About This Event
Welcome to Rushton Nature Keepers (RNK)!
Rushton Nature Keepers (RNK) provides youth (ages 8-11) with unique opportunities to develop a meaningful relationship with nature, which will fuel a lifelong desire to protect the environment. RNK is focused on shaping and empowering these future conservationists while nurturing a spirit of discovery and wonder. We offer regular programs covering four conservation themes including: birds and wildlife, regenerative farming, watersheds, and healthy habitat.
Our Objectives for Your Child:
- Create a conservation ethic by showing the importance of preserving open space.
- Connect personally to nature and foster lifelong respect for the natural world.
- Nurture a spirit of discovery and wonder.
- Develop observation skills and understanding of science beyond the classroom.
- Recognize the connection of wildlife, farming, and watersheds.
- Understand how people can help create and preserve healthy habitats.
- Appreciate the origins of the food we eat and how nature and agriculture can flourish together.
- Demonstrate the positive role humans can play in the natural world.
- Foster an awareness of how everyday personal choices can help the planet.
A registration link for the following events will be emailed to you after you purchase your RNK Membership(s).
** Photography policy: Attendance at Willistown Conservation Trust programs and events constitutes consent to be photographed for use in print and electronic media. Images will not be identified using full names without written approval from the individual. Please notify Trust staff if you would prefer that your or your child’s photo not be used.
Thank you!
RNK 2024 EVENTS
- Monday, June 17 | Discover Wild Rushton (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
- Tuesday, June 18 | Leaf Packs & Stream Life (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
- Wednesday, June 19 | Diversity of Birds (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- Thursday, June 20 | Farming with Nature and Honeybees (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- Friday, June 21 | Into the Forest (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- Wednesday, June 26 | Fireflies, Moths and Your Yard in the Dark (7:30 pm - 9:30 pm) **FAMILY**
- Tuesday, July 23 | Wildflowers and Watercolor Workshop (4:00 pm - 6:00 pm)
- Thursday, August 22 | Summer Harvest (9:00 am - 11:30 am)
- Wednesday, August 28 | Bug Night with Academy of Natural Sciences (7:30 pm - 9:30 pm) **FAMILY**
- Saturday, September 7 | Fall Songbird Banding (8:00 am - 10:00 am)
- Thursday, October 17 | Monster Night and Autumn Hayrides (4:30 pm - 6:30 pm)
- Friday, November 1 | Northern Saw-whet Owl banding (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm)
- Friday, November 15 | Rushton Junior Naturalist Celebration (4:30 pm - 6:00 pm)
About This Event
Welcome to Rushton Nature Keepers (RNK)!
Rushton Nature Keepers (RNK) provides youth (ages 8-11) with unique opportunities to develop a meaningful relationship with nature, which will fuel a lifelong desire to protect the environment. RNK is focused on shaping and empowering these future conservationists while nurturing a spirit of discovery and wonder. We offer regular programs covering four conservation themes including: birds and wildlife, regenerative farming, watersheds, and healthy habitat.
Our Objectives for Your Child:
- Create a conservation ethic by showing the importance of preserving open space.
- Connect personally to nature and foster lifelong respect for the natural world.
- Nurture a spirit of discovery and wonder.
- Develop observation skills and understanding of science beyond the classroom.
- Recognize the connection of wildlife, farming, and watersheds.
- Understand how people can help create and preserve healthy habitats.
- Appreciate the origins of the food we eat and how nature and agriculture can flourish together.
- Demonstrate the positive role humans can play in the natural world.
- Foster an awareness of how everyday personal choices can help the planet.
A registration link for the following events will be emailed to you after you purchase your RNK Membership(s).
** Photography policy: Attendance at Willistown Conservation Trust programs and events constitutes consent to be photographed for use in print and electronic media. Images will not be identified using full names without written approval from the individual. Please notify Trust staff if you would prefer that your or your child’s photo not be used.
Thank you!
RNK 2024 EVENTS
- Monday, June 17 | Discover Wild Rushton (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
- Tuesday, June 18 | Leaf Packs & Stream Life (9:00 am -12:00 pm)
- Wednesday, June 19 | Diversity of Birds (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- Thursday, June 20 | Farming with Nature and Honeybees (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- Friday, June 21 | Into the Forest (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)
- Wednesday, June 26 | Fireflies, Moths and Your Yard in the Dark (7:30 pm - 9:30 pm) **FAMILY**
- Tuesday, July 23 | Wildflowers and Watercolor Workshop (4:00 pm - 6:00 pm)
- Thursday, August 22 | Summer Harvest (9:00 am - 11:30 am)
- Wednesday, August 28 | Bug Night with Academy of Natural Sciences (7:30 pm - 9:30 pm) **FAMILY**
- Saturday, September 7 | Fall Songbird Banding (8:00 am - 10:00 am)
- Thursday, October 17 | Monster Night and Autumn Hayrides (4:30 pm - 6:30 pm)
- Friday, November 1 | Northern Saw-whet Owl banding (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm)
- Friday, November 15 | Rushton Junior Naturalist Celebration (4:30 pm - 6:00 pm)