Saturday marks the first annual Austin Nature Day, a day to “celebrate the beauty, vitality, and diversity of natural resources that contribute to our high quality of life.” The number and locations that are taking part is quite large: from McKinney Roughs where you can float down the Colorado River to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to the Austin Nature Center, where you can celebrate Earth Day a week early with the American Chemical Society, where you can get infomration on local flora and fauna. There are guided hikes and tours, lectures and other activities. And most all of it is free!

What Austin Nature Day is not is this. After all, there it’s nature day every day.