Gallery: Three Rivers Park District will unveil the new Eastman Nature Center on Oct. 14 at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton, Minn. Staff were busy getting ready for the opening. The windows are canted forward to prevent bird strikes, so the bird see a reflection of the ground rather than the trees.
Gallery: Three Rivers Park District will unveil the new Eastman Nature Center on Oct. 14 at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton, Minn. Staff were busy getting ready for the opening.
Gallery: Three Rivers Park District will unveil the new Eastman Nature Center on Oct. 14 at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton, Minn. Staff were busy getting ready for the opening. Rocking chairs sit infront of huge glass wall overlooking the deer feeding station.
Gallery: Three Rivers Park District will unveil the new Eastman Nature Center on Oct. 14 at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton, Minn. Staff were busy getting ready for the opening. Jason Zemke is the senior Manager of Architecture for Three Rivers Park District. He say's that the goal of the building is to draw people from the inside to an outside experience. In fact nature trails are kind of aligned to flow through the building from one end to the other as a passing through experience.
Gallery: Three Rivers Park District will unveil the new Eastman Nature Center on Oct. 14 at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton, Minn. Staff were busy getting ready for the opening. Vicky Wachtler Interpretive Naturalist worked getting exhibits ready for the opening.
Gallery: Three Rivers Park District will unveil the new Eastman Nature Center on Oct. 14 at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton, Minn. Staff were busy getting ready for the opening. this tree is a puppet theater with tree stump chairs just waiting for stories to be told.
Gallery: Three Rivers Park District will unveil the new Eastman Nature Center on Oct. 14 at Elm Creek Park Reserve in Dayton, Minn. Staff were busy getting ready for the opening.
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