Join us in keeping a nature journal throughout 2021. This is your journal, something to help you connect to the natural world around you and make discoveries along the way. Don’t worry, we will give you a new prompt here regularly!

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Director of Education & Events Amy is sharing all about the fascinating life of spotted salamanders. Do you want to know how salamanders absorb water? Tune in to find out!

If you were to make a list of animals rarely seen in our area, you probably would not put a salamander on that list. However, spotted salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) are one our region’s most elusive finds. Surprisingly, it is not due to their rarity. But rather, their lifestyle. Scientists group spotted salamanders into a family […]