Camouflage
Mystery Hike at Potter’s Forest, 10 AM on March 29
Did you know that animals (especially predators)
in the forest are on an Easter Egg hunt almost every day of their
lives? One of the ways prey protect themselves from predators is
with camouflage. Join Cheri Briscoe for a camouflage mystery hike
in Milton C. Potter Forest to learn more about how animals use camouflage
to survive.
Light
Up and Save, April 19, 2008, 10 AM
Help
Sierra Club members, the Urban Ecology Center, Milwaukee
Area Workforce Investment Board, area neighborhood associations,
and many friends to shed some lights in the Washington Park neighborhood.
Where? Washington
Park, 1859 N. 40th St.
In
Celebration of Trees, April 19 & 20, 2008
Participate
in demonstrations, programs, family activities and tree adoption
in this special event at Whitnall Park. Visit and pick up your
copy of the Kids' Guide to the Outdoors if you don't
already have one.
Where? Whitnall
Park, Hales Corners
Vernon
Marsh Hike, April 26, 2008
Education
Committee member Dick Fischer and Tom Briscoe will transport a busload
(up to 14) of children (6 - 12 years old) from UEC - Washington Park
to Vernon Marsh for a 2-hour hike. Kids will learn lots about
wetlands and the creatures that live there! Time
is 9
AM to 1 PM and rain date is May 3.
Single's
Night Out - Menomonee Park, June 27 or 28, 2008
The
A+ Community of Youth and the Urban Ecology Center will sponsor a camping
trip for single parents and their children. This may be the very
first time participants sleep in a tent or eat a meal over an open
campfire.
For more information contact: Harriet Iwamoto,
262-786-6624
