Your membership dollars help support the numerous services we provide to the community:

• Free Bidwell Park maps and information
• Living animal museum
• Free exhibitions on nature and the environment
• Free weekend hikes and nature programs
• Low-fee Environmental Education Programs grades K-6th
• Low-fee day-camps for children ages 5 to 11
• Alice Hecker Native Plant Garden & Fresh Water Pond

Membership levels and benefits

• $15 Senior Citizen or Student
• $25 Individual
• $35 Family
• $55 The Valley Oak
• $130 The Golden Eagle Membership
• $250 Business
• $500 - $1,000 Lifetime Membership

All membership levels receive a seasonal newsletter and calendar of events mailed to your home or business, and discounts on CCNC camp programs.

Valley Oak level receives a free t-shirt

Golden Eagle level receives a free t-shirt and a copy of "Nature of Bidwell Park."

Business and Lifetime levels will get their names engraved on our perpetual plaque displayed at The Nature Center

Nature's Classroom Building Fund

To contribute to the campaign to build our new facility see our Build a Brick page

In-kind Donations

As an independent non-profit organization, the Chico Creek Nature Center welcomes any monetary or in-kind donations. Below is our current list of in-kind donations we need.

• White Copier Paper
• Polaroid 300 Instant Film
• Binoculars (new or in good condition)
• Microscopes (new or in good condition)
• Folding Chairs (new or in good condition)

To become a member please send your tax-deductible check to:

Chico Creek Nature Center
1968 E. 8th Street, Chico, CA 95928

For more information on Membership:
call (530) 891-4671 or E-mail us at naturecenter@chico.com