Earth Day Birthday Event this Weekend!

Come out to celebrate Earth Day!


This weekend is our 7th Annual Earth Day Birthday Event! We have a lot of really exciting activities as well as displays with hands on learning. We are also happy to have the popular Giant Rabbits and Mountain Edge Alpacas!

Come enjoy an afternoon of fun and learning! Visit displays from local environmental organizations, enjoy kids activities and crafts, food, games, and more! Earth Day Birthday is great fun for the whole family! This event is planned by PSU Recreation, Parks & Tourism Management students as a class project. Event is held rain or shine.

FREE EVENT! FREE PARKING!

Earth Day Birthday, Sunday April 14th, 2013 2-5 pm at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center

Join us for Adam Swartz Puppets this Saturday!

Adam Swartz Puppets will be at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center again this Saturday for a performance! All ages will enjoy this fun interactive puppet show. You dont want to miss the fun!

Puppeteer Adam Swartz puts on an interactive, family friendly puppet shows at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center that is entertaining and educational! Join us in the Spring Creek Educ. Building to watch, learn and delight. Shows are one hour in length and only $5 per person at the door; children 4 and under are free. Registration not required. Proceeds support the nature center and this talented local puppeteer. Click here to visit Adam Swartz's website.

“Around the World in Five Folktales” Sat, Feb. 16, 2013 at 3:30 PM

Winter Walks at Millbrook Marsh

Winter is a great time to enjoy nature and still see great wildlife. Over the past week at MMNC we had the good fortune to see a Great Blue Heron fly past the building - which was an amazing view from the big windows in the Spring Creek Education Building! Later, I took this photo of the heron standing near the stream and later observed it hunting lower in Bathgate Run.

The next day, a group of students holding a meeting in the SCEB observed this small herd of deer crossing the fields at the nature center. I was able to walk very quietly down to the picnic pavilion and stand quietly watching their progress. As you can see in this picture, one deer in particular was curious about me and walked forward from the rest of the group. She started stomping her feet and making a huffing sound, perhaps challenging me or trying to scare me away? Then they moved off across the field into the woods.

Nature is all around us! This weekend, take the time to look outside your window or go for a snowy walk and see what nature is doing. Have a super weekend!

Planning an Event or Activity?! Think Millbrook Marsh!

The facilities at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center are great for your upcoming events! The new LEED-Silver Spring Creek Education Building offers classroom and meeting space, along with a kitchenette and complimentary wifi. The historic bank barn offers a large open indoor space with a rustic feel that is perfect for family celebrations and retreats. These multi-purpose spaces can flex for many different types of activities. The picnic pavilion and beautiful walking paths make this a perfect spot! Please come and check out the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center! Rental details and price information is available here.

The courtyard at the Nature Center in Fall 2012.

MMNC Spring Break Camp 2013

New this spring - Millbrook Marsh Nature Center is offering a mini-camp during Spring Break. Its time to start thinking about summer camp registrations as well! Check out all the great activities that CRPR and MMNC have to offer!

Click to see Summer Camps!

Click to register!

"Marsh Spring Break" Camp


Spring Break is a time to have an adventure! It’s the “Not-Quite-Summer” Camp, packed with camp fun in March! Kids visit MMNC for three days to explore, discover, hike and more! Please dress for the weather, pack a lunch, and bring your imaginations! Snacks are provided.

Date: Monday-Wednesday, March 4-6
Program # 31130
Register by Friday, February 22.
Time: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Ages: Grades 1-3
Fee: $100 R / $150 N
Location: Millbrook Marsh Nature Center

Plan Your 2013 Birthday Parties at Millbrook Marsh!

Millbrook Marsh Nature Center is a great place to have a birthday party!

Packages are available for childrens parties that include staff led walks, games, and fun activities in the marsh. The great classroom spaces in the new LEED-certified Spring Creek Education Building and the historic barn are available for rental for families to have their own gatherings and activities. The picnic pavilion, with beautiful views of the marsh, is also available for rental! Check out the great options that Millbrook Marsh Nature Center offers! We're here to help with ideas, too, so please call the Nature Center staff at 814-235-7819 to talk about options.

Being a Track Detective in the Snow!

One thing the staff at Millbrook Marsh love to do is get out for a winter walk! Yesterday, while walking in the snow, there were many clues to tell us what had been happening in the marsh. We saw tracks from deer, rabbits, people, and dogs! There were cardinals and rabbits among the bushes and ducks swimming in the stream. The biggest excitement of the walk was finding this interesting set of tracks below! It may be hard to see in the picture, but there was a line of rodent tracks going across the snowy field which ended suddenly with an indentation and a fanned wing mark -- most likely that rodent was lunch when a raptor swooped from the sky and grabbed it, leaving an impression in the snow and no more tracks to or from that spot. Looking at track is a fun way to be a nature detective and learn about what happens in the marsh, even when we are not there to see it! Please join us for some of our upcoming programs, where we'll spend more time looking at tracks and wetland creatures and learning about the importance of marshes!