The 52-year-old Richfield Nature Center adjusts to demand for more environmental education

A man holds a white waste bin on a walkway

Just beyond Minneapolis is a natural oasis well known to its more than 100,000 visitors each year. But the decennial Wood Lake Nature Center is now at a major inflection point, one that managers say is a long time coming. Wood Lake Nature Center director Paul Smithson said when it was built in 1971, the … Read more