Events & Activities
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, events and programs are may be canceled in order to help protect public health. While we encourage you to continue enjoying the Cache, please make sure you Recreate Responsibly! Remember to socially distance yourself from others, wear a face covering when distancing isn't available, practice proper hygiene and stay home if you are sick. Please monitor for local public health advisories, orders and closures as they may occur.
Nature Movie Topic: Foxes
Thursday, January 14, 2021, Two
showings: 2-3 p.m. and 6-7 p.m.
Cache River State Natural Area,
Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands
Center, 618-657-2064.
View a nature film on foxes.
Frog and Toad Survey Volunteer
Orientation
Saturday, January 30, 2021, 1-3 p.m.
Cache River State Natural Area,
Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands
Center, 618-657-2064.
Try a new venture by assisting in listening
surveys of the frogs and toads of the
Cache River watershed for the Illinois
Natural
History
Survey!
Volunteers
are needed
for the
citizen
science
project.
Materials will be provided for the surveys
conducted four times between February
and June. Your choice of the designated
routes. Gray tree frog photo by William
Parmley.
Nature Movie Topic: Squirrels
Thursday, February 11, 2021, Two
showings: 2-3 p.m. and 6-7 p.m.
Cache River State Natural Area,
Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands
Center, 618-657-2064.
View a nature film on squirrels.
Hummingbirds-Winged Jewels
Saturday, February 27, 2021, 1-3 p.m.
Cache River State Natural Area,
Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands
Center, Site Interpreter, 618-657-2064.
Get ready for the spring migration of
hummingbirds with added knowledge of
one of the smallest birds in North America
and suggestions for preparing your yard
or garden
for their
arrival.
The right
habitat will
supply
these
jewels of
the sky with enough food resources and
nesting opportunities that they will make
their home in your neighborhood. Photo by
William Parmley.
Nature Movie Topic: Rabbits
Thursday, March 11, 2021, Two showings:
2-3 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. Cache River State
Natural Area, Barkhausen Cache River
Wetlands Center, 618-657-2064.
View a nature film on rabbits.
Guided Hike at Cedar Bluff
Sunday, March 27, 1-4 p.m. Ferne Clyffe
State Park/Cedar Bluff. For information
and directions, call 618-657-2064.
Enjoy a spring walk at Cedar Bluff Natural
Area, an annex of Ferne Clyffe State
Park, utilizing the Cedar Bluff Trail and
Bork’s Falls Trail. Be rewarded with 50-
foot bluffs, overhangs, a shelter cave and
dramatic views of the early spring
landscape. Meet at parking lot for
climbers next to Cedar Grove Church,
south end of Happy Hollow Road,
Johnson County