Friends of the Sax-Zim Bog Welcome Center Addition Dedication

Friends of the Sax-Zim Bog are celebrating the opening of The Lois King Education Center on October 22, 2022. The addition to the Welcome Center will create new opportunities for education and community engagement centered around the biodiversity of the Sax-Zim Bog.

The public is invited to an open house showcasing the expanded welcome center located at 8793 Owl Avenue, Meadowlands MN on October 22, 2022 from 12-3:00 p.m. The event will feature a chance to chat with naturalists from the bog, natural history videos, drawings for bird-themed prizes, and light refreshments.

Over the past summer the Friends of Sax-Zim Bog added 1300 square feet to the welcome center. The new solar-powered addition was built by local contractors and uses “baked” aspen exterior siding and locally milled tamarack inside. The light-filled space will include a classroom, an expanded gift shop, natural history displays, and much needed storage. Once the Welcome Center opens for the season at the beginning of December, visitors will also enjoy having a place to warm up and have their lunch.

The addition was in large part possible due to a $75,000 matching grant provided by Richard King in memory of his wife Lois King. The space will be named the Lois King Education Center in her honor. Lois was a counselor, advocate for women, wife, mother, grandmother and Friends of Sax-Zim Bog “Bog buddy”.