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About Prairie Park Nature Center is a 100 acre nature preserve and education facility featuring woodlands, wetlands and native prairie. Closed Mondays. Story Prairie Park Nature Center opened in 1999 as an 80-acre nature preserve on the east side of Lawrence. It has since expanded to 100 acres. The preserve incorporates wetlands, woodlands and prairie habitats and a five acre lake. Visitors may see a wide variety of native Kansas wildlife on the property including beavers, deer, bobcats and birds of prey. The nature center preserve and education building are operated by the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department and funded by City of Lawrence sales tax revenue. Prairie Park offers walking trails for bird watchers and wildlife enthusiasts as well as educational programs to the public, schools and local groups. Mary’s Lake is just a short walk from the education building and is open for public fishing. It is stocked with fish by the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks. The education building features natural habitat dioramas, displays and live animals, including a live bird of prey collection with eagles, owls,9 hawks and falcons. (All information for this page was sourced from either the Prairie Park Nature Center or City of Lawrence, KS websites) Mission The nature center is dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity, habitat and species through promoting awareness of local and global environmental issues.
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