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Welcome to the Crowley Museum & Nature Center
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 […]
Getting Ready for Earth Day at Crowley
Getting ready for Earth Day at Crowley! Please share an environmentally conscious action that you take that is unique! We are always looking to share ideas on how to be […]
Welcome Our New Addition 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 […]
Donations are always appreciated!
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 […]
Sentient Beings Deserve Our Respect Also
Sentient Beings Deserve Our Respect Also - In today’s installment of Wildlife Wednesday I’m going to ask you for a favor. One of consideration. It will require thought and effort […]
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 […]
Meet Our New Calves!
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 […]
Feast Upon the Fields
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 […]
Changing Water Level on the 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 […]
Selby Foundation Grant for New Tractor
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 […]
Ol Bessie She’s a John Deere 5310
You know who doesn’t get enough recognition? Ol Bessie. She’s a John Deere 5310 with some age related ailments and a little fern growing in her worn lemon yellow seat. […]
Post Ian Volunteer Clean Up Weekend a Success
Volunteer Clean Up Update - Yesterday was the first day since Hurricane Ian hit that we did not have to force an angry chainsaw to snarl and bark its constructive […]
Crowley Welcomes New Cracker Cows to the Herd
This weekend we went to Webster Florida for the annual cracker cows/cattle sale. Once a year you can add registered animals of this rare heritage breed to your herd from […]
Tree Work Continues
The tree work continues with our faithful little crew. The Sartwells have been working on cutting through massive trees and currently the goat pasture. They’re clearing fences so that we […]