Lenten Earth Care Activities

Special thanks to Margaret Kramar for compiling this list of activities associated with earth care in Lawrence that will take place between now and Easter:

Prairie Park Nature Center: 2730 Harper Street

         Lake Restoration Work Day

         Saturday, April 26, 2 p.m.

         Canoer’s Guide to Wetland Conservation

         Saturday, April 12, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

         Mushroom Foray Field Trip

         Friday, April 11, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

         Wild Adventures for Preschoolers and Parents

                  Tuesday, March 25, 10 to 11 a.m.

                  Tuesday, April 8, 10 to 11 a.m.

                  Tuesday, April 15, 10 to 11 a.m.

         Mindfulness Monday Walk with a Naturalist

                  Monday, March 31, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

*Some Prairie Park Nature Center activities require registration and/or fees.  Please check website.

Ken Lassman:

         Free Monthly Prairie Walks with Ken Lassman, Local Naturalist

         Saturday, March 15, 2 p.m., Prairie Park Nature Center

         Saturday, April 19, 2 p.m., Prairie Park Nature Center

Lawrence Bird Alliance Field Trips:

         Saturday, March 22, 8 a.m.

         Meet at the parking lot east of the Wakarusa Museum, not the swim beach.

         Wednesday, April 9, 8 a.m. 

         Lawrence Water Treatment Plant and East of Baker Wetlands

         Meet at the intersection of N. 1175 and E. 1660 Rds.

Lawrence Bird Alliance Educational Presentation:

         Native Gardening for Backyard Birds

         Monday, March 24, 7 p.m.

         Baker Wetlands Discovery Center  (Also Zoom)

(SWRV) Save the Wakarusa River Valley:

         Community Update Meeting to Stop the New Boston Crossing

         Saturday, March 29, 2;30 to 3:30 p.m.

         Lawrence Public Library

Friends of the Kaw:

         Kansas Riverbank Cleanup

         April 19, 2025, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

         Meet at North 2nd and Locust