Events at this location

Grab your friends and bring your lawn chairs to experience a concert from 6 – 9 PM in the great outdoors! Listen to live music during our Wildfire Concerts and ride on the Prairie Zephyr Train until 8 PM!

September 1 | JuJu Jonny
September 29 | Dan Hubbard

$5 Park Admission after 5pm on concert nights.
All Day Train Tickets are $6 per person.

Help us decorate the Park with lights for Wildlife Scary Park.

No experience necessary! Volunteer Workdays do not require regular commitments. Just sign up for as many Volunteer Workdays as you want. We welcome individuals 18 years and older and minors with a parent or guardian to sign up for Volunteer Workdays.

-Volunteers should plan to arrive 15 minutes before the Volunteer Workday begins.
-Enter the Park through the Ticket Gate and meet at the determined location.
-Dress for the weather. Closed-toe shoes are required & long pants are recommended all year-round.
-Sun protection (hats, sunglasses, etc.), sunscreen, and insect repellent are also recommended.
-Bring water to stay hydrated.

SIGN UP

If you have any questions or have a group interested in volunteering, please email volunteer@wildlifeprairie.org.
Interested in volunteering more at the Park? Available 2023 Volunteer Opportunities

A change in season means a change in the plants available for foraging. Learn from an expert about wild medicinals, how to identify local plants and mushrooms, and go foraging for fall plants on the Flood Plain Trail.

Location: Log Room then Hike to Flood Plain Trail through the Pioneer Area

Participants Should Bring: a small, flat basket or paper sack for collecting materials.

Step back in time and join us for a day in the life of a pioneer. See inside our 1800’s Log Cabin and the Graham Chapel School House. Enjoy vendors, activities performances, animal programs, and more in the Pioneer Area. FREE for WPP Members. Park admission for non-members.

Vendors | 10am – 4pm
–Wood Carvings by Mark Alcorn
–The Popcorn Shoppe
-Beekeeping Demonstration & Selling Local Honey

Performances
–2pm | Laura Ingalls Wilder Performance by Laura Keyes in the Graham Chapel Schoolhouse

Animal Programs
–11am, 12pm, 1pm | FREE hayrack rides through the Bison and Elk Pasture. First come, first serve
–10 – 11am | Pioneer Animal Feedings
–1pm | Keeper Chat with the Wolf Pack
–3pm | Animal Encounter with the Wolf Pups

Activities
–Obstacle Course at the Pioneer Cabin – Teeter Totter Challenge, Steps, Leap of Faith, Low Crawl, Tanks a Lot, Water Bucket tote, Tarzan Bell Kicker, Real Horseshoe Toss, River Crossing, Slack Line, Hoop and stick, Stilts
–Cabin Activities – Block and tackle, Two man saw
–Pioneer Craft – Yarn Dolls in the Pioneer Area
–I Spy Game in the Graham Chapel Schoolhouse

Help us decorate the Park with lights for Wildlife Scary Park.

No experience necessary! Volunteer Workdays do not require regular commitments. Just sign up for as many Volunteer Workdays as you want. We welcome individuals 18 years and older and minors with a parent or guardian to sign up for Volunteer Workdays.

-Volunteers should plan to arrive 15 minutes before the Volunteer Workday begins.
-Enter the Park through the Ticket Gate and meet at the determined location.
-Dress for the weather. Closed-toe shoes are required & long pants are recommended all year-round.
-Sun protection (hats, sunglasses, etc.), sunscreen, and insect repellent are also recommended.
-Bring water to stay hydrated.

SIGN UP

If you have any questions or have a group interested in volunteering, please email volunteer@wildlifeprairie.org.
Interested in volunteering more at the Park? Available 2023 Volunteer Opportunities

Help us decorate the Park with lights for Wildlife Scary Park.

No experience necessary! Volunteer Workdays do not require regular commitments. Just sign up for as many Volunteer Workdays as you want. We welcome individuals 18 years and older and minors with a parent or guardian to sign up for Volunteer Workdays.

-Volunteers should plan to arrive 15 minutes before the Volunteer Workday begins.
-Enter the Park through the Ticket Gate and meet at the determined location.
-Dress for the weather. Closed-toe shoes are required & long pants are recommended all year-round.
-Sun protection (hats, sunglasses, etc.), sunscreen, and insect repellent are also recommended.
-Bring water to stay hydrated.

SIGN UP

If you have any questions or have a group interested in volunteering, please email volunteer@wildlifeprairie.org.
Interested in volunteering more at the Park? Available 2023 Volunteer Opportunities

Help us record the plants, animals, and fungi species on 1800-acres of Wildlife Prairie Park.

Come learn about iNaturalist and put it into action by making observations.

Anyone can be a naturalist with iNaturalist. Just download the app and upload a picture of the wildlife you observe at the Park. The app will even help you identify what you see!

Park staff will be present at Parkside Pavilion from 12 – 3 pm with a native reptiles and amphibians display! Stop by and see us.

This event is FREE and does not include admission to the Main Park.

Help us decorate the Park with lights for Wildlife Scary Park.

No experience necessary! Volunteer Workdays do not require regular commitments. Just sign up for as many Volunteer Workdays as you want. We welcome individuals 18 years and older and minors with a parent or guardian to sign up for Volunteer Workdays.

-Volunteers should plan to arrive 15 minutes before the Volunteer Workday begins.
-Enter the Park through the Ticket Gate and meet at the determined location.
-Dress for the weather. Closed-toe shoes are required & long pants are recommended all year-round.
-Sun protection (hats, sunglasses, etc.), sunscreen, and insect repellent are also recommended.
-Bring water to stay hydrated.

SIGN UP

If you have any questions or have a group interested in volunteering, please email volunteer@wildlifeprairie.org.
Interested in volunteering more at the Park? Available 2023 Volunteer Opportunities

Grab your friends and bring your lawn chairs to experience a concert from 6 – 9 PM in the great outdoors! Listen to live music during our Wildfire Concerts and ride on the Prairie Zephyr Train until 8 PM!

September 1 | JuJu Jonny
September 29 | Dan Hubbard

$5 Park Admission after 5pm on concert nights.
All Day Train Tickets are $6 per person.

Join us on Friday, September 29 for an evening under the stars with live music, a bonfire, s’mores and more! Enjoy the musical stylings of Dan Hubbard from 6 – 9pm during the Wildlife Concert, experience a keeper chat at intermission, and ride the train until 8pm. Then tent camp and hang out around a bonfire and eat s’mores with WPP staff, including CEO Roberta English. You can even tell Roberta your ideas for the future of the Park. Our team will also deliver donuts to the campsites in the morning.

Wildfire Concert – $5 admission after 5 PM. FREE for WPP Members.
All Day Train Tickets are $6 per person.

Tent Camping – $20 per campsite. Park Admission still applies for non-members. Park Admission is FREE for WPP Members. Book a Campsite