Valley Nature Center

Valley Nature Center is a 6-acre park and nature preserve in Weslaco, Texas. Its focus is environmental education about the natural history of the Lower Rio Grande Valley.

The center's activities include a summer camp, weekly programs for all ages, birding trips, natural history classes and lectures. There are programs for individuals, children and adults. There is a native plant nursery with plants for sale, a conservation resource library and a gift shop.

Valley Nature Center has been in operation as a non-profit organization since 1984 and a new building was opened in 2014.[1] Formed from a vacant lot, the site now includes a 1 mile trail through a cactus garden, bog ponds, and butterfly garden. Animals that have been seen include green jays, great kiskadees, buff-bellied hummingbird, Texas tortoise and Texas horned lizard. The park is considered a good site to view migrating birds and butterflies.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Amid delays, Weslaco launches probe of Valley Nature Center project". The Monitor. January 13, 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Rio Grande Valley Butterfly Trail". North American Butterfly Association South Texas. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "Valley Nature Center". Birding Sites in South Texas. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Valley Nature Center, Weslaco, TX". Mark & Terri's Travels. January 8, 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2016.

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Coordinates: 26°09′33″N 97°59′50″W / 26.15918°N 97.99714°W / 26.15918; -97.99714

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