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Let’s Go Paddling!

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In honor of RiverFest week, join our naturalists on a scenic kayaking trip up to the beautiful Willow Falls, before peacefully floating back down the Willow River. This is a great activity to enjoy individually, with a friend, or as a family! Children ages 10 and up, with a parent/guardian and capable of operating their own kayak are welcome to join! There is also the option of renting one of our 2-4 person canoes. Please dress for the weather and bring along a lifejacket (or wear one of ours) waterproof shoes, drinking water, sunscreen and bug spray. We’ll meet at the boat launch for this event!

Meet at the Willow River boat launch Willow River State Park, 1034 County Road A, Hudson

Registration is required as spots are limited. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/letsgopaddle

This event costs $25/kayak or canoe. Vehicle admission into the park is a separate and required fee. All outdoor events are weather-dependent.
Questions? Email: naturecenter@willowkinnifriends.org

Let’s Go Paddling!

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In honor of RiverFest week, join our naturalists on a scenic kayaking trip up to the beautiful Willow Falls, before peacefully floating back down the Willow River. This is a great activity to enjoy individually, with a friend, or as a family! Children ages 10 and up, with a parent/guardian and capable of operating their own kayak are welcome to join! There is also the option of renting one of our 2-4 person canoes. Please dress for the weather and bring along a lifejacket (or wear one of ours) waterproof shoes, drinking water, sunscreen and bug spray. We’ll meet at the boat launch for this event!

Meet at the Willow River boat launch Willow River State Park, 1034 County Road A, Hudson

Registration is required as spots are limited. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/letsgopaddle

This event costs $25/kayak or canoe. Vehicle admission into the park is a separate and required fee. All outdoor events are weather-dependent.
Questions? Email: naturecenter@willowkinnifriends.org

Carpenter Nature Center’s Animals of the St. Croix

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Join Carpenter Nature Center for an Animals of the St. Croix presentation featuring some of CNC’s live animal ambassadors! Get up close and personal with some of the amazing critters that call the St. Croix River Valley home.

Vehicle admission into the park is required. All outdoor events are weather dependent. For more information email: naturecenter@willowkinnifriends.org.

St. Croix Valley Community Band Concert

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The St. Croix Valley Community Band Concert  with guest conductor Cassie Berchard and vocalist Colleen Raye is popular RiverFest event.  This FREE concert celebrates community and the scenic St. Croix River with something for people of all ages.

You won’t want to miss this fun-filled family evening! Families are encouraged to bring a picnic blanket or lawn chairs and settle in to enjoy the show.

Featuring the Song for the River Croix, composed by Laurie Allmann and Carol Caoutte in 2009.  It was scored for the St. Croix Community Band by Kris Tjornehoj in 2014, when it was first performed for River Fest.

The RiverFest theme song will be played for a sing-along. View the lyrics to the RiverFest, It’s the Best! song.

See the RiverFest mascot Scrappy on display! Created by sculptor Mary Johnson, the splashing bass figure is metal armature. Each year students from the Phipps Center for the Arts “Just Add Water” art and science class help complete the sculpture by processing and re-purposing the litter collected in Hudson during the river cleanup to create a new “skin” for Scrappy.