Conservation
Maple Syrup Festival – NEW LOCATION & TIME
The Mahaska County Conservation Board staff and volunteers will demonstrate how to tap trees and boil it to make maple syrup at the Maple Syrup Festival on Saturday, March 17. Bring your appetites for fresh maple syrup on ice cream! (We can’t let you leave without tasting maple syrup). New Location: Conservation Center at the Russell […]
Lecture at Oskaloosa Public Library
Oskaloosa Public Library Oskaloosa, IA, United StatesThe Friends of the Oskaloosa Public Library welcome Tom Milligan from the Humanities Iowa series for a lecture on March 20th. Mr. Milligan will portray Ding Darling, famous Iowa cartoonist and conservationist; discussing his boyhood, career, and life’s journey. The lecture will be held at 6:30 p.m. in room A/B; third floor of the Library. […]
Mahaska Mammoth: Woolly Dreams Book Reading
Russell Wildlife Area Oskaloosa, IA, United StatesMeet the Authors of Wolly Dreams & hear an Environmental Learning Center update on Thursday, March 29 from 6:00 – 7:00 PM at the Conservation Center, Russell Wildlife Area. Mahaska Mammoth: Woolly Dreams was written after the bones of three woolly mammoths were discovered in Mahaska County. It is a fictional story enhanced with facts […]