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Welcome to Howard Christensen Nature Center Preserved Habitats Wildlife Over Seven Miles of Beautiful Trails
Welcome to Howard Christensen Nature Center The Howard Christensen Nature Center, operated by Lily’s Frog Pad Inc., was established in 2011 as an independent nonprofit charitable organization. It operates year round and is governed by a volunteer board of advisors and managed by professional staff. The Howard Christensen Nature Center operated by Lily’s Frog Pad Inc. is solely supported by charitable [...]
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Preserved Habitats Habitat Protection Areas (HPA) Are large tree protection areas in which a complete habitat of plants, soils, water regimes, animal life and nutrients work together to produce clean air, pure water, rich soils, and a population of animal life living and growing off of the biological productivity and diversity of the place. Forest floors are [...]
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Wildlife We often have no appreciation of the value of the most potentially rich habitats, instead clearing them away in the interests of tidiness. Something as apparently simple and useless as rotting wood supports up to 1700 different species of invertebrate. Rotting wood on its own provides an amazing variety of different microhabitats. These also include [...]
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Over Seven Miles of Beautiful Trails Download the map by clicking here.
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Hours of Operation

Trails: Open From Dawn to Dusk - Free to public

Welcome Center Bathrooms: Open every day

Red Pine Interpretive Center: Mon thru Fri, 9:00am - 4:00pm - Saturday/Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm - unless closed for private parties (rentals).

Camp Lily's: Open - 530 - 20 Mile, Kent City, MI. Group Camping by registration


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Dancing on Earth and Sky

Saturday, 11 May 2013 19:39 No Comments

Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche Dancing on Earth and Sky   At dusk the dancing begins in earnest. The  age-old mystery of mate attraction occurs in field and overhead. Most people never notice. That suits the woodcock perfectly. Its intent is to woo a mate and not to draw undue attention from other species. In the [...]

YMCA Summer Programs at HCNC

Tuesday, 7 May 2013 22:00 No Comments

YMCA HCNC Day Camps and Clinics 2013

Howard Christensen Nature Center Newsletter

Tuesday, 7 May 2013 21:57 No Comments

Howard Christensen Nature Center Newsletter

Frog Season

Monday, 29 April 2013 09:33 No Comments

Ranger Steve’s Nature Niche Frog Season The long winter wait is over. Up from the mud thousands of frogs are making an appearance. They broadcast for a few weeks and then seem to disappear. Those of us that cling to youth activities of getting wet and muddy will be able to enjoy slippery slimy amphibians [...]

Wild Wednesdays ‘Rain or Shine‘ In August

Thursday, 25 April 2013 12:49 No Comments

Howard Christensen Nature Center (616) 675-3158  cperski@lilyfrogpad.com Wild Wednesdays ‘Rain or Shine‘  Creepy-Crawly Insects  July 31, 2013 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Children, come touch, examine, find, and learn of our insect world, learn why insects are important to our ecology and insect habitats.  Children will be going outside and collecting their own insects, examining under microscopes [...]

 

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