With the winter weather arriving Thursday, Pringle Nature Center has snowshoes for the general public to rent and use within the Bristol Woods County Park. Patrons can rent snowshoes Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 3 p.m. They must remain on the property and be returned by 3:30 p.m. [...]
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Pringle to host candlelight night hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol, will be having a Candlelight Night Hike & Winter Solstice Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 22, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Bring the family out to celebrate the Winter Solstice as you learn about the solstice and burn a Yule log. Participants will also go out for a hike [...]
Pringle to host Geminids Meteor Shower viewing
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Geminids Meteor Shower viewing on Sunday, Dec. 11, from 9:30 to 11 p.m. Come join others for the greatest show seen from Earth. The Geminids is one of the best meteor showers of the year and never seems to disappoint observers. The [...]
Pringle to host Nature Story Time Hike Saturday
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Nature Story Time Hike: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 to 11 a.m. Bring out the little ones as we sit down to read a book about a little girl and her father who go owling late [...]
Pringle to host annual 5K
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding their annual 5K Run/Hike on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 9 a.m. to noon. Lace up your running shoes to help raise money for Pringle Nature Center’s environmental education programs. This 5K run/hike goes through Bristol Woods and is hailed as one of the [...]
Pringle to host Halloween Candle Light Night Hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Halloween Candle Light Night Hike on Saturday, Oct. 29, 6 to 9 p.m. Don’t let the ghouls and goblins scare you from coming out! Come dressed in your best Halloween costume as the trails will be lit with candle light as a [...]
Pringle to host invasive species workday
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol, will be having an Invasive Species Work Day on Saturday, Oct. 22, 9 a.m. to noon. Join other concerned citizens to help get rid of European buckthorn, honeysuckle, multiflora rose, and other invasive plants. Tools will be provided; please bring your own work gloves.
Pringle to host full moon night hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Harvest Full Moon Night Hike on Friday, Oct. 14, 7 to 8:30 p.m. This full moon was also known by early Native American tribes as the Full Hunters Moon because at this time of year the leaves are falling and the game [...]
Pringle to host nature story time on rocks
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Nature Story Time Hike: If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian on Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 to 11 a.m. When you find a rock, you don’t always know what kind of rock it is. Have you found a hiding rock? Or [...]
Pringle to host Autumn Equinox Night Hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having an Autumn Equinox Night Hike on Friday, Sept. 23, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Participants will talk about the Equinox and how various cultures celebrate the Equinox as they experience the night time to see how animals prepare for wintertime. Please leave your [...]
Pringle to host Fall Fun Fest
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol, will be holding their annual on Saturday, Sept. 7, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come and go on hayrides through beautiful trails, make crafts from autumnal materials, help tag and release monarch butterflies, or listen to people speak about local efforts in conservation with green vendors. [...]
Pringle to host Teacher Naturalist Volunteer Training
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol, will be having a Teacher Naturalist Volunteer Training, Sept. 7 to 9. Are you interested in nature and would love to share that curiosity with the next generation? Pringle Nature Center is offering training sessions for the classes it offers to school groups. Come for some [...]
Pringle to host Nature Story Time Hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Nature Story Time Hike: Six Scarecrows by Leo Lionni on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 10 a.m. A story about a farmer facing marauding crows teaches a lesson about making peace in the midst of escalating conflict. The farmer is enraged by six [...]
Pringle hosting workday and “Come & Explore” this Saturday
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol is hosting two activities this Saturday, Aug. 27: Invasive Species Workday on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m. to noon. Workers will help to continue to restore the Oak Savanna and Prairie areas. They will be cutting down buckthorn, multiflora rose, and other invasive plants. This also helps [...]
Pringle to host meteor shower viewing
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be having a Perseids Meteor Shower Viewing on Friday, Aug. 12, 9:30 to 11 p.m. The Perseids is one of the best meteor showers to observe, producing up to 60 meteors per hour at their peak. This year’s shower should peak on the night of Aug. 12 [...]
Pringle to host bird story time hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Nature Story Time Hike: The Eagle and the Wren, retold by Jane Goodall on Saturday, Aug. 6, 10 to 11 a.m. In the story, lark, dove, eagle and vulture all claim to soar the highest. So owl suggests a contest, and off [...]
Pringle to host Scouts plant event
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be hosting Brownie Girl Scouts: Plants on Saturday, July 30, 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. Explore the forest and learn how to identify the vegetation that surrounds us through games and hands-on activities. You’ll plant your own seeds to take home and watch their progress. Pre-registration [...]
Nature Story Time Hike planned for Pringle
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be having a Nature Story Time Hike: Deer at the Brook, Jim Arnosky on Saturday, July 2, from 1o to 11 a.m. In the story, beside a sparkling clear brook children watch as some deer — a buck, and then a doe and her two fawns — [...]
Pringle to host Father’s Day hike and bonfire
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be having a Father’s Day Summer Solstice Hike on Sunday, June 19, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Bring your dad out as we celebrate the Summer Solstice and Father’s Day. We’ll learn how cultures around the world celebrate the solstice and end the hike around the bonfire. Registration [...]
Pringle to host talk on beavers and muskrats
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Beavers and Muskrats on Saturday, June 18, at 5:30 p.m. Come sit by the campfire ring in front of the nature center and learn about the nature of Beavers and Muskrats. Learn how they are beneficial to the [...]
Pringle to host composting workshop
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be hosting a UW-Extension Composting Workshop on Saturday, May 28, from 1 to 2 p.m. Learn from a Master Gardener the basics of composting and vermiculture as well as how simple it is to start your own. Home composting yard materials and certain food scraps can provide [...]
Pringle to host invasive species workday
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having an Invasive Species Workday on Saturday, May 28, 9 a.m. to noon. Help to continue to restore the center’s Oak Savanna and Prairie areas. Participants will be cutting down buckthorn, multiflora rose, and other invasive plants. This also helps create open spaces in [...]
Pringle to host campfire talk on monarchs
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be having a Saturday Night Campfire Talk – Monarchs on Saturday, May 21, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Around the campfire, participants will learn about the natural world around us. Topics vary each talk. In case of inclement weather, the talk will be held in the [...]
Pringle registering children for summer programs
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol is beginning registration for summer programs for children. These programs will have your children doing hands on, experiential learning in nature: Junior Naturalist for children ages 9-12 years old. Little Naturalist for children ages 4-5. Observation & Creation for children ages 6-8. For costs, times, or for more [...]
Pringle to host beginning geocaching session
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding a Beginning Geocaching class on Saturday, April 9, at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Geocaching is a sport where people use a GPS to play hide and seek with caches, sometimes filled with treasure. Whether you’ve never done it before or just beginning and want [...]
Pringle to host full moon hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding a Vernal Full Moon Night Hike on Saturday, March 19, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Come celebrate the start of warmer days and welcome Spring’s arrival. Participants will talk about how the Equinox is celebrated as well as the moon on a naturalist-led hike through the [...]
Pringle Nature Center receives grant; purchases snow shoes
Pringle Nature Center was the recipient of a grant from the Kloss Foundation. With this grant the center was able to purchase program supplies for their education programs as well as a StarLab Planetarium for school programs and snowshoes for the general public to rent. The general public can rent the snowshoes, Tuesday through Sunday, from 9 [...]
Pringle to host reading of Dr. Suess’ “The Lorax”
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Nature Story Time Hike: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss on Saturday, March 5, 10 to 11 a.m. The perennial favorite of kids and parents since it was published in 1971 will be read. Inspired by the “save our planet” mindset of the [...]
Pringle is site for Great Backyard Bird Count
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be a site for the Great Backyard Bird Count on Saturday, Feb. 19, 9 a.m. to noon. The Great Backyard Bird Count is a joint venture between the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the Audubon Society where citizen scientists count and identify as best as [...]
Pringle to host bird feeder workshop
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a workshop for the Great Backyard Bird Count: Feeder Making on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Participants will build their own feeder to help attract birds to their back yard as well as to help them survive the winter. They [...]
