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MacKenzie Environmental Education Center
Wisconsin Wildlife Federation
W7303 County Road CS & Q
Poynette, WI 53955-9690
Phone: 608-635-8105
Fax: 608-635-2743
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MacKenzie Environmental Education Center
Community Events
The MacKenzie Environmental Education Center hosts community events each year giving individuals an
opportunity to enjoy our property and have lots of family fun!
SUMMER
Outdoor Skills Day and Prairie Interpretative Tour (Annually in July)
Saturday, July 10, 2010: 9am - 2pm: Main Lodge
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Free and fun for all ages. Rotate thru a variety of hands on outdoor skills like fishing, archery and
shooting sports. Enjoy an interpretative tour of our prairies or join a seminar on fishing or outdoor cooking.
Contact Ruth Ann Lee, educator at
608-635-8105 or ruthann@wiwf.org |
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Wildlife Exhibit Series
Wednesdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm
July 21 - A Bird's Eye View
August 25 - Weasely Wanderers
September 22 - Unbelievable Ungulates
| What makes these animals so amazing? Explore unique adaptations, tracks, scat and so much more while observing animals in the wildlife exhibit. Hands-on activities for all ages. Meet at the Teaching Station in the wildlife exhibit. |
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Fire by Friction - Community Workshop
Tuesday August 10th, 2010, 6:30pm; Picnic Shelter
| Join us for an introduction to fire by friction. Learn to use a bow drill and what trees are best for fire making. |
FALL
Hootenanny - Community Event
Saturday October 2nd, 2010, 6:30pm - 8:30pm; Main Lodge
Join us in our main lodge for a sing-along. Bring your voices and/or acoustic instruments for an evening of free family fun. Take a photo with Smokey Bear and help yourself to free refreshments.
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2010 Fundraising Banquet
Saturday, October 9th, 2010; 5:00 pm; Main Lodge
First Annual MacKenzie Banquet; $40 per person; beef or salmon dinner. Raffles include firearms, archery, fishing, cash, and more. Banquet is limited to 120 individuals so call soon. All profits from the banquet stay in Poynette to support the Center!
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Haunted Hay Ride - Community Event
Friday October 22, 2010; 6:30pm - 9:30pm AND
Saturday, October 23, 2010; 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Join us for a fun and spooky hay ride around the MacKenzie Center property. Zombies, Witches, Graveyards, Ghosts and more! $5 for adults, $3 children age 3-8; includes a campfire with snacks too! Dress appropriately for the weather, costumes welcome.
MEEC is located just two miles east of Poynette, WI and 25 miles north of Madison, WI.
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Contact Ruth Ann Lee, educator at 608-635-8105 or
ruthann@wiwf.org |
SPRING
Maple Syrup Festival (first Saturday each April)
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011:
| Begin your day with a pancake breakfast held by the Poynette Optimist Club in our lodge.
Enjoy free guided tours of the sugarbush, demonstrations on tapping a maple tree and making syrup,
interpretative talks on how Native American and Pioneers made maple sugar and syrup as well as current methods
used in our own MacKenzie sugarbush. Participants will have the opportunity to watch home-made ice cream being
churned with an antique engine; listen to live, old-time, country music; and take a horse-drawn wagon ride.
In addition, the live wildlife exhibit, which includes animals native to Wisconsin and the museums, will be open.
For more information call 608-635-8105.
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