The Detroit Free Press says you haven't live in Michigan until you've visted the Kalamazoo Nature Center. The newspaper reports the nonprofit is one of the first nature centers in the country and was established in 1960 with the goal of protecting a 40-acre, old-growth beech-maple forest. Today, the center's 1,100 acres include forests and rolling grasslands, 14 miles of walking trails, a spring-fed trout stream, two ponds and a section of the Kalamazoo River. The 33,000-square-foot Interpretive Center also is loaded with interactive exhibits.
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