The Lehigh Gap Nature Center dedicated its new visitor and education building on July 16, 2010, and is now open to the public.  The new building includes a visitor lobby, an information station, a multipurpose great hall, a research library, a classroom/laboratory, and restrooms.  An educational exhibit in the lobby will explain the Lehigh Gap Nature Center’s unique history and environmental restoration work.  Other interactive exhibits in the great hall will illustrate the habitats present at Lehigh Gap with the purpose of getting people outdoors in the real habitats to explore the refuge.  Connecting people with nature and increasing support for conservation are goals of the exhibits.  Outside, our habitat gardens (with 100% native plants) will bring nature to our doorstep with a wheelchair accessible path winding through the gardens.

Lehigh Gap Nature Center is seeking nominations for the Student Ecologist Awards.  Students in grades 10-12 who volunteer or perform conservation work in Lehigh, Northampton, or Carbon counties are eligible.  Click here for information or a nomination form.