We invite all TWC Members in good standing to join us for our Annual Meeting. You are invited to meet our new slate of officers of the Board of Directors, presented at 6pm. Also at this time, we will be voting to adopt our new Bylaws. Please see the new proposed bylaws below and the…

Gone batty? Relax and join us for a fun nighttime program at the Wilderness Center. This program begins indoors with guest speaker Nancy Owen and some of her ambassador bats, but ends prowling for bats outside. Learn how bats thrive in the night, indicators that bats are present, and debunking some myths. Dress according to…

The Wilderness Center is pleased to be a hosting venue for the 5th performance in this year’s Summer Serenades in the Park Concert Series. The FREE performance at TWC features a String Quartet. Bring your chairs and blankets. Pack a picnic dinner, or plan to purchase food from onsite food trucks Up in Smoke BBQ…

Join TWC for a fun-filled day of learning about birds that are active at night from owls that hunt to birds that migrate. 11 am, “Lights Out for Birds: Community Solutions for Avian Conservation” presented by Matt Shumar from OSU and Ohio Bird Initiative Matt will discuss how artificial light at night has become a…

Vote Today! TWC is naming a new animal ambassador mascot for our organization, and we need your help! Vote to determine whether TWC will be represented by our native Spotted Salamander or the native Eastern Chipmunk. Both of these adorable animals are found on our main property in WIlmot. Spotted salamanders, (Ambysto mamaculatum), can be…

This year’s Nature Fest will be combined with The Wilderness Center’s Nature Photo Club’s Foto Fest on June 3 and 4, 2023 for a weekend celebrating the connection between nature and artistic expression. 2023 Nature Fest Vendors Include: The 1824 Candle Company Beeyond 1817 The Copper Fox Makery Dawn Blattel The Finian Fox Lizzie with…

Join Save Ohio Bees™ founder, Tracy Teuscher for a family-friendly presentation about native bees and how to help them thrive in your own backyard, school, or urban garden. Tracy is a certified ecotherapist and an Ohio certified volunteer naturalist. Please register for this free program. Visit Save Ohio Bees’ booth at Nature Fest on Saturday,…

  Virtual presentation by Mary Ellen LeMay, Aspetuck Land Trust, Connecticut With more than 16 states in various stages of launching Pollinator Pathways, this landowner outreach strategy has taken the region by storm in only 6 years. By planting natives, avoiding pesticides, and reducing lawn, this very scalable initiative has the potential to create healthy,…

  Our trails are not only beautiful, but they tell lots of stories, too. Tune in to nature sounds and enjoy some fresh air on a medium length hike. Full of amazing discoveries, our hikes include seasonally relevant content including adaptations, ecological change, habitats, and the food web. 

A part of our free Come Grow with Us Series. Join us for a talk about various exotic, invasive plants, trees, shrubs, and insects that our Director of Forestry encounters in Ohio. Learn how to identify them and about their effect on the environment. Find out about options for controlling these invasives. Presentation by Adam…