2025 Event Schedule

6-7 AM

• Birding Walk for All Ages - Mark, Ed, and Lee Brogie

• Meet at the campground parking lot for a short bird walk. Some binoculars are provided; personal binoculars are welcome.

7-8 AM

Yoga - Melissa Beerman - Enjoy a morning yoga class in the heart of the Loess Hills.

Breakfast - Free Will Donation. Provided in part by Graceful Grind Coffeehouse.

8:15-10:10 AM

Breakout Session 1

• Bird Tour by Auto - Sessions 1 & 2 (with option to return to camp at 10:15 AM) - Ed, Mark, & Lee Brogie [short walk/driving, hands on, all ages] 

• Prairie Photography - Don Poggensee [short walk, hands on, older students and adults] 

• Loess Hills Bryophytes - Bill Zales [short walk, youth, older students and adults]  

• Woody Plants for Beginners – Brian Hazelett [short walk, all ages] 

• Sloping Towards Natives: A local Small-scale Pollinator Plot – Doug Chafa [drive, short walk, older students and adults] 

• Organic Painting – Katherine Koskovich [campsite, hands on, all ages (young children accompanied by adult)]  

• Conservation, Collages, and Creative Writing - Amie Adams [campsite, youth, older students, and adults] 

• Who’s Your Neighbor? A Plant’s-Eye View of the Prairie – Deb Lewis and Rich Pope [short walk, youth, older students and adults]  

• Building and Maintaining Sustainable Trails in the Loess Hills – Matt Moles [campsite, older students and adults] 

• Bug Safari – Mariah Myers and Woodbury CCB Intern [short walk, hands on, all ages/kid friendly] 

10:15 AM - 12:10 PM

Breakout Session 2

• Bird Tour by Auto - Sessions 1 & 2 (with option to return to camp at 10:15 AM) - Ed, Mark, & Lee Brogie [short walk/driving, hands on, all ages] 

• An Open Forum on Conservation Directions - Larry Grill [campsite, older students and adults] 

• Soils of the Loess Hills – Rich Pope [drive/short walk/campsite, older students and adults] 

• Digital Images - Don Poggensee [campsite, youth/older students and adults] 

• Loess Hills Mammals - Bill Zales [campsite, hands on, kid friendly/all ages] 

• Nature Scavenger Hunt - Dr. Tom Rosburg and Averie Miller [short walk, hands on, all ages/kid friendly] 

• Writing Down the Outdoors - Matt Mason [short walk, hands on, older students and adults] 

• Do You Believe in Fairies? – Katie Byerly [campsite, all ages/kid friendly] 

• Mann Country School Day – Judy Ehlers (Please sign up ahead of time online) [drive/short walk, hands on, youth, older students and adults] Note: Presenter will lead caravan from seminar site. 

• Block Printing is Fun - Anna Stoysich [campsite, hands on, all ages] 

• Turtles of Iowa Program – Terry VanDeWalle and Marlene Ehresman [campsite, youth, older students and adults] 

 

12:10-1:10 PM

• Lunch

• Provided by Lidderdale Country Store Catering

 

1:15-4 PM

Breakout Session 3​

• Kayaking a Loess Hills Pond (Madigan Pond) – Andrea Porter [drive/short walk, hands on, all ages] 

• Fishing Clinic (Madigan Pond) – Stacey Bragg, John McAndrews, Mike Sucik [drive/short walk, hands on, all ages] 

• Introduction to Archery – Butch Bowman [campsite, hands on, youth/older students and adults] 

• Prairie Flora of the Loess Hills - Dr. Tom Rosburg [long walk, hands on, older students and adults] 

• South Jordan Cemetery (Drive to Cemetery) – Judy Ehlers [drive/short walk, older students and adults] Note: Presenter will lead caravan from seminar site.  

• Milkweed Seed Balls – Nancy Crews [campsite, all ages, hands on] 

• Snakes of the Loess Hills – Marlene Ehresman, Terry VanDeWalle, Doug Chafa [campsite, all ages] 

• Half Session 1: 1:15-2:45PM: Whoo’s There? - Connie Betts [campsite, hands on, kid friendly/all ages] 

• Half Session 2: 2:45PM-4PM: Birds and Binoculars – Victoria Devos [short hike, hands on, kid friendly] 

 

4:15 PM

• Travel for Dinner

• Dinner at the West Monona High School

 

4:30-6 PM

• Dinner & Doors Open for General Admittance 

• Dinner provided by Lidderdale Country Store. Take time to view exhibits and vendor booths and to bid on items in our silent auction to support LHPS.

• Silent Auction Ends at 6PM tonight, please pay and pick up items before departure

 

6-8 PM

• Children's Programs

• Let's Get Hopping! - Harrison County Naturalist Connie Betts

• Monarchs and Milkweed - Cheryl and John Buntsma

 

6 PM

• Welcome - Auditorium

 

6:05-7:15 PM

• Keynote: Bats of Iowa - Dr. Russ Benedict

 

7:15-8 PM

• Break

• Silent Auction Item Pickup (Auction Ends at 6PM), Visit Exhibits, Vendor Tables, and Restrooms

 

8 PM

• Depart for Mist Netting - Loess Hills Prairie Seminar Campsite 

• Parents, please collect your children from our Children’s Programming at this time. 

 

8:30-10 PM

• Mist Netting with Dr. Benedict 

• Join Dr. Benedict for a follow up program to his Keynote Address as he demonstrates techniques for collecting bats for study. We will meet at the Loess Hills Prairie Seminar Campsite and then walk to the mist netting location.  

 

9 PM

• Campground Activities - Shayne Bennet

 

11 PM

Campsite Quiet Hours Begin

LHPS offerings will resume on Sunday at 6 AM.