Our major education and conservation project for 48 years has been the development of Chaplin Nature Center. This 230 acre preserve near Arkansas City features a Visitor’s Center staffed by a full time naturalist. The Visitor’s Center features educational exhibits, a library and meeting spaces. Our naturalist conducts programs for school classes from across south central Kansas, as well as civic organizations, youth groups and the public. The trails through the woods and prairies, leading to the sandbars of the Arkansas River, are open to the public from sunrise to sunset year round. Our members support the Chaplin Nature Center with donations of money and time, including fund-raising, maintenance and construction projects, and staffing the Visitor’s Center.