Blanford Nature Center

Next month you'll have a chance to get out in nature, explore scenic trails, attend special events, and hang out with wildlife - all for free!

You can explore the nature center's trails, forest, meadows, and hang out with wildlife ambassadors for free August 1st through the 31st.

Looking for stuff to do with the kiddos this month?

After escaping from Blanford Nature Center for the second time in two weeks, the search for Artemis the young, orphaned bobcat continues.

Two weeks ago, Artemis (originally thought to be her brother Apollo) made a similar escape and was found a couple days later in a nearby live trap.

A young male bobcat, a new wildlife ambassador at Grand Rapids' Blanford Nature Center, has escaped his enclosure.