ROOTS OF WISDOM: Native Knowledge. Shared Science.
Now open in KNC’s Exhibits Hall!
This interactive exhibition for all ages explores how traditional knowledge and Western science can be unified to improve our relationship with the natural world. Includes a regional feature on Mnomen (wild rice) in collaboration with the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, Gun Lake Tribe.
EARTH DAY CELEBRATION
Saturday, April 20 – FREE Admission Day
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RAPTOR RUN
Saturday, April 27
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SUMMER CAMP EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
Early Bird Registration now open!
KNC Campers enjoy weekly themes, take on new adventures, make new friends, and learn to have a positive impact on the natural world.
SPONSOR A KNC EVENT IN 2024
Whether your business operates locally, nationally, or globally, a sponsorship places you in front of our 5,600+ membership base and the greater Kalamazoo community. Coming up:
Roots of Wisdom Opens March 23
Earth Day Celebration April 20
Coming Up Next
Here’s what’s coming up in the next few weeks at KNC! Visit the Calendar >
Preschool Explorers
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Hiking Spree Social Hikes
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Preschool Explorers
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
After School Animals: Turtles
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Hiking Spree Social Hikes
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
The Climate Crisis and Many Ways of Knowing: Visit to Roots of Wisdom Exhibit
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Land Acknowledgment
The Kalamazoo Nature Center holds responsibility for over 1,500 acres of land. These properties embody a history of deep historical injustices that have produced inequity in access to nature that continues today. KNC occupies the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of the first peoples, the Anishinaabek. Also known as the Council of the Three Fires, the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Bodewadmi people ceded land in the 1821 Treaty of Chicago and lost lands through forced removal in 1833. Additionally, we acknowledge the complex racial inequity contributing to steep disparities in land access and ownership for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. This gives weight to KNC’s charge to our community. We are committed to becoming a KNC led by and in service to all of our community and to honoring our complex history in all we do. We are committed to healing these relationships between people and land in our work.
Please note: KNC is a non-profit nature preserve.
Dogs, camping, drones, and firearms are not permitted. Bicycles and motorized vehicles are not permitted on the trails.
KNC does not accept injured or orphaned animals and is not a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
If you are concerned about an animal, please seek guidance before moving or touching the animal. Learn more >