Hartley Nature Center

Programs: Programs for the general public:- offered 97 seasonal environmental camps (3-5 days in length). Natural history and outdoor skills were the primary topics with participants ages 4-12. - gave away $5,581 in camp scholarship assistance to families whose children qualified for the federal free and reduced lunch program. - provided 48 walk-in nature nook programs for parents and their pre-schoolers over the course of the year. Attendance was 1,031 participants. - provided 39 adult programs throughout the school year in collaboration with the izaak walton league, trout unlimited, hawk ridge, the wild ones native plant group, duluth folk school, solar installation workshop. - co-hosted free outdoor youth expo with the izaak walton league for 95 parents and children. Activities included fly fishing, bird banding, and birdhouse building. - provided 7 120-hour stewardship internships in environmental studies. - provided 10 environmental education internships of up to 1,000 hours each. - provided volunteer opportunities including: education, stewardship and event assistants. Volunteer list consists of over 150 individuals. - held candlelight ski, skate and snowshoe event for 283 participants. - provided 1,674 man-hours in the way of volunteer opportunities involved in the stewardship of hartley park, including buckthorn pulls and frog population monitoring projects. - provided 1,291 camping experiences for kids at three separate camp opportunities. School programs (pre-k thru grade 12):- provided 200 student field trip experiences free of charge via our school scholarship fund. The funds were again accessible to those schools with over 55% of their students on free and reduced lunch. - provided $4,035 worth of free transportation for area schools attending field trips. - provided 35,712 contact hours to 92 children via our hartley nature preschool during the course of the normal school year. - 11,594 total participants in all programs for early childhood and school-aged groups; total of 69,652 contact hours. - served groups from several area communities. - provided 3,523 field trip opportunities. - served 2,957 students via school site visits.

nature-based preschool: 92 students served; 35,712 contact hours. Provided $2,121 worth of preschool scholarships