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Welcome Lucille!

welcome lucille

We are very excited to welcome Lucille to CMNC! Please join us in welcoming Lucille, a brand new Kubota M6060HD with a hydronic grappler, bucket and pallet forks. She was made possible through the generosity of the Selby Foundation through…

Welcome Our New Addition Cypress

Cypress

Please help us welcome CMNC’s newest arrival! First spotted on March 23rd and thus named by 5 year old Archer Resnick, “Cypress” is a Watusi bull calf who is just as beautiful as his matriarch mother, Gypsy. Once weaned he…

Donations are always appreciated!

Fencing donation

We would like to thank our neighbors in Old Miakka, the Semirnecs, for donating these useful supplies! Their children showed pigs for the fair and since that chapter has closed and their children are grown, they decided to donate their…

Felling the Buffalo Woman Tree

Felling the Buffalo Woman Tree

Today in the high winds I noticed the Buffalo Woman tree seemed to be leaning more. The fall line potentially included the goat fencing and potentially the goats themselves. Once I notice something like this, I can not abide it.…

Meet Our New Calves!

Red and Scarlet

New Calves – Sometimes, babies are born on CMNC. We only purposely allow the cattle to breed to preserve the crackers, but sometimes rescues come to us pregnant. Little babies are always such a joy to see and share but…

Feast Upon the Fields

Crowley Museum and Nature Center Events

Recently we hosted Feast Upon The Fields, a fundraiser for the Conservation Foundation Of The Gulfcoast. They were instrumental in our protecting CMNC with a conservation easement that assures that all 191.05 acres will be conserved forever. It was a…

Changing Water Level on the Myakka River

changing water levels myakka river

The changing water level on the Myakka River is amazing. We wanted to take a moment to share with you the impressive and frightening amount of water that accumulated on the Crowley Museum & Nature Center’s east side bordering the…

Selby Foundation Grant for New Tractor

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With a true and deep gratitude we wish to announce that the Selby Foundation awarded us a fall cycle grant to purchase a new Kubota M6060HD. As part of our ongoing Hurricane Ian recovery this machine will be invaluable. We…