Minnesota Seasons - River Bend Nature Center


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	Size
	700 acres

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	1000 Rustad Road Faribault, MN 55021 N44 16.649, W93 14.489

	Hours
	Trail Hours 6am to 10pm every day Interpretive Center Hours Monday-Friday: 8am to 4:30pm Saturday: 9am to 4pm Sunday: Closed

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	No fee


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					Rice County
					Southeast Minnesota


	Ecology

	Ecological Classification
	Ecological Province			Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province
	Ecological Section			Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal
	Ecological Subsection			Big Woods, Oak Savanna
	Land Type Association			Cordova Moraine Lemond Moraine

	Native Plant Communities*
	Elm - Ash - Basswood Terrace Forest Southern Mesic Oak-Basswood Forest Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp
	* Source: The Minnesota Biological Survey, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological Resources

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	RBNC Ramble video 2021 River Bend Nature Center

	About Aug 9, 2021



	River Bend Nature Center Visit Faribault

	About Jul 6, 2017 The River Bend Nature Center offers hiking trails, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, biking, educational classes and programs, and great views. Learn more at visitFaribault.com



	John Blackmer River Bend Nature Center

	About Sep 18, 2020 “The gravitational pull that the nature center has on the community is something unique, something you can’t find anywhere else in Faribault. It’s really amazing to watch how people keep coming back day after day, year after year, to this nature center they’ve grown up with, this place that they’ve visited so many times.” ~John Blackmer, Former RBNC Naturalist



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Ten bird species with conservation status in Minnesota have been seen here:
Endangered	Henslow’s Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Special Concern	Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri) Franklin’s Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) Nelson’s Sparrow (Ammospiza nelsoni) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Purple Martin (Progne subis) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator)


Four plant species with conservation status in Minnesota are found here:
Endangered	butternut (Juglans cinerea) Minnesota dwarf trout lily (Erythronium propullans)
Special Concern	late hawthorn (Crataegus calpodendron) rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium var. yuccifolium)