Becoming A Boundary Waters Family
Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center is proud to be a key partner in this year’s “Becoming A Boundary Waters Family” program.
Every Thursday from June 24 through August 24th, you can join a knowledge USDA Forest Service representative at Chik-Wauk at 3 p.m. for an hour-long presentation on a myriad of subjects. Wildflowers, fish, fire ecology, and climate change are just a few of the topics that will be covered in these presentations which are sure to be both informative and entertaining. Once Chik-Wauk Museum opens on July 5th, we hope you’ll come ahead of time on Thursdays to tour the museum or hike our trails before attending the “Becoming A Boundary Water Family” presentation.
Chik-Wauk is already home to a couple Boundary Waters families. Although the loon family that appeared to be building a loon nest in the Chik-Wauk bay last week has moved on (it was an awful busy neck of the woods for a loon nest) there are still plenty of woodland families on the property. This Mama Partridge was standing guard over her fluffy little chicks on the Tamarack Alley hiking trail earlier this week.
Painted Turtles have been seen burying their eggs around the property. Hopefully the turtles have chosen only safe, secure places for their eggs: we’d hate to disturb any baby turtles!
We hope this summer that you’ll become not only a Boundary Waters family, but a Chik-Wauk family too.
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