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Your membership and donations help us continue to offer wonderful nature programs. Not a member? Become one today!
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 Get your Wesselman Nature Society Gear HERE!
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WNS Seeks a New Executive Director
Wesselman Nature Society seeks an Executive Director to lead strategic planning, financial development, operations management, and conservation advocacy. The ideal candidate will have a proven history in management, fundraising, communications, and conservation programs.
Click here for a full description of this position.
Please send your resume with references and salary history to Wesselman Nature Society Board of Directors President Gil Himebaugh at maplemachinery@sbcglobal.net.
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Certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat Seminar
 When: August 28 from 9 a.m. to noon; 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Oaklyn Library
Make the most of your backyard, for you and your wildlife. Enhance its natural features, and create a certified backyard wildlife habitat! Whether you are in an urban or rural setting, you can improve the habitat for wildlife and enjoy nature's visitors. This introductory class will teach the basic elements and techniques for attracting wildlife, what wildlife you can expect to see, and how to get your backyard certified as wildlife habitat through the National Wildlife Federation!
Below are this session's topics.
Backyard Basics (9 a.m. to noon)
Introduction to building your backyard wildlife habitat
with a focus on providing food, water, shelter & sustainability.
Advanced Sessions (1 p.m. to 4 p.m.)
Insect Investigations: Making a Positive ID
Blooming Relationships: Plant & Insect Symbiosis
Prairie Potential: Taking a Closer Look
The National Wildlife Federation's Certified Wildlife Haitat program is hosted locally by Wesselman Nature Society.
Cost: $15/person for nonmembers, $10/person for WNS members
Registration required. Space is limited; call 812-479-0771 ext. 103 to reserve a seat in this program. Click here to download a registration form. |
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Weekly Guided Canoe Trips!
With canoe season well underway, check out the great programs offered by Canoe Evansville! Canoe Evansville is a program  managed by Wesselman Nature Society to offer safe-guided canoe trips on area waterways as trained guides provide meaningful, enjoyable outdoor experiences.
Call (812) 479-0771 ext. 105 to register for you, your family/friends, or to book a private group trip.
A schedule of our 2010 public canoe trips, including Moonlight Paddles and Wildlife in the City trips, is posted on our public canoe programs page.
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Ground Broken for the
Wesselman Woods Nature Center
Renovation & Expansion
The ground breaking ceremony for the Wesselman Woods Nature Center building project was held on Wednesday, May 12th at the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve. Details about the renovation—including the design, the project timeline, and how the project will affect our local community and visitors to the area—were announced. Speakers at the ground breaking ceremony included Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel, Steve Bohleber (President of the Evansville Board of Park Commissioners), Gil Himebaugh (President of the Wesselman Nature Society Board of Directors), and Matt Meadors (President/CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana).
Click here for more information. |
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Also, Don't Forget About
Toddler Tales
Nature Story & Craft Activity
Every Wednesday (@ 10 a.m.)
at the Wesselman Park
Shelter House across from
the Par 3 golf course.
Recycle Saturdays
For a complete listing of 2010 dates, times and locations,
please visit our Off-Site Recycling Page.
Check the calendar listings
(WNS Events Calendar)
for detailed descriptions for these
and other upcoming programs
and events.
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Become a Member by Donating Online!
We have included a DonateNow button feature to our website in order to simplify the donation process. With this button, visitors to our website may donate instantly! This tool offers both a safe and easy option for supporters to contribute to our work.
The Wesselman Nature Society invites you to become a member of our organization by donating at one of our membership levels. As a member of our organization, you will receive the following:
- Reduced admission to programs and events offered at Wesselman Woods, Howell Wetlands and with Canoe Evansville.
- A copy of the Society Newsletter, The Old Growth Gazette, mailed to your home or emailed to you quarterly.
- A 10% discount at the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve Gift Shop.
- Invitations to special member-only events throughout the year.
The DonateNow feature is made possible through Groundspring.org, a nonprofit Internet foundation created by the Tides Foundation. All donations are processed by Groundspring.org, utilizing the newest secure technology developed for e-commerce to ensure that a donor's information is kept private and secure.
(Read more about our privacy policy.)
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Wesselman Nature Society is the parent organization of following three area properties/programs:
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Regarding Proposed Softball/Baseball
Complex
Wesselman Nature Society (WNS)
has received many inquiries about
the Softball/Baseball Complex that Evansville Conventions and VisitorsBureau (ECVB) is
proposing to
construct on an
existing park site and on the
Roberts Stadium lot, adjacent to Wesselman Park and Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve, and the impact it would have upon the
Nature Preserve. We can only
speak on behalf of WNS, and
cannot speak for our neighbors
or for the City of Evansville.
WNS is committed to
representing
the best interests
of Wesselman Woods Nature
Preserve. We agree with the comments of John Bacone, Director
of Nature Preserves for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources
when he recently stated
“It is difficult to adequately convey
the uniqueness of Wesselman Woods…it is highly unusual and fortunate for such a fine forest to
be within the city limits of a city
the size of Evansville.” While no independent impact study has
been conducted to date, WNS is reviewing other applicable
scientific research related to the possible effects similar proposed developments might have on woodlands similar to our city’s
unique urban old growth forest, specifically including concerns over
the potential impact of light, water
and noise pollution. In addition,
the ECVB recently agreed to
conduct an independent
environmental feasibility
assessment, which we hope
will provide additional info-
rmation for consideration.
WNS appreciates all efforts of the
ECVB to provide a transparent
process for its proposal. As the
ECVB continues to clarify and
finalize its design for the project,
WNS will continue to evaluate
the impact the design will have
upon Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve. Once the design
proposal is finalized, and the
results of the environmental
feasibility assessment reviewed,
WNS will be better able to
assess the impact of this
project upon Wesselman
Woods Nature Preserve.
  
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