National Eagle Center

Eagle Center offers online eagle content

Mar 25, 2020

The National Eagle Center in Wabasha remains committed to continuing its mission of inspiring the world with eagles even during its mandated closure due to COVID-19, the center said in a news release. The Center is now offering new digital eagle experiences anywhere. The Center will share its...

National Eagle Center mourns passing of Donald

Mar 18, 2020

The National Eagle Center in Wabasha is mourning the loss of Donald, a male golden eagle who passed away March 16. Donald had been at the Center since 2008. His exact age was unknown. Life expectancy for adult eagles in the wild is about 20-25 years while eagles in human care with a controlled...

Eagle center announces more eagle-viewing cruises

Mar 4, 2020

The National Eagle Center’s On the Lake and On the River eagle viewing cruises are returning for the 2020 summer season. Cruises will be aboard the Pearl of the Lake in Lake City and the Cal Fremling in Winona. They will host a series of six cruises starting in June and running through October....

Eagle Center hires Kentucky consultant to be its new CEO

Dec 4, 2019

Amid a major facility and mission expansion, The National Eagle Center in Wabasha has named a Louisville, Ky., fundraising consultant with experience leading and serving cultural, arts, conservation and educational institutions, as their next leader. Meg Gammage-Tucker, who for the past eight...

Eagle art donor speaks to Lake City Rotary

Oct 23, 2019

Preston Cook was the speaker at the Monday, Oct. 21, meeting of the Lake City Rotary Club. Cook, who has been collecting eagle items and art since the late 1960s, recently donated his collection to the National Eagle Center in Wabasha. In addition, proceeds from a book he wrote explaining the...

Eagle center to host live painting, artist meet and greet Oct. 5 and 6

Oct 2, 2019

This Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5 and 6 the National Eagle Center will host St. Paul-based artists MaryBeth Garrigan and Petra Lommen for a live painting and artist meet and greet event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Watershed Gallery. Works from their latest collaboration are currently on display...

National Eagle Center to host Jan Killian painting demonstration event

Jul 10, 2019

On Saturday, July 20, the National Eagle Center in Wabasha will host artist Jan Killian in the Watershed Gallery for a live painting and artist meet and greet event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Killian, an artist from Cumberland, Wis., is currently exhibiting work in the Watershed Gallery at the National...

Eagle Center director announces retirement

Jun 12, 2019

National Eagle Center Executive Director Rolf Thompson has advised the center’s board of directors that he will retire from the position on Jan 1. Thompson, who will turn 67 this year, has led the Wabasha education and tourism destination for seven years. “For the last four years he has...

Council group focuses on state bonding process

Apr 10, 2019

Three Lake City City Council members have volunteered to investigate a package of projects for which the city could receive funding through the state bonding bill. The state legislature typically approves a large bonding bill once per biennium where it provides funding for specific local projects...

Mixed results for area bonding projects

Jun 7, 2018

Efforts to obtain state bonding money for area projects had mixed success at the state legislature this year, with winners to the north and south and disappointment in between. Red Wing obtained money for its effort to route its bike trail around Barn Bluff, according to Skip Jobe of the Friends...