Who is the MooseWood Nature Center? MooseWood Nature Center is a non-profit nature center open year-round located on Presque Park Marquette. Each year we hold our biggest Halloween fundraiser of the year, the Haunted Bog Walk. This fundraiser helps support costs to operate the nature center, food and animal care for our live animal exhibits, […]

3rd Annual Community & Bake Sale Thank you to the Marquette Community who donated their gently used items and yummy baked goodies during last years event. With your continued help we hope to continue to make this an annual fundraiser for your local nature center. This years Community Rummage & Bake Sale takes place Friday, September 6th; […]

  The MooseWood Nature Center is happy to announce the long awaited reveiling of Shelldon’s New Home through an Open House on Sunday, September 29th from 2pm to 4pm filled with activities, programs and giveaways. Shelldon’s New Home provides a larger and more naturalistic environment promoting his overall well-being and offering an impactful educational experience for […]

  Come out to MooseWood to paint turtle rocks to celebrate and raise awareness of Shelldon’s New Home on Saturday, August 24th from 12:00 – 2:00 pm. Full for all ages!  

Pollinator Champions:  Thursday, June 13 at 7:00 pm at MooseWood. Pollinators feed you. What can you do for them? Become a champion for pollinators. Learn about the amazing world of pollinators and pollination. Susan Payant, the “Butterfly Lady” will present a slide presentation. Recommended ages: Families. MooseWood Nature Center is an independent, non-profit organization supported […]

Mushroom Growing Workshop: Sunday, June 9th at 3:00 pm at MooseWood. Please join us at MooseWood Nature Center for this do-it-yourself mushroom workshop. “Mushroom Joe” will chat about mushrooms, their benefits, and the science and art of growing them. Your very own counter-top mushroom farm uses materials that you most likely have at home. The workshop will […]

In Winter, trees become more mysterious to us without their leaves. But they still hold clues to their identity in their twigs, cones, seeds, bark, location and shape. Knowing our tree neighbors’ names makes them more familiar and personal to us. It’s the essential first step to learning more: whether a tree is a native […]

Local birch bark artist, Rick Eckloff will offer a hands-on program on Saturday, December 1st at 1:00 pm. on how to make birch bark and acorn angels. These ornaments will look great on Christmas trees, as tags for gifts or as a gift for a loved one. The program is suitable for ages 6 and up. Younger […]

Bagging for Tips and Receipts at Econo Foods Looking for volunteer or service hours or just want to help out? We are looking for help during our upcoming Bagging for Tips and Receipts Day at Tadych’s Econo Foods in Marquette on Saturday, November 17th from 10 am to 5 pm. Two hour shifts are recommended but […]

A brief Annual Meeting will take place at 6:30 pm on Thursday, September 20th at MooseWood Nature Center with a presentation (approximately 7 pm) to follow by Michigan DNR Biologist, Brian Roell on Big Cats of Michigan. Roell will talk briefly about all three species of big cats (Bobcat, Lynx, Cougar) that could be seen […]