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 [...]
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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 [...]
Pringle to host teacher naturalist volunteer training
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol, will be holding a Teacher Naturalist Volunteer Training from Wednesday through Friday, Jan. 26 to 28. Are you interested in nature and would love to share that curiosity with the next generation? Pringle is offering training sessions to give the knowledge to help the naturalist teach the classes [...]
Pringle hosting winter break events
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Leave No Child Inside Winter Break Come and Explore Days Tuesday through Friday, Dec. 28to 31, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Instead of staying cooped up inside all Winter Break, come out to Pringle Nature Center to be surprised at [...]
Pringle Nature Center to host solstice hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Candlelight Full Moon Night Hike & Winter Solstice Celebration on Tuesday, Dec. 21, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Bring the entire family out to celebrate the Winter Solstice and learn about the solstice and burn a Yule log. Participants will also [...]
Pringle to host Geminids viewing Saturday
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Geminids Viewing on Sunday, Dec. 12, from 9:30 to 11 p.m. The Geminids is one of the best meteor showers of the year with. Participants will hear an informal talk about the night skies and then with mugs of hot chocolate, go [...]
Pringle to host Girl Scout Earth & Sky badge event Nov. 20
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Brownies Girl Scout Earth & Sky Badge program on Saturday, Nov. 20, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Brownies can come out to Bristol Woods to see what makes the sky above our heads and the earth below our feet unique as well [...]
Pringle Nature Center to host Peace Corps speakers
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be having speakers from the Peace Corps on Friday, Nov. 12, at 6:30 p.m. The Peace Corps sends people around the world to do volunteer work in developing countries. Dave Fine and his wife will talk about their experiences as older volunteers in the 50+ group in [...]
Pringle Nature Center to host Beginning Geocaching
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding Beginning Geocaching program on Saturday, Nov. 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. Geocaching is a sport where people use their GPS’s 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 Girls Scouts badge event
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding a Junior Girl Scouts Earth Connections Badge on Saturday, Nov. 6, 1:30 to 3 p.m. Everything in this world is connected by the lines in the food web. Scouts can come to learn and earn a badge about the environment around you. Pre-registration is required [...]
Pringle Nature Center to host 5k Run/Hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding the Pringle 5K Run/Hike on Saturday, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. 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 best trails in the area. [...]
Pringle to host candle light Halloween hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Candle Light Halloween Hike on Saturday, Oct. 30, 6 to 9 p.m. Don’t let the ghouls and goblins scare you from coming out! Come dressed in your best Halloween costume for this safe Halloween hike to see if our nocturnal friends will [...]
Pringle to host teacher convention day camp
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Leave No Child Inside: Teachers Convention Day Camp on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 28and 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Instead of having your kids cooped up all day, send them to Pringle where we’ll have day long activities out in [...]
Pringle to host campfire talk on emerald ash borer and gypsy moth
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol, will be holding a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Emerald Ash Bore and Gypsy Moth on Saturday, Oct. 9, from 5 to 6 p.m. Grab your lawn chair or blanket and listen to a talk about two insects that are harming forests and what you can do [...]
Pringle Nature Center to host beginning geocaching class
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Beginning Geocaching Class on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. Geocaching is a sport where people use their GPS to play hide and seek with caches, sometimes filled with treasure. Whether you’ve never done it before or just beginning [...]
Pringle Nature Center to host listen to rain storytime
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Nature Story Time Hike: Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault on Saturday, Oct. 2 from 10 to 11 a.m. A rhyming story about rain that playfully describes the sound of rain will be read. This program is [...]
Pringle to host wild edibles talk
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Wild Edibles, Saturday, Sept. 25, 5:30 p.m. Join participants around the campfire and learn about what in nature is safe to eat and what isn’t. From rose hips to pine needles, you’ll learn what it looks like and [...]
Pringle to host equinox full moon hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding an Autumn Equinox Full Moon Hike on Friday, Sept. 24, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Join participants and staff for September’s Full Moon, also known as the Harvest Moon, and hear about the Equinox and how various cultures celebrate the Equinox. Pre-registration is [...]
Pringle Nature Center to host Fall Fun Fest
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding its annual Fall Fun Fest, Saturday, Sept. 18, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is designed to be a great time for the entire family. Come and enjoy live music, go on hayrides through beautiful trails, make crafts from autumnal materials, or [...]
Pringle to host photographic scavenger hunt
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding a Leave No Child Inside: Autumn Photographic Scavenger Hunt, Saturday, Sept. 11 from noon to 4 p.m. Participants are invited to bring a camera and their imagination for nature photography – scavenging style. The hunt will provide fun outdoor photography activities that can be enjoyed [...]
Pringle campfire talk to feature owls
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Owls, Saturday, Sept. 11, 5:30 p.m. Bring your lawn chair or blanket to sit around the campfire to learn about nature as you hear a talk about the creatures of the night, the owl. Learn how the owl is adapted [...]
Pringle to host a soaring story and hike
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB) , Bristol will be holding a Nature Story Time Hike: The Eagle & The Wren retold by Jane Goodall on Saturday, Sept. 4 from 10 to 11 a.m. Participants will hear a story about how the lark, dove, eagle and vulture all claim to soar the highest. [...]
Pringle to host green landscaping talk
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol, will be holding a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Green Landscaping on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 5:30 p.m. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and listen to a talk about different ways to create green yards — from rain gardens to prairie lawns. In case of inclement [...]
Pringle to host Perseids viewing
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave., Bristol will be holding a Perseids Meteor Shower Viewing on Thursday, Aug. 12, at 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 on the night of the 12th through the morning of [...]
Pringle to host frogs and toads program
Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Leave No Child Inside: Frogs and Toads, Oh My! on Saturday, July 10, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Come out to learn all about the world of frogs and toads as well as what makes them special. Participants will learn how [...]
Beaver hike set at Pringle Nature Center
Pringle Nature Center, 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Nature Story Time Hike Beaver Stream by Marilyn F. Holmer on Saturday, July 3, 10 to 11 a.m. Participants will hear how during the cool weather, Beaver searches for a home, flees a coyote, and finds a special beaver. After the story, [...]
Invasive Species Workday set for Pringle this Saturday
Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding an Invasive Species Workday on Saturday, June 26, at 9 a.m. to noon. Come help combat European buckthorn, multi-flora rose, and many more invasive plants. Please bring your own work gloves, tools will be provided. The Pringle Nature Center is located inside Bristol Woods County Park.
Beavers and muskrats topic of Pringle talk this Saturday
Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Saturday Night Campfire Talk: Beavers and Muskrats on Saturday, June 26, at 5:30 p.m. Grab your lawn chair or blanket as participants gather around the campfire to talk about some of nature’s misunderstood creatures. In case of inclement weather, the talk [...]
Backyard campout planned for Pringle
Pringle Nature Center , 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), Bristol will be holding a Leave No Child Inside: NWF Great American Backyard Campout on Saturday, June 26 to 27, 5 p.m. to 9 a.m. Pitch your tent at Pringle Nature Center as we provide a memorable experience of what it’s like to sleep out under [...]
