Events Schedule of the Day

10:00 Walking Tour - Self-Guided Walk with Plant Description Signs ...(until 5 p.m.)

10:00 Silent Auction Begins in Raffle Tent ...(until 1 p.m.)

10:00 Atlatl Spear Throwing Begins

10:00 Walking Tour – Mike Crowe to East Heinkel Hilltop Prairie

10:15 Face Painting - Children's Tent ...(until 11:15 a.m.)

10:25 Walking Tour – Larry Creekmur to Doug's Knob

10:30 Tractor-Drawn Wagon Rides (15 minutes) through the Prairie ...(until 11 a.m.)

10:30 - 11:15 Family Scavenger Hunt - Susan Kleiman

10:40 Walking Tour – Dean Weidman to Hammill Winter Unit and Coneflower Unit

11:00 Riding Tour - John & Cindy Schmadeke

11:00 Food Service Begins - ...(until 3 p.m.)

11:00 Raffle Drawing #1

11:00 Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides (15 minutes) ...(until 2 p.m.)

11:05 Barn Tour (Nachusa Headquarters) – Mike Adolph

11:15 Cranes of the Tallgrass Prairie- Alyssa Rod
International Crane Foundation Program

11:20 Walking Tour - Mike Saxton

11:40 Walking Tour - Al Meier High Quality Prairie Remnants

12:00 Sláinte and Friends – Irish Traditional Music ...(until 3 p.m.)

12:00 Walking Tour Bob Shone to Low Oaks Savanna

12:00 Face Painting - Children's Tent ...(until 1:15 a.m.)

12:20 Walking Tour Janet Guffey - Schaefer Knob

12:30 Raffle Drawing #2

12:30 - 1:15 Family Scavenger Hunt - Mike Adolph

12:40 Walking Tour – Dave Derwent to Hamill Winter Knobs and Wetlands
1:00 Silent Auction Ends

1:00 Ryan Klopf Prairie Soils

1:15 Cranes of the Tallgrass Prairie- Alyssa Rod
International Crane Foundation Program

1:20 Walking Tour – Kevin Kaltenbach to Fen Unit

1:40 Riding Tour – Cindy & John Schmadeke

2:00 Raffle Drawing #3

2:00 Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides End

2:00 Walking Tour – Jan Grainger - Butterfly Hike

2:20 Walking Tour – Bernie Buchholz Restoration in Progress

2:30 Tractor-Drawn Wagon Rides (15 minutes) through the Prairie ...(until 4 p.m.)

2:30 Face Painting - Children's Tent ...(until 3:45 p.m.)

2:40 Walking Tour – Cody Considine to Pottawatomie, Big Woods, and Kittentail Savannas

2:45 - 3:30 Family Scavenger Hunt - Susan Kleiman

3:00 Food Service Ends

3:00 Walking Tour - Jason Johnson

3:05 Barn Tour (Nachusa Headquarters) – Mike Adolph

3:20 Walking Tour – Katie Schoenfeldt to Hamill Winter Unit

3:30 Raffle Drawing #4

3:40 Hunters' Tour – Damian Considine to Big Woods

4:00 Walking Tour – Dave Crites & John Hennigan

4:30 Unclaimed Raffle Items for Sale