This past Sunday afternoon Bob, my brother Marion, and I headed up to Tara Wildlife for the Mississippi River Nature Festival that was held in association with Audubon Mississippi. Tara is located approximately 11-1/2 miles from Vicksburg off of HWY 465. They had a lot of activities planned, but we chose to ride in the open-air bus through the woods. This festival affords outdoor enthusiast outings to visit over 17,000 acres of managed lakes and forest, with opportunities to view Tara's abundant wildlife and migrating species of rare birds. They also hosted a Stork and Cork Weekend package with a MS River Tour. Programs were offered on the subjects such as gardening for wildlife, managing private lands for game species and other wildlife and nature with renowned guest speakers. Also on the agenda was learning new skills at their outdoor photography workshops. I must say, it was a great weekend event for our community! (I will post for the next day or so on Tara)
Sounds like a fun event. Tara Wildlife was definitely a good pick for your WATG post. Sounds like they do a lot to educate people about the outdoors.
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun event Kristine and it's a good thing for our community. We owe it to a lady by the name of Maggie Bryant who is the founder of Tara. She is active in conservation measures around the world. One smart lady!
ReplyDeleteWe thought about coming but backed out due to the heat. I am glad that it was fun!!!
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