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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

Board of Supervisors Meeting

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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.

Conservation Board Meeting

Veteran Affairs Commission Meeting - Jones County Veterans Affairs Commission

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Conservation Board Meeting

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Board of Supervisors Meeting

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Planning And Zoning Commission Meeting

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Meeting - September Meeting JCSWMC

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Solid Waste Management Commission Meeting - September Meeting JCSWMC

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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.

Board of Supervisors Meeting

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Board of Health Meeting

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Night Creatures & Night Skies

Join the Ross & Elizabeth Baty Monticello Library and Jones County Conservation staff from 7 -8:30 PM on Tuesday, September 17th for a fun evening exploring the night at Central Park!  Learn about night creatures through hands on interactive exhibits and displays in the lower level of the Central Park Nature Center.  Head outside to view the September Full Harvest Super Moon through a cool telescope and binoculars.  Learn how to use your phone to identify named constellations.   Check out a lantern to go on a short  Animals of the Night Eye Spy Hike.  This 'Come & Go' event is free and open to the public.  

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.

Board of Supervisors Meeting

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