Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center

The Nature and Wildlife Discovery Center (NWDC) is a multi-campus nature preserve and educational center in Pueblo County, Colorado. It includes a 611-acre mountain park, a lodge, a gift shop, a museum in Beulah, Colorado, a small museum and educational center, an open-space park on the Arkansas River in Pueblo, and an adjacent raptor education and rehabilitation facility. The NWDC provides access to two distinct areas of Pueblo County. The NWDC's River Campus is located in Rock Canyon on the banks of the Arkansas River at 5200 Nature Center Road, and includes aquatic, riparian, transition, and semi-arid shortgrass prairie habitats. The Raptor Center is adjacent to the river. The NWDC Mountain Campus is located in Beulah, CO, at 9112 Mountain Park Road, and has ponderosa pine and mixed fir forests, foothills, transition habitats, and access to the adjacent San Isabel National Forest. The NWDC is organized as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation.

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