Big Sand Mound Field Day 2026

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Event Summary

Please take time to review the schedule for the day and preserve map.
You'll be asked to select sessions to attend as part of registration! 

Registration for adults (18+) is $15.00 per person. All registrations will include a roll or doughnut, a beverage and a field guide upon arrival. Lunch will not be provided.

Participants should bring a bag lunch.

Registration will be available the day of the event but you must have exact cash, check, or ability to register/pay online. 

A participant letter containing specific details will be sent to you via email after you register. 

The Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve is important in the Midwest for its diverse ecosystem of unusual plants and animals. With 510 acres owned by two companies, the preserve includes open prairies, sand barrens, shallow ponds and woodlands. Animals find the preserve relatively undisturbed, with a variety of habitats in close proximity to each other. Of more than 400 different plants at the site, 80 percent are native. The cactus and lizards are well adapted to the dry, infertile sandy soils more like the southwestern United States. Many people have generously worked and studied together to protect this regionally important resource. Normally closed to the public, Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve can be visited only with advance arrangements. The Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve showcases the ability of business and industry to maintain and enhance biological, ecological and cultural resources and make a positive impact on the environment.

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Cost

Adults - $15.00

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Category

Special Events

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