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Stokes Nature Center

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The Allen and Alice Stokes Nature Center is a 501(c)(3) Nature Center based in Cache Valley, Utah. More commonly known as Stokes Nature Center, they are the official educational permittee of the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest and the USDA-designated Logan Canyon Children's Forest.[1]

History[edit]

Stokes Nature Center was founded on November 3, 1997 as a collaborative effort between the First Presbyterian Church in Logan, Utah and the Bridgerland Audubon Society. It was primarily founded to provide school children with outdoor learning that was not possible in classrooms at the time.[2]

It was named after Allen and Alice Stokes. Allen Stokes was a long-time professor of Wildlife Behavior at Utah State University and the last student of American environmental writer Aldo Leopold.[3] Alice was an engaged community member in the Valley and worked with students living with hearing impairments. Allen died in 1996. Alice lived until 2009.[4]

The Nature Center was based out of an old American Legion meeting hall which had been in the use of the local Boy Scouts, but had fallen in severe disrepair. Over 5,000 hours of volunteer labor helped to restore the building and turn it from an abandoned shell, into a nature center.[2]

In 2003, 11 acres of conservation land was donated to the Stokes Nature Center to use as an outdoor classroom in Nibley, Utah. This land includes a spring-fed pond, historic fruit trees, and historic grazing pasture.[5]

In 2013, a nature preschool was established at the Nature Center.[6]

Reference section[edit]

  1. writer, By Kevin Opsahl staff. "'Stewards of the land': Children's Forest puts kids in touch with nature". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Stokes Nature Center's Beginnings" (PDF). Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  3. "Exploring the Legacy of Leopold's Students: Allen Stokes". The Aldo Leopold Foundation. 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. Jones, Brittny Goodsell. "A life in full". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  5. Frazier, Lance. "Gifted Land". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  6. Noble, Mariah. "'A unique place': Volunteers turn out to help Stokes Nature Center". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-05.

External links section[edit]

Official Site


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