Nature Fest
May 25 & 26, 2012

The Mineola Nature Fest is a great event for the whole family.

Birds of Prey Show

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Schedule of Events

(Subject to change)

Friday, May 25^th 7:00 pm - ?

7:00 Outsiders Program – A Western Reenactment

7:30 Longhorn Cattle Drive

8:00 Cowboy Songs with Cowboy Ray

8:45 Campfire Stories by Jeff Hurley

9:15 East Texas Astronomers

(Friday night event times are subject to change)

Saturday, May 26^th 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

(Shows will run approx. 45 min. unless otherwise noted)

8:00 Birding Hike (1-1 ½ hour hike) Ranger Boyd Sanders of Tyler State Park

9:00 Amphibian/Reptile Nature Hike (2 hr hike) Dr. Neil Ford of the University of Texas at Tyler

10:00 Interesting Animals  The Creature Teacher

11:00 Birds of Prey (1^st Show) Last Chance Forever

Noon Memorial Day Observance Paul Gates

12:15 Weird and Wacky Animals The Creature Teacher

1:00 Birds of Prey (2^nd Show) Last Chance Forever

2:00 Really Reptiles  The Creature Teacher

(Creature Teacher shows have not been set)

Saturday’s On-Going Workshops and Demonstrations

9-12 Kids Fish      Larry Jones

9-3 Face Painting     Connie Lowe

9-3 The Turtle Guy           Mr. Kelly

9-3 Nature Photography Gary Edwards of EastTexasReflections.com

9-3 Knowing Horticulture Master Gardeners

9-3 Fire Starting and more Master Naturalist

9-3 The Nature of Bees East Texas Bee Keepers Association

9-3 Nature Books (Mobile Library) Mineola Memorial Library

9-3 Texas Forest Service Texas Forest Service

9-3 Archeology    Floyd Kent

9-3 Kite Flying

9-3 Boy Scouts

….And more activities and demonstrations throughout the day

We would like to thank all of our 2012 NatureFest Sponsors:

• Nestle Waters of North America,
• City National Bank,
• Academy Sports & Outdoors,
• David Rauscher,
• Wood County Farm Bureau, 
• Mineola Tourism Board 
• Mineola Park and Open Spaces Board