Cedar Bog Nature Preserve

Today and tomorrow mark Global Days of Unplugging!🔌With more screens and gadgets than ever, sometimes it can be overwhelming. 📱😵‍💫💻 Treat yourself to a break from devices and join us in appreciating the unplugged sights and sounds of Cedar Bog!

Visit - Ohio History Connection From ancient to modern history, experience Ohio's past one historic site or museum at a time.

Today is Museum Advocacy Day! We'd like to shout out to the marvelous Ohio History Connection! They have dozens of fabulous sites all over Ohio, including a dozen museums, but so much more as well.

Visit the OHC website to learn more or plan a trip today!

Today is one of two National Wildlife Days. Its celebrated in September, but also on February 22 in honor of Steve Irwin's birthday. From skinks and skunks to turkeys and turtles, Cedar Bog has a variety of wonderful creatures that make their home here.
What wild animals bring you joy?

Its Pluto Day! Discovered on February 18, 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto resides in the Kuiper Belt, past the planet Neptune. Roughly a third the size of our beloved Moon, Pluto is made mostly of ice and rock. Pluto may be small, but we treasure her.
Do you have a favorite celestial body?

Cedar Bog is closed today, February 16th, due to weather conditions. Champaign County is currently a Level 2 Snow Emergency. We will open next Wednesday, Feb. 19th, with regular hours.

We are also rescheduling our Skunk Cabbage Walk (originally scheduled today) to March 2nd, from Noon - 2:00 PM.

Attention Educators! Whether in a school or at home, you know that learners need books. Alongside our other new and used books on animals, plants, science, and more, we have a 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of educational materials. Stop into Cedar Bog to check out our book sale to pick up yours while they last! 📔

💘 💌 Its Valentine's Day and love is in the air! The love, of the written word! 🙈 Check out our book sale and pick up some literature for that special someone. 😻 Or, practice self-love and pick up some treasures for yourself! 💝

Join us and the WORLD from February 14-17 in the Great Backyard Bird Count! Share your backyard birds in the comments, and come visit us to try and glimpse some more!
Link below to learn more about this project.
www.birdcount.org/

Today is Global Movie Day! What films about nature do you like? Let us know in the comments, or come on in today for our recommendations!

Tables of books, all shapes and sizes; labelled

Our used book sale starts tomorrow, 02/08/25! Book sales are donation-based, and the funds raised will support Cedar Bog Association's mission of protecting Cedar Bog. We have field guides, kids' reads, and books on a wide range of topics! The sale will span the rest of February. See you at the Bog!

February 3rd-9th is Children's Mental Health Week. Many studies indicate that time spent in green spaces has a positive effect on mental health. Visit Cedar Bog and reconnect with Nature.
Read more below.
www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...

Did you know today is World Wetland Day? Wetlands can help preserve biodiversity, mitigate floods, and purify water. Join us today in honoring these natural beauties! Do you have a favorite wetland type or site?


Link below for more information!
www.un.org/en/observanc...

A post shared by Ohio State Newark (@ohiostatenewark) Ohio State Newark Senior Lecturer and co-founder of Project Coshocton, Shauna Weyrauch, PhD, co-authored “The Boy and the Bobcat”. The children’s book is about a boy who, more than anything, wants to know what it’s like to be a bobcat and the adventures that follow when his wish is granted. Weyrauch states, “I hope that, as young readers imagine themselves as bobcats, the book will help spark interest and empathy toward these amazing animals.” The book, “The Boy and the Bobcat,” is available on Amazon or Mascot Books!

This week is Children's Authors and Illustrators Week! Join us this Saturday, February 8th at 10am to learn about the amazing book The Boy and the Bobcat. We'll get to learn about these amazing animals and their behavior, and meet the co-author, Shauna Weyrauch!

Today is Groundhog Day! I wouldn't mind getting to see this little sweetie again and again. Did you know that young groundhogs may be called, "chucklings"? To all groundhogs, woodchucks, and other assorted varmints, we see you. 👋

Come and see us before the snow melts! With warming weather, fog, and rain today, the atmosphere is lovely!

Its Hot Chocolate Day! Today only we have free hot chocolate to warm you up!

These are our Winter Hours and they are subject to changes due to weather. Come visit to enjoy the Bog in the winter months.
Monday: CLOSED
Tuesday: CLOSED
Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Saturday, February 8th at 10AM:
Join author Shauna Weyrauch at Cedar Bog as she introduces her children's book, "The Boy and The Bobcat" written with fellow author, Dutch Gordon. Shauna will share the story behind the book, as well as what happens in the story. This is a FREE family friendly event.