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Dogapalooza

Bring your canine companions out for 4 full hours of dog and people-friendly activities! We have partnered with the Humane Society of Elkhart County to make this fun festival even better with food trucks, a 5K run, 1 mile walk, live music, local doggy vendors, dog rescues and much more. “Bark” your calendars for a paws-itively great day!

Run/Walk Registration link: https://elkharthumanesociety.org/pfac-at-dogapalooza/

About This Event

Date: May 10, 2025

Time: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Location: Ox Bow

Shelter:Red Pines Campfire

Cost:Free

Age:All Ages

Register By: No Registration Required

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While visiting any of our awesome parks, you might

While visiting any of our awesome parks, you might notice a pine tree. Indiana is home to several types of pine trees, but the common ones in our county parks are the Red and White Pines. You may want to know how to tell the difference between the two. First, look at their needle bundles: Red Pines have 2 needles per bundle, while White Pines have 5. You can easily remember this because the word 'white' is spelled with 5 letters, which matches the number of needles in a White Pine bundle. Second, look at the pine cones: White Pine cones are long, and Red Pine cones are short and stocky.

For more information about the Red and White Pines, check out these links:

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Eastern White Pine
https://ag.purdue.edu/news/department/fnr/2023/03/intro-to-trees-white-pine.html

Intro to IN Trees: Red Pine
https://www.purdue.edu/fnr/extension/intro-to-in-trees-red-pine/

While visiting Ox Bow County Park or our other awe

While visiting Ox Bow County Park or our other awesome parks, you might notice a pine tree. Indiana is home to several types of pine trees, but the common ones in our county parks are the Red and White Pines. You may want to know how to tell the difference between the two. First, look at their needle bundles: Red Pines have 2 needles per bundle, while White Pines have 5. You can easily remember this because the word 'white' is spelled with 5 letters, which matches the number of needles in a White Pine bundle. Second, look at the pine cones: White Pine cones are long, and Red Pine cones are short and stocky.

For more information about the Red and White Pines, check out these links:

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Eastern White Pine
https://ag.purdue.edu/news/department/fnr/2023/03/intro-to-trees-white-pine.html

Intro to IN Trees: Red Pine
https://www.purdue.edu/fnr/extension/intro-to-in-trees-red-pine/

Step back into time with our next blog entry by Na

Step back into time with our next blog entry by Naturalist James.

https://elkhartcountyparks.org/surviving-the-ice-age-in-northern-indiana/

*image from Elkhart County Historical Museum

We are officially 3 weeks from our annual St. Patr

We are officially 3 weeks from our annual St. Patrick's Day Scavenger Hunt. This year the golden shamrocks will be hidden at Bonneyville Mill County Park.

Get all the details at www.elkhartcountyparks.org

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