OUR FOCUS:
Education
Enhance visitor experience
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Buses for at least 2,800 school children for field trips to Mueller State Park
Annual Park pass for Daybreak Senior Care
Visitor Center exhibit touchscreens
New and upgraded trail interpretive signs
Landscaping at Visitor Center entrance
2 new water bottle filling stations
New skins and skulls for touch tables
10 Bushnell binoculars for educational use
10 GPS units for educational field trips
6 pairs of snowshoes for winter classes and hikes
Outdoor stationary binocular viewing stands
New Visitor Center taxidermy animals for display
Baby changing stations in Visitor Center
Updated camera for Visitor Center weather station
12 two-way radios for use by Naturalists
Updated trail guide booklet – Miles to Hike
Edible and Medicinal Plants of Mueller State Park booklet
Printing of various educational materials (History of Mueller, Junior Ranger, etc.)
Successful Art in the Park and Firewood Sale fundraisers
Prior to 2016 Friends projects:
Original boardwalk over Dragonfly Pond
Multi-media equipment for the Visitor Center Auditorium
Benches on hiking trails
Bike racks
Interpretive panels for Osborn Homestead
Bear resistant dumpsters for campground
Laptop & DVD player for the amphitheater
Children’s track rubbing booklets
Guide to Historic Sites booklet
Penny Smasher Machine