Chico Creek Nature Center

The Nature Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We are the official visitor's center for Bidwell Park, and are proud to provide numerous services to the community, including:

• Free Bidwell Park maps and information
• Janeece Webb Living Animal Museum housing non-releasable animals, which opened in 1991
• Howard S. Tucker Exhibit Hall with exhibits on the nature of Bidwell Park, which opened in 2010
• Kristie's Nature Lab, a nature classroom for hands-on learning, which opened in 2010
• Changing exhibitions on nature and the environment
• Evening and weekend family programs and lecture series
• Low-fee Environmental Education Programs for preschool-6th grades
• Day-camps for children ages 5 to 11
• Alice Hecker Native Plant Garden & Fresh Water Pond