Friends of Edson Fichter Nature Area

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The Mission of the Friends of the Edson Fichter Nature Area is to inspire life-long appreciation, respect and curiosity for the natural world of the EFNA, located in Pocatello, Idaho.

If you're in the Pocatello area, join us this Saturday (6/20) at 8:30 AM for our family birding walk at Edson Fichter Na...
06/18/2026

If you're in the Pocatello area, join us this Saturday (6/20) at 8:30 AM for our family birding walk at Edson Fichter Nature Area!

Saw some beautiful birds on our first summer birding walk at EFNA! Bullock's Oriole, Cinnamon Teal, Cedar Waxwing, Doubl...
06/06/2026

Saw some beautiful birds on our first summer birding walk at EFNA! Bullock's Oriole, Cinnamon Teal, Cedar Waxwing, Double Crested Cormorant, Eastern Kingbird, House Finch, House Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Great-tailed Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Northern Yellow Warbler, American Goldfinch, American Crow, Mallard, and probably a few others I'm forgetting. Here are a few pictures.

The first Edson Fichter Nature Area Summer Birding Walk of 2026 is happening this Saturday (6/1) at the EFNA in Pocatell...
06/04/2026

The first Edson Fichter Nature Area Summer Birding Walk of 2026 is happening this Saturday (6/1) at the EFNA in Pocatello! This walk is for adults only, and will begin at 6:30 AM. Grab your binoculars and/or cameras with zoom lenses and help us find as many birds as we can! (No children and no dogs, please.)

The Friends of the EFNA are planning summer programs and would appreciate your ideas. Your responses will help us create...
06/04/2026

The Friends of the EFNA are planning summer programs and would appreciate your ideas. Your responses will help us create meaningful and enjoyable experiences for our community. Thanks for helping us by taking a minute to complete the survey by scanning the QR Code below.

On a wet, windy, chilly Saturday morning, thirteen people explored the Edson Fichter Nature Area to photographically rec...
06/02/2026

On a wet, windy, chilly Saturday morning, thirteen people explored the Edson Fichter Nature Area to photographically record as many different types of life as we could. Together, the group posted 420 observations to iNaturalist, a social network of naturalists, citizen scientists, and biologists. We identified 120 different species, including showy milkweed and Red-winged Blackbirds, Bullock’s Orioles and musk thistles, Western Tanagers and eastern boxelder bugs.

This was our second annual BioBlitz at EFNA. We’re hoping we’ve started a tradition.

To see our results, check out https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/edson-fichter-nature-area-bioblitz-may-2026

Edson Fichter Nature Area is becoming a research lab for Pocatello High School students!Anne Koski’s Honors Biology stud...
05/29/2026

Edson Fichter Nature Area is becoming a research lab for Pocatello High School students!

Anne Koski’s Honors Biology students do research projects every year, then present their findings at the annual “Science Night.” A few of her students used the Edson Fichter Nature Area as their laboratory. One sampled Elodea, a water plant, from the pond, a second tested nitrate levels in the pond, and a third compared bacteria levels in the pond and the adjacent Portneuf River.

Here are two of their posters that were shared last night:

Edson Fichter Nature Area BioBlitzSaturday, May 30th 8:30 am to 12 pmOrganized by the Friends of Edson Fichter Nature Ar...
05/26/2026

Edson Fichter Nature Area BioBlitz

Saturday, May 30th 8:30 am to 12 pm

Organized by the Friends of Edson Fichter Nature Area

Join us for a hands-on discovery of our local wildlife and plants. Help inventory the animal and plant life of the EFNA with the iNaturalist app and your smartphone. We recommend that participants download the free iNaturalist app from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store before the BioBlitz.

We will meet at the EFNA Amphitheater at 8:30 am for a short introduction. We will then break up into smaller groups to walk the area with local naturalists to record observations of plants and animals with our smartphones, using the iNaturalist app. At about 11 am, we will go to a classroom in the nearby Indian Hills School to review, confirm, and summarize our iNaturalist observations.

05/02/2026

On Monday, May 4, Idaho Fish and Game will temporarily close access to Ardith’s Garden within Edson Fichter Nature Area in Pocatello. Construction of a new pathway from the amphitheater to the garden is being donated by a Pocatello business, Iron Horse Asphalt.

04/22/2026

We’re so excited to be a part of Idaho Gives! You can support our campaign by visiting IdahoGives.org and donating on May 4-7, 2026.

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PO Box 4257
Pocatello, ID
83202

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