level best to absorb all the rainfall. Most of our trails are not recommended for use until waters recede.
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Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Visit the Eastern Iowa Observatory & Learning Center, Sat., 8 p.m. for a free telescope viewing and astronomy presentation. 1365 Ivanhoe RD, 2 miles west of Hwy 1, south of Mt. Vernon.
Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Area Come and participate in tagging monarchs collected at Wickiup Hill. We will place an I.D. sticker on their wings and then release the butterflies. Unlike most other insects in temperate climates, monarch butterflies cannot survive a long, cold winter. Instead, they migrate to winter roosting spots. Will one of these monarchs make it to the winter roost in Mexico?
Help the Monarchs on their pilgrimage to Mexico.
Time:7:00PM Friday, August 28th
Location:Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center
