News & Updates

  • 2024 Wildlife Weekend Photo Contest Entries and Award Winners

    Thanks to the 33 photographers who contributed more than 200 images to this year’s photo contest… and congratulations to the award winners. To see each winning photo, click on its title below. In addition, prints of all of these winning photos are now available for viewing downstairs (behind the Geology Wall Exhibit) at the Nature… Read more

  • 2022 Wildlife Weekend Photo Contest Announced

    Friends of Steele Creek Nature Center and Park has announced its 16th Annual Wildlife Weekend Photography Contest and Show, traditionally held in conjunction with Wildlife Weekend at Steele Creek Park, in Bristol Tennessee. Amateur photographers of all ages, including children and teens, are encouraged to participate. Eligible photographs must be taken at Steele Creek Park… Read more

  • SCP 2022 iNaturalist Challenge Well Underway

    How many of the seventy SCP 2022 iNaturalist Challenge species can you document in the Park during the next 10 months? It’s not too late to get started. Though the window may be closing for some of the winter only species, there are lots to be found during the upcoming spring months. Check the iNaturalist… Read more

  • Summer Nature Camps 2022!

    Registration Still Open for Two of the Four Sessions Registration is still open for two of The Nature Center’s Summer Nature Camps 2022. This year’s sessions include “Bushcraft and Wilderness Camp”, “Insects and Creepy Crawlies”, “FLIGHT-ology Camp”, and “Nature’s Clean-Up Camp”. Sessions on “Insects and Creepy Crawlies” and “FLIGHT-ology” are now filled. There’s still time… Read more

  • Steele Creek Park iNaturalist Challenge 2022 — Now Underway

    It’s time to be out looking for the winter species! How many of the 70 listed species can you document in the Park in 2022? All are commonly seen in the Park, but you will need to be there each season to get all 70 species, and some can be found in the Park only… Read more

  • Steele Creek Park iNaturalist Challenge 2022

    Get ready now for this fun and exciting challenge! Challenge yourself in 2022 to find all 70 of these species within Steele Creek Park in one year. All of these species listed are commonly seen in the park, but it will take some effort (or sometimes luck) to find and photograph each one. Note that… Read more

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