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River Bend Nature Center is a non-profit day-use nature center in the city of
Faribault, Minnesota Faribault ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,352 at the 2010 census. Faribault is approximately south of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highways ...
. It was established in the late 1970s as an educational non-profit. The nature center encompasses cradling the Straight River. There are of formal hiking trails with some also available for skiing, snowshoeing, biking, and snowmobiling. The main Interpretive Center houses naturalist staff, displays, Windows on the Wild backyard bird habitat, and the Carlander Nature Library. The Trailside Center is a 3-season programming and maintenance facility. Five peripheral parcels of River Bend are owned by
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Notable flora and fauna

The center contains a variety of habitats including wetlands, forests, and more than of restored and original prairie. The center contains some specimens of the endangered
dwarf trout lily ''Erythronium propullans'', the Minnesota dwarf trout lily, Minnesota adder's tongue or Minnesota fawnlily, is a rare plant Endemism, endemic to the Cannon River (Minnesota), Cannon River and North Fork Zumbro River watersheds in Rice County, Min ...
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Programming and staff

The River Bend Nature Center staff conducts interpretive programs for adults and children throughout the year. Children from public and several charter elementary schools in Rice County visit the center regularly as part of the science curriculum at those schools. In addition, River Bend staff travel to schools and home-schooled students throughout Rice County to provide natural and environmental education in several off-site programs.


Location

River Bend is located just off state highway 60 in the southeast corner of the city of Faribault in central Rice County.


References


External links

* {{Official website, http://www.rbnc.org Nature centers in Minnesota Protected areas of Rice County, Minnesota Buildings and structures in Faribault, Minnesota Education in Rice County, Minnesota Tourist attractions in Rice County, Minnesota