NATURE AT NIGHT

Friday August 22,  2025

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

at Lee Tartt Nature Preserve in the Grenada Downtown District

320 North Main St. Grenada, MS 38901

A FREE program for all ages sponsored by Friends of Chakchiuma Swamp

Encounter the mysteries of a summer night in Mississippi with scientists and naturalists!

Join us for a family friendly evening of night time adventures at Lee Tartt Nature Preserve as we explore creatures of the night in Chakchiuma Swamp.

The evening features stories and cool facts about bats with the Mississippi Bat Working Group. They will have mist netting stations set up to catch, document and release bats.

Spider experts will share fascinating facts about spiders and lead a spider hunting night hike. Everyone will have a chance to catch spiders in jars to learn more about each species.

There will also be bug sheets lit up with UV lights to attract moths, bugs and other night life surrounded by the magical sounds of night time in a swamp. 

The event will be led by Becky Rosamond and Amber Floyd, USFWS wildlife biologists and researchers for the Mississippi Bat Working Group and Gail Stratton, Pat Miller, spider experts from Oxford and experts from the Entomology Department at Mississippi State University

Bring: chair, headlamp / flashlight, water bottle (cold water will be provided!), close toed shoes are recommended. Bring a Thermacell if you have one!