If you’re looking for something fun to do with your family while students are on Fall break, the Woodlands Nature Station in Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area will be celebrating Wolf Week, October 2-8.
Friends of LBL spokeswoman Arrianne Byrum invites you to visit the Nature Station’s endangered red wolves and join their “pack” of wolf admirers. She says you can attend special wolf programs offered each day, join the red wolves for feeding time daily at 2:30 p.m., become a werewolf and more. In addition, she says you can discover why these cunning canines have inspired awe in people for generations.
Immediately following Wolf Week, Byrum says the Nature Station will host the Wooly Bear Festival on Saturday and Sunday, October 9 & 10, with fun fall activities including crafts, animal feeding programs, a wild edibles hike, and a night hike.
Programming includes:
Saturday, October 2 – Wolf Week Begins
11 am – 1 pm – Wolf Origami
11:30 am – 12 pm – Club Tooth and Claw
1 – 3 pm – DIY Canine Track Books
2:30 – 2:50 pm – Red Wolf Treat Time
Sunday, October 3
11 am – 1 pm – Playdough Puppies
11:30 am – 12 pm – Eat, Prey, Love
1 – 3 pm – DIY Canine Track Books
2:30 – 3:15 pm – Happy Wolf Day Party
3:30 – 4 pm – Sunday Funday – Crafty Coyotes
Monday, October 4
1:30 – 2 pm – The Rare Red: A Look Ahead
2:30 – 2:50 pm – Red Wolf Treat Time
3:30-4pm – The Awesome Opossum
Tuesday, October 5
1:30 – 2 pm – I Wish I Were a Werewolf
2:30 – 2:50 pm – Red Wolf Treat Time
3:30-4pm – Vulture Culture
Wednesday, October 6
1:30 – 2:30 pm – Crafty Coyotes
2:30 – 2:50 pm – Red Wolf Treat Time
3:30-4pm – For Goodness Snakes
Thursday, October 7
1:30 – 2pm – Bad to the Bone
2:30 – 2:50 pm – Red Wolf Treat Time
3:30-4pm – Bites for Bobcat
Friday, October 8
1:30 – 2 pm – Back With the Pack
2:30 – 2:50 pm – Red Wolf Treat Time
3:30 – 3:50 pm – Red Wolf Treat Time, Second Helpings!
Saturday, October 9 – Wooly Bear Festival Begins
All Day- Signs of the Season Scavenger Hunt
All Day – Wooly Bear 500 Obstacle Course
10:30 – 11am – HOOTenanny!
11am-12pm – Nature’s Bounty: Wild Edibles Hike
12-2pm – Wooly Bear Kids’ Craft
1-1:30pm – Fall Feline Fun-time
2-3pm – Squawking Squirrels Kids’ Campfire
3:30-4pm – The Grumpy Ole’ Groundhog
6:30-8:30pm – Owl Prowl Night Hike (registration required, call 270-924-2020)
Sunday, October 10
All Day- Signs of the Season Scavenger Hunt
All Day – Wooly Bear 500 Obstacle Course
11-11:30am – Fears and Phobias
12-2pm – Wooly Bear Kids’ Craft
12-1pm – A Tree-mendous Hike
1-1:45pm – Build-a-Beaver
2-2:30pm – Weather Folklore
3:30-4pm – Talkin’ Turkey
For more information, call the Nature Station at 270-924-2299 or click here.
Fourth-grade students can click here to get their free Every Kid in a Park pass, and get their family in for free.
