Big Sand Mound Field Day
Other Louisa County Areas, Louisa County
Saturday, June 10, 2023
Registration for kids 12 and under is free! Registration for ages 13 and over 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, or plan to go into Muscatine.
Cash Only registration will be available the day of the event.
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.
