Mequon Nature Preserve in Mequon
Panoramic view from the tower in winter
The PieperPower Education Center includes a 12,000 sq. ft. multi-use classroom and conference facility. It provides a comprehensive outdoor science program to 5,000 K-12 students annually as well as environmental science programs to the general public.
Identified by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as an ebird hotspot with 184 species recorded.
The preserve includes a working farm and community gardens.
For more information go Mequon Nature Preserve.
For a MNP trail map, click here.
Story links:
Mequon Nature Preserve: Frolickers out in force!
Kristin Gjerdset: Artist in Residence at Mequon Nature Preserve
Monarch butterfly tagging at Mequon Nature Preserve
Meet Tilia: Canine conservation ambassador at Mequon Nature Preserve
Snowbirds at Mequon Nature Preserve
Gallery (click to enlarge)
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- Summer landscape
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- Young scientists. Courtesy Mequon Nature Preserve
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- Blue bottle gentian blossoms
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- The tower
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- Dogsled demonstration at Winter Frolic
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- Carriage ride at Winter Frolic
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- View from tower
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- Eastern phoebe
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- The farm
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- Sunflowers!
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- The bees
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- Wetland pond
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- Turtle in the center
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- Wetland and sky
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- Pond
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- Autumn landscape
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- Kids on play log at Winter Frolic
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- Artist in Residence Kristin Gjerdset
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- Woodland walk
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- Serenity
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- Autumn rhythms
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- Pheasant tail mushrooms
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- Trio in prairie
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- Milkweed gone to seed
Address
8200 W. County Line Road53097, Mequon, WI, US