Public Programs

Monarch Watch Public Program

Join us Saturday morning with the family to learn about monarch migration to Mexico. We will have an overview of Monarchs and their anatomy, their migration pattern, how and why we tag them. There is no cost for event, we have a limited number of nets for use. Cancelled if raining. Meet at the cabin parking area in Deer Run Campground at Oak Grove Park. No pre-registration required.

This is the camper sign up for the Oct 12 Trick or Treat event at Oak Grove. Call 712/552-1047 starting at 8am on Sept 3. Each camper can register themselves and one other camper. Both Deer Run and Turkey Ridge Campgrounds will be open for camping. ​Campers will receive Friday and Saturday night free camping in exchange for enough candy/goodies for 800 children per campsite.

Attention all ladies! Do you love to try new things outdoors? Do you love it even more with like-minded women? Then you should join us for our annual Women in the Outdoors! In the past we have offered prairie walks, shotgun shooting, kayaking, wild edibles, horse back riding, geocaching, wine bottle luminaries, and much more.  We are still deciding on this year’s topics.

Open to ages 14 and up (14-17 with adult). This is a partnership between Sioux, O’Brien, Lyon, and Osceola County Conservation Boards and the Gobblin’ Ghosts Chapter of National Wild Turkey Federation. The event rotates between county locations each year. This year, the event will be hosted at Osceola County Conservation Board near Ocheyedan, IA. Cost is $45 and includes your NWTF membership.  Register by calling 712/552-3057. Click WITO brochure 2019(1) to download registration brochure.

Interested in Dutch Oven Cooking, or want to see what all the fuss is about? This event is for you! Contestants bake dishes in select categories: breads and appetizers; main dishes; and dessert. Judges sample each dish and award first place in each category. A potluck meal follows judging. Don’t feel like preparing a big dish? Public is welcome to come observe and ask questions starting at 3 pm, and welcome to join the meal starting at 6 pm. Remember this is a potluck, so if you come to eat, please bring a dish to share, does not have to be Dutch oven dish.

Contestants: Please call Sunday Ford at 712-552-3057 beginning in September to sign up as a cooker. First 10 Cookers to register will receive a free campsite at Turkey Ridge for that Saturday night.

Our annual Trick or Treat Hike is an evening you do not want to miss! Ages 12 and under are invited to trick or treat in costume. The campgrounds are full of campers with friendly faces at each campsite and of course candy/goodies too. If you would like to be a camper, see below for details. Parking is provided near the campgrounds. The hiking path is lit for participants to travel easily to the campground and the bonfire by the river. Trick or treating is from 5:30-8:00 pm. No pre-registration needed.

Campers can register first come first served on Sept 3 starting at 8am by calling 712/552-1047.  Will need to provide candy for 800 kids in exchange for free camping Oct. 11 and 12.

Listen to KSOU 93.9 FM for weather cancellations.

We partner with Sioux Prairie Pheasants Forever and Rock Valley Gun Club on this day to give 12-15 year old Iowa residents, who have passed their hunter education course, a great pheasant hunt experience! The day starts with breakfast and a quick review of hunter safety and trap shooting. We pair youth with a mentor and hunting dog. Youth and mentor travel in groups to local hunting areas, both public and private, for the morning. Following the hunt, youth and mentors return to the Rock Valley Gun Club for lunch. Only a limited number will be taken so you must pre-register, registration will open approximately two months prior to event.

Register approximately two months prior to event HERE.

Please also print out the following forms:

registration

emergency form