Kenosha County signs long-term lease with Pringle Nature Center
Kenosha County Executive Samantha Kerkman recently joined leaders of the Pringle Nature Center in celebrating the signing of a long-term agreement to continue the center’s operations in Bristol Woods Park.
The County Board recently approved a 10-year lease between the county and the nonprofit Pringle organization, which operates the nature center and its programming.
“This is really a great partnership that started many years ago, and I want to thank our forefathers for putting this together,” Kerkman said. “This is what makes us stronger as a community and a county, when we work together with our public-private partnerships.”
The nature center was made possible by a $50,000 donation in 1983 from the family of Robert D. Pringle, a Bristol farmer who was a longtime member of the county Parks Commission and an avid outdoorsman. That bequest grew with interest to $112,000 by the time the nature center building was constructed in 1997.
Today, the Pringle Nature Center bills itself as a gateway to environmental learning in southeastern Wisconsin, providing environmental education to school groups, youth organizations, families, and adults.
The center hosts a series of recurring community events, including a Fall Fun Festival — to be held this year from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26 — a Groundhog Day celebration, nature story times, trail runs and hikes, and more. It is a frequent destination for school field trips.
Bristol Woods Park, located at 9800 160th Ave. (Highway MB), contains 197 acres of upland forest, wetland, oak savannah remnants, and prairie habitats, as well as more than four miles of trails. The park also houses another public-private partnership with the county: the Boundless Adventures aerial adventure park.
Pringle is led by Executive Director Elizabeth Alvey and is staffed by other employees and volunteers.
“We just want to thank the county for the support and for giving us another 10 years to operate the nature center,” said Nick Spittlemeister, chairman of the Pringle board. “We’re looking forward to all the things that we can do here and beyond in the county.”
More information about Pringle Nature Center is available at https://www.pringlenc.org.
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