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Central Park Nature Center Open

Looking for a fun summer activity?  Visit the Central Park Nature Center this summer!  The Central Park Nature Center will be hosting monthly themes with special displays and interactive activities set up in the lower level of the center.  Learn about Iowa fishing during the month of June, find out what edible delicacies might be found in your yard in July, and discover Iowa’s powerful pollinators in August.  Help us document the Monarch Migration in September and try your skill at tagging migrating monarchs.  

Nature Center hours are Saturdays and Sundays, 1-5 PM and during the week 8 AM – 3:30 PM, when staff are present.  For more information on upcoming events check out the Jones County Conservation website at  https://www.jonescountyiowa.gov/conservation/ 

Monarch Tagging

Become a scientist for a day!  Bring your family to Central Park to learn about, capture, and tag migrating monarch butterflies.  Bring your own net or borrow one of ours.  Check-in at the Central Park Nature Center to receive instructions and tagging equipment.

Labor Day - County Offices Closed

Monarch Tagging

Become a scientist for a day!  Bring your family to Central Park to learn about, capture, and tag migrating monarch butterflies.  Bring your own net or borrow one of ours.  Check-in at the Central Park Nature Center to receive instructions and tagging equipment.

Monarch Tagging

Become a scientist for a day!  Bring your family to Central Park to learn about, capture, and tag migrating monarch butterflies.  Bring your own net or borrow one of ours.  Check-in at the Central Park Nature Center to receive instructions and tagging equipment.

Monarch Tagging

Become a scientist for a day!  Bring your family to Central Park to learn about, capture, and tag migrating monarch butterflies.  Bring your own net or borrow one of ours.  Check-in at the Central Park Nature Center to receive instructions and tagging equipment.