Heronwood Field Station–Kalamazoo Nature Center

Field station name: Heronwood Field Station–Kalamazoo Nature Center

URL: https://naturecenter.org/Education/Heronwood-Field-Station

Year founded: 2013

Mission statement: The Kalamazoo Nature Center is a not-for-profit organization located in Kalamazoo, Michigan whose mission is to inspire people to care for the environment by providing experiences that lead them to understand their connection to the natural world.The Heronwood Field station achieves this through a High School Conservation Biology EFE coarse, citizen science training sessions, high quality research projects including butterfly and moth, and invasive species management research.

Annual visitors: 500

Land: 60 acres (24 hectares)

Location:

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Outreach Goals

[✓ = applies to this field station, ✗ = does not apply to this field station]

    ✗ Build community

    ✓ Disseminate place-based knowledge and/or skills

    ✓ Encourage conservation or environmental stewardship

    ✗ Inspire curiosity

    ✗ Make field station resources available to the public

    ✓ Promote STEM careers

    ✗ Raise awareness of the field station's work

    ✗ Raise money

    ✗ Reach a particular audience

    ✓ Teach about the environment generally

    ✗ Teach researchers how to communicate with the public

Outreach Programs