Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center is dedicated to educating, inspiring and engaging people about and with nature and the environment. At the southern end of the Columbus Riverwalk, blocks from U.S. Army Fort Moore and the National Infantry Museum, and integrated with Columbus’ Dragonfly Trails Network, the center offers a view of the ecoregion of West Central Georgia and the Chattahoochee Valley by providing access to samples of the area’s rich communities of plants and animals.
Opened in 1995 as a collaboration among Columbus Water Works, Columbus State University and the City of Columbus, the center provides exhibits, displays and nature trails, and also offers formal and informal programs about the ecology and natural history of the region. Interpretive and hands-on programming is provided by its professional educational staff, contributing faculty, student assistants, and volunteers. The facility features one classroom-laboratory, an 86-seat auditorium, state-of-the-art instructional media, the Natural History Discovery Center, indoor and outdoor exhibits of living reptiles and fish, a stream habitat supporting various plants and animals, a pollinator garden, beehives, and environmental art.
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