RECONNECT WITH NATURE
ABNC offers 5 miles of well maintained walking trails for your enjoyment including our discovery loop boardwalk, and bison viewing platform. Reconnect with nature today! Purchase your admission ticket online!
AT ARMAND BAYOU NATURE CENTER
It’s the little things our volunteers do that make a difference
Potting one plant, teaching one person, fixing one light
That help preserve the habitat and wildlife that sustain us all
Volunteer To Keep ABNC Wild
Our EcoEducation Programs are an Outdoor Adventure in learning!
Kids Programs
During the school year ABNC offers four levels of EcoPrograms: EcoTots, Ecotots Bilingües, EcoSchoolers, and EcoAdventurers. For extra time in nature kids can enjoy EcoAfternoons (an extension of EcoProgram classes). Summer EcoCamps and Winter EcoExplorers are offered during Winter and Summer Breaks. We also offer Scouting Programs for Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts.
Teachers & Parents
ABNC offers a wide variety of engaging hands on STEM educational activities, demonstrations, and tours as Group Field Trips. We also offer SBEC Credit for teachers that participate in our EcoEducation programs.
EcoInformation Programs
Discover the nature center on our electric vehicle on our Guided Bayou Safari Trips (also good for earning SBEC credit). Hazardous Beasties Safety Training, learn about "hazardous beasties" in your backyard and beyond. ABNC also offers an outreach program where we bring our hands-on interactive demonstrations to you.
SUPPORT US
ARMAND BAYOU NATURE CENTER relies on YOU to assist in the preservation of this stunning, vast urban wilderness!
Ways you can support ABNC are:
Purchase an Individual or Family Membership
Make a Donation
Businesses can become ABNC partners through Corporate Giving
Volunteer, It takes more than 200 volunteers to maintain ABNC
Support us when shopping at Kroger Community Rewards
Create a Legacy though Planned Giving