Help open the trails at Shepard Farm this summer!

Help Dodge Nature Center open a green space to Nourish Your Need
For Nature ™ 

This summer, Dodge is poised to open a location in Cottage Grove, Minnesota: the Shepard Farm Property. To reach this exciting goal, your help is needed! Before this green space can open to the public, Dodge must provide Shepard Farm with ADA accessible bathrooms, hand washing stations, driveway, and parking lot. Green space not only provides an oasis for plants and wildlife but also benefits community health and wellness.

For these reasons, Dodge is asking you to help with the last $5,000. Better yet, because of a matching grant from the Marathon Petroleum Foundation (formerly known as the Andeavor Foundation), your donation will be DOUBLED!    

Dodge has been providing environmental education for more than 50 years in West St. Paul and now, the nature center is wanting you to be a part of this next, big step. Through field trips, school visits, camps, and an on-site preschool, Dodge’s goal has always been to provide exceptional experiences in nature for all ages. 

Nourish Your Need For Nature ™ by helping Dodge to enhance and open this property in your neighborhood. Bringing Dodge closer to you ensures green spaces to explore, trails to navigate, and interactive educational experiences.