Located in the area at Front and Cleveland Streets, Tamms, IL.  Car show during the day.  Music starts at 6, with Fireworks at 10pm

The City of Harrisburg is pleased to announce our 2022 Fourth of July Celebration. We are excited to be able to continue on with our celebration and are looking forward to an even bigger show this year!  City Hall at 618.253.7451

Be sure to save room for mushrooms! Join Naturalist and wild food enthusiast Alex Holmes for an introduction to edible summer mushrooms and how to prepare them. Registration is required. registration required.  618-457-4836

Annual Hummingbird Day at War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, hosted by Shawnee Chapter War Bluff Bird Sanctuary, 99-69 Bushwack Rd, Golconda, IL 62938

There are over 400 species of rare plants known from Illinois, but many of them look similar to more common species. This presentation will discuss the identifica-tion of rare plants and explain how to differentiate them from their related counter-parts. Registration is required.

oin University of Illinois Extension and Illinois Department of Natural Resources at our first Magnificent Moths event during during National Moth Week! Did you know there are over 150,000 species of moths in the world? Moths play an important role in the food web, but are often ignored. Join us Read more…

Join reptile enthusiast Tony Gerard for an up-close look at snakes, skinks, lizards, and turtles, highlighting characteristics of reptiles found in southern Illinois. The indoor presentation will be at the Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center from 1 to 2 p.m. The program concludes with an optional hike on Todd Fink- […]

The 27th Annual Cache River Days are planned Sept. 8th-11th at the Ullin Ballpark, 550 Ullin Avenue, Ullin, Illinois. The theme for this year’s festival is “Wings Over the Cache.” Cache River Days will feature a pageant, baby contest, 5K, flea market, food vendors, parade, children’s train rides, bounce houses, Read more…

TThe magnificent monarch butterfly migrates up to 2,500 miles from North America to central Mexico for the winter. Monarch Watch Association has been tagging and monitoring migrating monarchs since 1992. Join us at the Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center, for a program at 10:00 a.m. to learn natural history of Read more…

While identifying grasses can be tricky, it doesn’t always have to be. Learn the basics of grass identification and how to identify common grasses on your next hike, without learning complex terminology or needing a hand lens. Registration is required.

Buffalo Day, an event that happens twice a year, is an extremely important day for both us and the animals. It is a day in which we assess the animals, get their weights, tag this years calves, and give the animals any help they may require before releasing them back Read more…

Come on out to our place for our Fall Open House to get everything you need for fall decorating! We will have pumpkins, mums, eggs, goat milk soap and possibly some produce for sale. We will also have farm animals out for visiting with. We're excited to share our farm Read more…