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Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Environment September 14, 2024 - 6:08 pm

Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence celebrates 25 years

by Maya Hodison & Molly Adams

Prairie Park Nature Center on Saturday celebrated 25 years of preserving local wildlife and native species in Lawrence.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Education September 14, 2024 - 4:28 pm

KU architecture students celebrate new outdoor classroom, pavilion at Prairie Park Nature Center

by Maya Hodison

Students in a KU architecture class on Saturday celebrated a new pavilion they designed at Prairie Park Nature Center using old road signs and other repurposed materials.

Arts & Events September 7, 2024 - 5:31 pm

Prairie Park Nature Center to celebrate 25th anniversary

by Lawrence Times

Lawrence’s Prairie Park Nature Center is turning 25 years old, and the community is invited to its birthday party.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Environment August 14, 2024 - 8:16 pm

Grant to help expand conservation efforts at Mary’s Lake, Prairie Park Nature Center

by Maya Hodison

Mary’s Lake, adjacent to Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence, will be getting a makeover aimed at advancing work to nurture the surrounding habitat. 

Tom Harper
Education May 11, 2024 - 12:15 pm

KU students have nearly completed an outdoor classroom at Prairie Park Nature Center

by Photos by Tom Harper

A new outdoor classroom and event space at Prairie Park Nature Center, designed and built by KU architecture students, is almost complete.

Arts & Events February 2, 2024 - 4:40 pm

KU students to build new outdoor classroom at Prairie Park Nature Center; open house to show plans

by Maya Hodison

A new outdoor classroom at Prairie Park Nature Center is in the works, and an open house Monday will reveal plans led by KU architecture students.

Arts & Events October 26, 2023 - 8:29 pm

13 Halloween-themed events coming up in Lawrence

by Lawrence Times

Grab your costume and a large bag — it’s trick-or-treating time in Lawrence. Here’s a roundup of some fun and spooky events in the area. Most involve gratuitous amounts of candy.

Environment June 30, 2023 - 4:54 pm

Pancake the black-footed ferret remembered for his playfulness

by Chansi Long

One of Prairie Park Nature Center’s cutest and longest-lived critters — Pancake, an 8-year-old black-footed ferret — died this week.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Environment May 9, 2023 - 11:55 am

Lawrence community members gather for healing at remnant prairie where flowers are dying from herbicide

by Molly Adams & Mackenzie Clark

Dozens of Lawrence community members visited the remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center Monday evening for a healing gathering, following the city’s use of herbicide spray that is killing millions of wildflowers.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Environment May 8, 2023 - 7:50 pm

Lawrence Parks and Rec management: Staff turnover, lack of plan led to remnant prairie herbicide spray

by Mackenzie Clark

All the people who knew how to care for the remnant prairie behind Prairie Park Nature Center have retired or resigned in the past few years, city staff members said Monday, and there was no firm plan in place to share that knowledge with newer staff.

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