Community Calendar

Join us in celebrating the re-opening of the Henry N. Barkhausen Cache River Wetlands Center!

Guests are invited to explore the center and nearby trails, reconnect with the mission of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and engage with community partners.

Enjoy family-friendly environmental crafts, interactive partner booths, opportunities to network with local naturalists and environmental organizations, self-guided winter hiking, biking, or birding, and delicious lunch available for purchase from The Kitchen on Lafayette!

Also on site:
Cache Bayou Outfitters
Friends of Giant City State Park
Friends of the Cache River Watershed
Friends of the Crab Orchard Refuge, Inc.
IDNR Division of Wildlife
IDNR Forestry
IDNR IL Nature Preserves Commission
IDNR Little Grassy Fish Hatchery
IDNR Natural Heritage Biology
Max Hutchison, Local author and conservationist
Prairie Research Institute, ISWS, & INHS
Shawnee Resource Conservation and Development, Inc.
SIU STEM Education Research Center
Southern Illinois Audubon Society
Southernmost Illinois Tourism Bureau
Stinson Memorial Library
The Nature Conservancy
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Rend Lake Project
University of Illinois Extension