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Huron Prairie Fest

A Free Outdoor
Educational Adventure 
For the
 Whole Family!       
                                       

 

 

 Fall 2008 Dates TBA 

      
Located at 
     Maga Ta-Hohpi Waterfowl Production Area

                                   (8 miles west of Huron on Hwy.14, turn north on 392nd Avenue and follow signs)

Schedule of Events

                Early Bird Cont’l Breakfast
                Bird Netting & Banding
                Great Plains Zoo - Live Animal Demonstration 
                Explore a Wetland
                Prairie Trail Ride - Horse drawn trail ride. Bring your binoculars.
                Intro to Wildlife Photography provided by Huron Area Photography Club
                Lunch ($2/person) with Puppet Show by Nyoda Girl Scouts
                Fire on the Prairie (Equipment Demo)
                Birding By Ear
                Great Plains Zoo - Live Animal Demonstration 
 
Activities Available All Day (9am-3pm)
·          Soil Tunnel - by Natural Resources Conservation Service.
·          Prairie Bingo Scavenger Hunt
·          It’s for the Birds - Build your own Bird Nesting Shelf.
·          Bird Troopers - Explore local wildlife.  Bring your own binoculars or check them out.
·          I.D. in the Classroom
·          Meet a Local Wildlife Photographer, Chris Bailey
·          Wildlife Crafts
·          Wildlife Wood Carving Demonstrations 
·          The Buffalo & Plains Indians Traveling Exhibit
·          Dutch Oven Demonstration
 
                                     
Maga Ta-Hohpi Friends Group     
352-0000 or 1-800-487-6673
 
Brought to You By:
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Maga Ta-Hohpi Friends Group
Huron Chamber & Visitors Bureau
Beadle County Sportsman Club
SD Chapter of The Wildlife Society
ProPT , Sunbird Wildbird Store
Girl Scouts of Nyoda Council
Mid-Dakota Rural Water System
SD Army National Guard,
Beadle Co. Young Republican,
Natural Resources Conservation Ser.
2005 Prairie Fest Pictures

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