Show your support by becoming a member of the Rusk Ranch Nature Center!
When you become a member you help the Rusk Ranch Nature Center provide outdoor activities, educational programs and workshops, interactive exhibits, and hands-on learning opportunities to residents of the community and visitors to Illinois Valley in Southern Oregon. As a member, you become part of a community of people dedicated to developing an awareness and appreciation of nature in others.
It’s easy to become a member, simply click here to print the membership form. Or you can become a member by clicking the yellow “Buy Now” button below now!
Join Us and Enjoy these Member Benefits!
Individual – $25
* Unlimited Complimentary General Admission for One Annually
* 1 Free Guest Pass Visit Annually
* Free Admission, Reduced Rates, or Priority Registration for Select Classes,Programs, and Special Events ~ Attend the quarterly Family Nature Scavenger Hunts!
Family – $30
* Unlimited Complimentary General Admission for the Whole Family Annually (2 children and up to 2 adults)
* 1 Free Guest Pass Visit Annually
* Free Admission, Reduced Rates, or Priority Registration for Select Classes,
Programs, and Special Events ~ Attend the quarterly Family Nature Scavenger Hunts!
It’s easy to become a member, simply click here to print the membership form. Or you can become a member by clicking the yellow “Buy Now” button below now!
Why not become a “Burly Club” member – help to host the Americorps Team this year. 
Every year we sponsor a team of young people from Americorps (its like the Peace Corps but in the United States). They work on the property building, landscaping and maintaining the center. They also go out in the community and serve other nonprofits during their stay here. While their labor is donated to us, we still have significant costs to be able to utilize their services. Click here to help support the team!
You can use the yellow “Buy Now” link above, just put BURLY CLUB in the info comments.~~~~~~
This summer Tommy visited the Butterfly Pavilion with his parents. He giggled when a butterfly landed on his shirt and stayed there for 15 minutes. He watched intently as the butterfly moved its long legs as it re-adjusted to the movements of his shirt. He was amazed at all the small Pacific Tree Frogs that were hopping everywhere.
Tommy watching frogs
He learned how to very carefully catch one and release it onto a lily pad in the pond. He came back for visits several times during the summer. Tommy would lay down in the grass and watch at ground level as frogs jumped nearby. Now he talks almost daily about revisiting the Nature Center. The life of butterflies, how caterpillars eat and go through metamorphosis, what frogs eat, how they jump and how they start out as pollywogs – Tommy now talks about all these subjects with a tone of wonder and very focused curiosity. They are not just pictures in a story book – but real experiences he has had interacting with the natural world. These gentle memories have formed a strong connection for Tommy to the real world. His experiences are affirming in a way that digital games, videos and social media cannot imitate. These grounding experiences are what Rusk Ranch Nature Center is all about.
It’s why all of us – the board, the volunteers, staff and community partners are all working to support the Rusk Ranch Nature Center!
The Rusk Ranch Nature Center thanks our past and present members and donors for their generosity.
All annual contributions and membership fees are spent as
operating support in the fiscal year in which they are given.
