Current & Upcoming

Environmental Investigators: Flopping Frogs

Apr 08, 2023 11:00AM—12:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

  See different types of frogs that live in Ohio. Learn our regional frog calls, and try your hand at catching tadpoles in our pond? For families/groups with children of all ages. Please include ALL participants over age 5 from your group when registering.

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Effects Of Plastics And Microplastics In Our Bodies And The Environment

Mar 25, 2023 1:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Join us for this free public event addressing one of today’s hot topics: plastics/microplastics. Guest speaker Dr. Randi Pokladnik will provide a brief history of plastics, including how plastics are made, how they enter our world, and what they are doing to harm the environment and our health. 

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Environmental Investigators: Soaring Friends

Mar 25, 2023 2:30PM—3:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689 Meet at the Lakeview Shelter

Birds are in the air and soaring right above us. In this family-friendly program you’ll learn about some of these feathered friends and what makes them unique. Includes fun activities where you’ll hunt like a bird and figure out what type of food a bird eats based on the type of beak it has. For…

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TWC Readers’ Group Book Chat

Mar 04, 2023 2:00PM—3:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave Wilmot, OH 44689

We’ll be discussing Fen, Bog, and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx. A geographically and historically widespread look at the degradation of wetlands and the present day consequences. All are welcome!

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Past | Archive

Fall Stewardship Challenge Volunteer: Old Homesite Trash Clean-Up

Oct 24, 2025 10:00AM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Coffee & Ecology with The Wilderness Center

Oct 23, 2025 7:00PM

Boo Bear’s Brew: 140 S Walnut St, Wooster, OH 44691

Pop-Up Speaker: Dave Hanna from Pacific Rim Conservation in Hawaii

Oct 22, 2025 6:00PM

The Wilderness Center Buckeye Room 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

TWC Homeschool Series: The Nature of Science

Oct 22, 2025 9:30AM—12:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Planetarium Show: Halloween: Celestial Origins

Oct 18, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Astronomy Education Building at TWC 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

The Physics of Pumpkin Chuckin’

Oct 18, 2025 1:00PM—3:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689