Join Dane County Parks for an Environmental Fun Fair located on the grounds of our Lussier Family Heritage Center facility. This FREE fun afternoon will be full of hands-on activities centered around nature, recreation, and science. This is an inclusive event appropriate for ALL ages and abilities! Activities under both solar shelter, the big oak tree and the lower level of the Center. Parking is available at the Heritage Center and across the road at the Capital City Trail/Lower Yahara River Trail Trailhead (3102 Lake Farm Road).

Activities will include:

🎨 Face Painting - Antsy Pants Paints

🗑️ Mobil Trash Lab - Dane County Waste & Renewables

⛰️ Hiking Stick Decoration + Leave No Trace information - Ice Age Trail Alliance

🏕️ Camping Demo with Sierra Club Four Lakes Group

🐞 LED Bugs– Dane County 4H

🐺 Biofact Exploration and Animal Adaptation Matching - Henry Vilas Zoo

♻️ Recycling Game - Sustain Dane

📖 Book Bike - Monona Public Library

🐦 Bird and Nature Activities - Madison Friends of Urban Nature (FUN)

⚡ Renewable Energy - Dane County Office of Energy & Climate Change

🛰️ Bird Banding and Tracking - International Crane Foundation

🌳 Tree Climb - Dane County Parks Arborists

🌻 Roadshow - Madison Children's Museum

...more activities coming soon


Restrooms are available near the front entrance of the Heritage Center.

Spanish interpreters will be on site and available to help where needed.