Organizations

Madison FUN Friends of Urban Nature is a volunteer led partnership of Parks, Environmental, Educational and Friends of Parks organizations. Our mission is to Connect Madison area communities and kids with nearby urban nature. Together we co-sponsor 120 regularly scheduled free family friendly educational naturalist guided Bird and Nature Adventures every year with 2 or 3 every weekend in local parks and natural areas, an annual Bird and Nature Festival, and the annual Madison Parks FUN Wisconsin Master Naturalist Class helping to generate and engage new nature education and activity leaders. Madison FUN volunteers also help lead, facilitate, make connections, help engage adults and kids and provide shared resources for urban area nature restoration initiatives, new Frirnds of Parks groups, and Citizen Science opportunities including Bird counts, Bluebird trails, Martin houses, Bat houses, Bee monitoring, Frog monitoting, and Water monitoring. We welcome volunteer leaders and help engage the public in activities.