Turn off you computers and escape to the parks every week this spring!   Park Rangers from across our county have come together to create Nature Escape, a weekly screen-free outdoor learning and free play experience that aims to provide a safe, creative, immersive, and energetic outlet during these unprecedented times. Nature Escape will be…

Bring the little ones to explore nature! Learn about a nature topic and then head out to experience the Sanctuary. We look, feel, listen, and discover at preschooler speed. Dress for the weather – we will always try to go outside! Parents play along with their children. Ages: 3-5. Fee: $6 per child, payable day…

Cancelled – Join Master Naturalist Mike Quinlan for a guided journey to Jug Bay’s best herpetological hot spots to see what we can find! While Nature will decide what we see, possible encounters include turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, toads, and salamanders of any variety. This is an opportunity to encounter species seldom seen at the…

Turn off you computers and escape to the parks every week this spring!   Park Rangers from across our county have come together to create Nature Escape, a weekly screen-free outdoor learning and free play experience that aims to provide a safe, creative, immersive, and energetic outlet during these unprecedented times. Nature Escape will be…

Cancelled – What mammals inhabit our lovely marshes at Jug Bay? Find out, and perhaps see some in person on an evening hike through the woods and along the edge of the marsh. Join Chuck Hatcher, Jug Bay’s resident expert on otters, for a 1-3 mile walk. Look and listen for signs of activity while…

Join an avid Jug Bay birder to learn skills for identifying birds by sight and sound. Novice and experienced birders are welcome on this 2-3 mile walk to explore the forests and wetlands in search of the 250+ species of birds that call Jug Bay home, or migrate through. Wear comfortable walking shoes, dress for…

NEW START TIME!! Join us for an hour on Sunday March 28th, starting at 11am for the third installment of this winter’s virtual Soup & Science series.  Kerry Wixted, Education and Outreach Specialist, Wildlife and Heritage Service, Department of Natural Resources, will speak about carnivorous plants. Registration is required. The email you include with your registration will…

Join volunteer naturalist Diane Diaz Goebes in searching for ospreys as they return to Jug Bay from Central and South America. Learn about their habits through a short presentation. An easy hike will follow, making various stops along the way to observe these magnificent birds. Cost $10 individual or $20 family. Pay at the visitor…

Get your kids outside for fun and exploration around Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. We will explore a specific nature topic and spend time immersed in nature at Jug Bay. Dress for the weather, and we will go out exploring! We might watch for Osprey, look for signs of spring, learn about trees, or look for…

Welcome the arrival of Spring by observing signs of nature awakening.  Join Master Naturalist, Mike Quilan, on a walk around the Sanctuary to look and listen for indications of the changing seasons. We’ll end at the observation deck and watch the sun as it sets over the wetlands. Ages 10 and up. Free with $6…