Lake Maria State Park

his program covers reptiles both large and small, common and rare! Snake Discovery slithers around the world to meet reptiles from every continent they’re found on. Audience members will learn what a Legless Lizard is, meet a rare species of snake up close, touch a gecko, hold a large boa constrictor, watch a snake eat, and more! Time is reserved after the presentation to touch and hold the reptiles. Meet in the Trail Center. Free park entrance on November 28! Hosted by the Friends of Lake Maria State Park. Photo courtesy Snake Discovery.

Mary Swenson, Wright Counties Bluebird Program Coordinator, will be at Lake Maria State Park's Trail Center, to inform us about the Eastern Bluebird program she has been running behind the scenes for over 20 years at Lake Maria. She will teach us how we too, can attract these colorful bluebirds to our own backyards.

Scientists from the Minnesota Institute of Astrophysics will have a short presentation in the Trail Center, on a wide variety of universe-related topics. Followed by a closer look through their telescopes at some distant celestial planets such as Saturn, Jupiter and Venus, a waxing gibbous moon, our own Milky Way galaxy or even other distant galaxies. The program is free, but a parking pass is required.