WEB SITE
Nahant Marsh

MANAGING ORGANIZATION
Nahant Marsh Education Center

CONTACT
Brian Ritter

PHONE
563-336-3370

E-MAIL
nahantmarsh@eicc.edu

PARKING/ACCESS
Parking available west of the education center

SITE AMENITIES
A wide variety of environmental education programming is available for people of all ages on wetland ecosystems, water quality and biodiversity. Classroom and lab facilities at the education center are available for K-12 field trips and higher education research. Programming also vailable for the general public. Interpretive trails, boardwalks, docks and a bird blind as well as educational signage.

HOURS
Trails are open from dusk to dawn. Education center open as needed.

SITE AMENITIES
Nahant Marsh is one of the last remaining urban wetlands of its size on the Upper Mississippi River. From the 1960's to 1996, the land was used for skeet- and trap-shooting leaving the marsh contaminated with lead shot. After extensive environmental clean-up, the natural area today encompasses different wetland community types including bottomland forest, open-water habitat and a marsh. It provides habitat for rare species such as the Leopard Frog and Blandings Turtle.

SITE SIZE
305 acres