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2. Partner with Integrated Waste Management to use the compost site as a learning experience — for example compost demonstration area with interpretive information 3. Add welcome and wayfinding signage 4. Enhance the natural experience between the parking lot and the building by adding native plantings, a learning station, and seating along the entry path 5. Make the building's main entry more visible 6. Screen the dumpsters and garage with vegetation 7. Separate visitor access (by foot) along the main entry walk from maintenance and operational access (by vehicle) 8. Improve the landscaping around the building a. Screen the service area on the southwest corner of the building b. Reflect the center's vision by investing in and caring for native plantings c. Add a 'pollinator pathway'thru the garden north of the building to provide an interpretive opportunity and provide easier access for maintenance d. Screen the amphitheater with vegetation to create an 'outdoor room' experience Goal #4: Increase programming around 'Essential Experiences': Water Access, Access to Four Ecotypes, Birding, and Tree Houses (Outdoor Classrooms) Strategies: 1. Create indoor exhibits 2. Build and utilize new learning station platforms, dock access, and boardwalks to create water stewardship demonstrations and water - oriented recreation 3. Create interpretive exhibits that introduce visitors to the four ecotypes at Wargo, and provide a deeper understanding of their ecology 4. Add an outdoor classroom structure to the restored prairie area for programs 5. Improve birding programs with focused exhibits, habitat improvements, viewing areas, nest cams, and special events tailored around seasonal bird activities 6. Build and utilize a "Tree House" classroom for outdoor programs, events, and rentals 7. Create an ADA accessible 'Wild Things' trail loop that showcases the four ecotypes and birding 8. Create a trail segment thru the uplands area, south of the entry drive and compost site 9. Prepare a forest management plan to address Emerald Ash Borer, thinning of existing pine plantings, management of the maple basswood and floodplain forests Wargo Nature Center Master Plan - March 2015 WHAT IS COMPOSTING? Thin mon] recoxi frrilw WA p.n. IM x:F add .edea q.a. Fir [w . Llwr:Y.iameLai].:_m,brmw.leaLL'uM1mo*M.l.4.Wm �.; Interpretation would help integrate the compost site with the Nature Center Features that filter runoff and provide vegetative buffers soften the parking lot experience A boardwalk and observation deck brings visitors in close contact with water and wildlife, adding to Wargo's "Essential Experiences"