Enjoy Earth Week by getting outdoors. Upham Woods will be hosting a Free Earth Week invasive plant removal with a Blackhawk Island Hike as a reward! Join us to clean up the earth by removing invasive plants that are taking over camp from 9 am to 10 am. As a reward for helping us clean […]

Get ready, because this weekend we will have our last Public Day of 2015!   If you’ve met our wild “teachers” before and want to introduce them to friends and family, or if you just want to meet them for the first time, come see us on Saturday.  Visitors will get a chance to interact with […]

Hi! I’m joining the Upham team after pedaling my bicycle over 12,000 miles around the perimeter of the country. On my year-long journey I was able to lend my knowledge to people I met along the way, while learning about the varied ecosystems that comprise our country. Not new to environmental education or research, I’ve […]

It may be hard to believe, but this year marks the 75th year that Upham Woods has been educating students, youth and adult alike, and connecting them to our wonderful natural world.  Since Upham Woods has left an impact on so many lives, we would like to invite you all to help us with the […]

Upham Woods was very fortunate this October to be visited not by one, but two schools that decided to include a service project in their programming.  In early October, County Line Elementary School’s students and adults applied their enthusiasm and hard work to help build a portable boardwalk.  Then, in late October, EW Luther Elementary […]

Last Friday, October 16th, we had a fantastic training session on using our DOTS kits.  About 15 people attended and we couldn’t have asked for more beautiful weather. Educators, led by our research naturalists, had the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in creating strategies for using the DOTS kits as they hiked around Blackhawk Island. […]

We’re extremely happy to introduce our new Office Operations Associate and welcome her to the Upham Woods staff. Hello! My name is Jennifer Loveland and I am the new Office Operations Associate at Upham Woods. From the first time I came to Upham Woods as a 4-H camper, through my years of being a camp […]

We’d like to offer a warm welcome to all our new fall staff.  Coming from places like Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Virginia, and Massachusetts, our new naturalists are excited to offer their wealth of experience towards making Upham Woods great. 

The search has begun to fill the position of full-time Program Director here at Upham Woods!  The Program Director works in partnership with the Director and Assistant Director in providing leadership and operational management of Upham Woods Outdoor Learning Center.  The Program Director manages the seasonal naturalist staff and oversees marketing as well as programmatic […]

Thank you to the 9 counties who participated in Upham Woods Counselor Training this past weekend! We had a wonderful group of counselor participants, presenters and adult chaperones who made the weekend an astounding success. Notable comments from the weekend include: “All of the workshop was very fun—I saw lots of smiling faces,” and “Found it to […]