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Click Here for the latest information on the Falls of the Ohio Chapter.

New: e-Nature Migration Tracker.
Spring is almost here.  Click Here to keep track of your favorite back-yard birds.

Click Here to get the latest weather forecast from the National WX Service here in Louisville.

Mark Your Calendars:

Louisville Metro Parks Activities

Discovery Wednesdays at the Falls of the Ohio

Come on almost any Wednesday from January - May to discover something new about our world. Programs will start at 1:00 p.m. and run from 1 hour to 3 hours depending on the topic and they will be held in the Interpretive
Center library unless otherwise noted. Some are training programs for our Naturalist at Heart volunteers (open to all) and others are general public programs. Programs are free with regular Interpretive Center admission.


May 7 - History at the Falls, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., Jeannie Burke

May 28 - Identifying Trees, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., Connie Farmer

The Louisville Astronomical Society has published their calendar for the next months: May

May 2- Derby Eve Mile of Scopes on Bardstown Road

May 9-10- River of Stars Weekend at the Leavenworth Inn.

May 9- LAS General Meeting. 8:00 PM. Strickler Hall. Elections.

May 10 - National Astronomy Day with activities at the Planetarium and Curby

May 16 – Public Star Party at the UAC

May 17 – Public Star Party at Curby

May 30-31- LAS Family Star Party and Grand Opening of the Multi-Purpose Building. Camp out all weekend at Curby and enjoy the new facilities.

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Adobe launches Adobe Photo Express.  It's a free service.  Check it out

The Latest Scoop on Wind Energy.  more

Party thrills the starry-eyed
You would have to travel about a quarter of a million miles to go from one edge of Saturn's rings to the other, roughly the same distance between the Earth and the Moon. But because the giant plane...

Check out the progress of our purple martin friends.

Do you need a nature checklist for Birds, Mammals,Reptiles and Amphibians,Trees, Shrubs and Vines and Wildflowers, ?  We've got them.  You'll need the acrobat reader to access it.

Here's a neat site featured at the recent Kentucky college and career expo in Louisville if your young people are getting ready for that type of thing.  Kentuckiana College Access Center

Recycling in Kentucky
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“Enjoy a sip of history”during the
Louisville Nature Center’s
Bourbon Tasting, Dinner & Silent Auction at

Bourbons Bistro


2255 Frankfort Ave
Louisville, KY 40206

Sunday May 18, 2008
6:00-8:00 p.m.

Mike Veach, President of the Bourbon Society,
Historian for the Distillery Industry and member of
the Bourbon Hall of Fame will conduct the program.


Vintage Bourbons will be featured.
Tickets are $80.00 per person. Seating is limited.
Proceeds will benefit the Louisville Nature Center.


Reservations contact
Kathy Morris 458-1328 or lnc@bellsouth.net


The Louisville Nature Center board of directors
would like to thank you for your support.

Maurice Berelowitz · Joe Chiles · Russell Cotton · Mark Eley
Phyllis Fitzgerald · Pete Glauber · Ericka Makhlouf · Ken Machtolff
Lois McGrath · Kathy Morris · Rob Holtzmann · Joan Nohalty
Perri Eason · Kelly Kubala · Carol Kaufmann · Herb Zimmerman




 

Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge (near Danville)
Learn more about their events.

Other Publications

 
Land, Air and Water Kentucky (pdf)
Nature Conservancy
Wilderness Society
The Smithsonian
Bird Feeding 101. (pdf)
Feeder Birds of Kentucky  (pdf)
National Park Foundation Magazine
 

Click Here for Special Events at each of our Kentucky State Parks.  Too many to list on this site.

 
Updated: 05/07/2008


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