SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) invites the public to celebrate the reopening of the Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetland Center at Cache River State Natural Area in southern Illinois from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10.
Visitors can enjoy family-friendly environmental crafts; explore nearly 20 interactive community education and conservation booths; meet with local naturalists and environmental organizations; explore self-guided winter hiking, biking and birding opportunities; and enjoy delicious food from The Kitchen on LaFayette in Anna.
Natural resources coordinator Sydney Waters joined IDNR in November and is assigned to Cache River State Natural Area. She and other staff members will be on hand Saturday to greet visitors and welcome them back to the Barkhausen center.
The center is at 885 Illinois 37 South in Cypress. The Cache River State Natural Area, with more than 18,000 acres in Johnson, Massac and Pulaski counties, features hiking trails, canoeing among the bald cypress trees, bicycling, wildlife watching, fishing, hunting, and cultural and natural history exhibits inside the wetland center.
For additional information, contact the site at 618-657-2064 or email sydney.waters@illinois.gov.