Lussier Family Heritage Center

Lussier Family Heritage Center The Lussier Family Heritage Center provides outdoor and environmental education experiences for persons of all ages and ability levels.

We strive to connect all people with the outdoors as parks and open-spaces are vital to mental and physical well-being. Discover the Lussier Family Heritage Center as the destination for your next meeting, special event or recreational and educational activity. The center offers a unique natural setting only 10 minutes from downtown Madison in William G. Lunney Lake Farm County Park and the Capita

l Springs Recreation Area. It also is easily accessed via two major shared-use trails: the Lower Yahara River Trail and the Capital City State Trail. The Lussier Family Heritage Center connects the community to natural resources through education, recreation, and experiences. The native prairie, freshwater marsh, and oak savanna habitats on the rolling hills of glacial drumlins, offer a scenic setting for many year-round recreational opportunities and other activities including meetings, events, weddings, and educational opportunities.

🚜🌾👨‍🌾Join us in 1 week for our next YV4C event - "Dane Demo Farm & Soil Conservation"! Young adults, 15-21, will engage ...
06/24/2026

🚜🌾👨‍🌾Join us in 1 week for our next YV4C event - "Dane Demo Farm & Soil Conservation"! Young adults, 15-21, will engage in hands-on activities including a rainfall simulator demonstration and soil sampling to better understand how different land management practices affect water infiltration, runoff, and soil health.🚜🌾👨‍🌾

Event is free on July 1st from 1 - 4 pm.

Registeration Required.

⭐Meet the Interns⭐Welcome Cam from Madison! Cam began working with Operation Fresh Start for 2 years, learning about ma...
06/23/2026

⭐Meet the Interns⭐
Welcome Cam from Madison! Cam began working with Operation Fresh Start for 2 years, learning about management of wild areas and collaboration in a crew environment. During that time, Cam obtained a Chainsaw Level 1 certification, which fueled her passion and interest in forestry work. Cam believes that her passion & care for outdoor work will make her a dedicated employee. Cam hopes to gain a deeper understanding of the forestry division in Madison and develop her skills to become a arborist.

🚲Join Norah as a 2-wheel biker this summer! Norah completed our Learn to Bike class and before it was over was cruising ...
06/22/2026

🚲Join Norah as a 2-wheel biker this summer! Norah completed our Learn to Bike class and before it was over was cruising the lot!🚲

As we have heard from other families, "it works!"

The rest of 2026 Learn to Bike programs are posted now. Don't wait and register at our website.

Join us for half day fun with your 5 year old! This is a great way to get a feel for our summer camp before your child t...
06/21/2026

Join us for half day fun with your 5 year old! This is a great way to get a feel for our summer camp before your child turns 6. Program is offered week of July 6, July 27, and August 17th from 9 am - 11 am.

Register now to join the fun!

⭐Meet the Interns⭐Meet Brier - he is excited to join Dane County Land & Water Resources Department as the Watershed Reso...
06/20/2026

⭐Meet the Interns⭐
Meet Brier - he is excited to join Dane County Land & Water Resources Department as the Watershed Resource Engineering Division summer intern. Originally from eastern North Carolina, he relocated to Madison at the beginning of 2025 after graduating college. He studied Cultural Anthropology at Appalachian State University, with concentrations in political ecology and religious studies. Before college he volunteered for a season doing trail work with the Conservation Corps of North Carolina, conducted a research project investigating the effects of eutrophication on gelatinous zooplankton populations in the Sargasso Sea, and worked as an in-patient phlebotomist during the COVID pandemic.

In observance of Juneteenth, our Dane County Parks offices are closed today.
06/19/2026

In observance of Juneteenth, our Dane County Parks offices are closed today.

Our first session of Lil' Explorer Adventure starts Tuesday! Come join us for a 5 week session exploring the outdoors wi...
06/18/2026

Our first session of Lil' Explorer Adventure starts Tuesday! Come join us for a 5 week session exploring the outdoors with your preschool age child.

Saturday sessions are also posted to start mid-summer!

Registration is open now. https://lussierheritagecenter.com/Event/Detail/2708

Help us make some community art! We will be attempting to create a large plastic bottlecap mural at our Environmental Fu...
06/18/2026

Help us make some community art! We will be attempting to create a large plastic bottlecap mural at our Environmental Fun Fair on Saturday, July 11 at the Lussier Family Heritage Center. We need your help deciding which mural to create! Our options are:

🐟 Brooke Trout
🐦‍⬛ Goldfinch
🐝 Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

Check out the designs and 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄!

Want to contribute to our mural? Save your 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘀 and drop them off anytime before July 10th our dropbox outside the Lussier Family Heritage Center (3101 Lake Farm Road) in the breezeway.

🏹NEW CAMP ACTIVITY🏹 We are so excited to have our first week of campers break in our new Archery program! Staff have tra...
06/17/2026

🏹NEW CAMP ACTIVITY🏹 We are so excited to have our first week of campers break in our new Archery program! Staff have training the past few weeks to facilitate this program.

Archery is for ages 9 and up. Look out this fall for a Learn to Archer class.

Still room in our camps to get your child outside this summer. Check out our website at lussierheritagecenter.com.

⭐Meet the Interns⭐Welcome Tara, a student at UW-Madison graduating this summer with a degree in International Studies. S...
06/16/2026

⭐Meet the Interns⭐
Welcome Tara, a student at UW-Madison graduating this summer with a degree in International Studies. She took some time away from school last year to think about her future, and felt very drawn to the field of conservation. She began volunteering regularly with Dane County Parks and found she loved the work, so she is super excited to continue learning in the field this summer as a Dane County Land & Water Resources Department Intern.

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3101 Lake Farm Road
Madison, WI
53711

Telephone

(608) 224-3604

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