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Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew. If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline. Date- Every Monday Time...
35 events found.
Conservation and Sustainability
Events
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2 events,
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Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience. Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals, some of the considerations we must take into consideration when having these reptiles in Arizona, which reptiles are good pets for children or adults, adaptations...
Free – $25
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5 events,
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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2 events,
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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Kevin Schindler presents- Dark Skies over Arizona There’s nothing like standing under a dark, star-spangled night sky to quiet the mind and reduce stress, share an experience of awe with family and friends, and to inspire creative thoughts. Yet such dark skies are a disappearing resource, with only 20% of the world living in a...
Free
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2 events,
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and...
Free with Park Fee
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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6 events,
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at Area 4 parking lot. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to reduce wildfire risk. To learn more about the Parks Desert Defender Program, click...
Free with Park Fee
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your...
Free with Admission
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10 events,
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and...
Free with Park Fee
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2 events,
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Join Ranger Olivia and Maricopa County Animal Care & Control to hike with shelter dogs who are looking for their forever homes! Are you not located near one of our Maricopa County’s shelters, but still want to take a dog on a field trip? No problem! Maricopa County's Animal Care & Control and Parks and...
Free with Park Fee
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Join Ranger Olivia and Maricopa County Animal Care & Control to hike with shelter dogs who are looking for their forever homes! Are you not located near one of our Maricopa County’s shelters, but still want to take a dog on a field trip? No problem! Maricopa County's Animal Care & Control and Parks and...
Free with Park Fee
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1 event,
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Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew. If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline. Date- Every Monday Time...
Free with Park Fee
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4 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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It’s Discovery KIDchen day! Join the Garden Specialist in the KIDchen for a hands-on STEAM activity! Today we’ll use the scientific method to learn about oil spills and why it’s important to take care of our natural resources!
Free with Admission
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4 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience. Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals, some of the considerations we must take into consideration when having these reptiles in Arizona, which reptiles are good pets for children or adults, adaptations...
Free – $25
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9 events,
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Stop by an information table where Ranger Shaun will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community. : Ranger Shaun will host a drop-in information table to get you on your way to becoming a Citizen Scientist using the free iNaturalist app that identifies...
Free with Park Fee
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Now that you have those cool new toys, come with Ranger Shaun out into the desert and learn to use them! After learning about the Citizen Science apps (and maybe stepping out to download them) let’s take them out into the desert and practice using them some. Ranger Shaun’s brought along some specimen jars and...
Free with Park Fee
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Join Ranger Nikki on an easy to moderate terrain hike to look for flowering plant life and a variety of pollinators, including butterflies. Ranger Nikki will lead you on a hike to look for cactus blooms, wildflowers and pollinators visiting flowers. Learn how to document your findings on the citizen science app, iNaturalist, and how...
Free with Park Fee
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9 events,
Learn about free smartphone apps that can help you identify plants, animals, and more, while helping contribute to science! Stop by to learn from Ranger Eric about the free iNaturalist and Seek apps you can use to identify any living organism on the planet with your smartphone, while also increasing our knowledge of where they...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at Area 4 parking lot. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to reduce wildfire risk. To learn more about the Parks Desert Defender Program, click...
Free with Park Fee
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Celebrate Earth Day by making your own hummingbird feeder! Help protect and preserve these natural pollinators. Supplies will be provided to make your first feeder but you can also make more by using your own materials at home. A recipe will be included to make the nectar to fill your feeder. Supplies are limited so grab your...
Free
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Stop by an information table where Ranger Shaun will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community. Ranger Shaun will host a drop-in information table to get you on your way to becoming a Citizen Scientist using the free iNaturalist app that identifies and...
Free with Park Fee
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14 events,
Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Gather your friends, family, and fellow nature nerds for a day of searching, scouting and documenting the Wild species at the Desert Museum! We will Party in a day — what surprise animals or plants can you find? The Desert Museum is joining in the Pima County Nature Challenge (CNC). CNCs have been growing in major cities in the past few...
Free with Admission
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8 events,
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The University of Arizona Arboretum is home to some of the finest specimens of Sonoran native plants and trees anywhere. Join us as we tour the Joseph Wood Krutch Garden...
Free
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Learn about the plants and animals of the desert riparian ecosystems and easy citizen science you can do with your smartphone with Ranger Eric. Join Ranger Eric for an easy walk around Palm Lake and along the Hassayampa River to learn about the flora, fauna, and ecology of the Sonoran Desert riparian ecosystems. Please wear...
Free with Park Fee
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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5 events,
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Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew. If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline. Date- Every Monday Time...
Free with Park Fee
-
Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience. Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals, some of the considerations we must take into consideration when having these reptiles in Arizona, which reptiles are good pets for children or adults, adaptations...
Free – $25
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Rising summer temperatures add additional stress to plants in your garden - and to you! Learn from a respected landscape architect strategies to help your plants become more resilient to...
Free
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6 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your...
Free with Admission
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Using magazines, tissue paper, and other fun materials, make your very own garden collage as we celebrate the Earth and our “Earth Day Expo” Event on April 18th in the Children’s Garden!
Free with Admission
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11 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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Using magazines, tissue paper, and other fun materials, make your very own garden collage as we celebrate the Earth and our “Earth Day Expo” Event on April 18th in the Children’s Garden!
Free with Admission
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13 events,
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Meet at Area 4 parking lot. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to reduce wildfire risk. To learn more about the Parks Desert Defender Program, click...
Free with Park Fee
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Join Ranger Nikki on an easy to moderate terrain hike to look for flowering plant life and a variety of pollinators, including butterflies. Ranger Nikki will lead you on a hike to look for cactus blooms, wildflowers and pollinators visiting flowers. Learn how to document your findings on the citizen science app, iNaturalist, and how...
Free with Park Fee
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Join our community effort to restore Tanque Verde Creek! We invite people of all ages, diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, beliefs, and many other diverse communities to participate in restoring our heritage of seasonal and year-round water flows. Come work with WMG staff and other River Run Network volunteers in a beautiful riparian area to...
Free
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12 events,
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
-
Meet at Area 4 parking lot. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to reduce wildfire risk. To learn more about the Parks Desert Defender Program, click...
Free with Park Fee
-
Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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18 events,
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and...
Free with Park Fee
-
Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at the main parking lot. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
|
1 event,
-
Interact with some of our special animals, which for many people is a once in a lifetime experience. Guests will get to learn about endangered species, how we contribute to conservation of those animals, some of the considerations we must take into consideration when having these reptiles in Arizona, which reptiles are good pets for children or adults, adaptations...
Free – $25
|
4 events,
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Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew. If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline. Date- Every Monday Time...
Free with Park Fee
-
Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
-
It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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15 events,
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The Avian and Wildlife Protection Program at APS will be holding a fishing line clean-up at Lake Pleasant. Please join us as we make the shoreline a safer place for all wildlife. Volunteers will be working in the elements and walking on uneven and rocky surfaces- a volunteer must be able to walk on these...
Free with Park Fee
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Join Ranger Kevin for an informative Earth Day hike about the native plants and animals that call the Sonoran Desert home. Today is Earth Day, and we’re celebrating the best way we know how: by enjoying our spectacular Sonoran Desert! Come along and learn more about the amazing plants and animals that call the Sonoran...
Free with Park Fee
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
|
6 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
-
It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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Join us for a big clean up before the season begins! The more the merrier for this 2 hour project from 9-11am. Bring a water bottle, sun protection and gloves. Extra rakes are welcome too! If you are new to volunteering at the Arb, please fill out our volunteer form prior to attending. |
6 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
-
Stop by an information table where Ranger Kevin will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community. Ranger Kevin host a drop-in information table to get you on your way to becoming a Citizen Scientist using the free iNaturalist app that identifies and documents...
Free with Park Fee
|
12 events,
-
Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
-
Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
-
Meet at Area 4 parking lot. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to reduce wildfire risk. To learn more about the Parks Desert Defender Program, click...
Free with Park Fee
|
13 events,
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. Join us in removing invasive species and reducing wildfire risk in our parks. Participants will learn to identify several invasive species, their phenology and characteristics, and how to effectively remove these invasive plants. The initiative is to remove invasive plants as a proactive step toward ecological restoration and to...
Free with Park Fee
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Meet at the park’s Nature Center. It is time to harvest seeds! Join us for a celebration of native seeds!! As we strive to improve native biodiversity within the parks. Registering is required via sign-up.com. Events start at 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Participants will learn to identify native plants in their seed stage, and...
Free with Park Fee
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Join Ranger Jacque on a brief hike and use your phone to document biodiversity in the park for the City Nature Challenge global Citizen Science competition that runs April 25-28. The City Nature Challenge is a global competition between cities to document biodiversity in regions around the world, taking place April 25-28. Ranger Jacque will...
Free with Park Fee
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7 events,
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Join Ranger Nikki on a moderate hike and use your phone to document biodiversity in the park for the City Nature Challenge global Citizen Science competition that runs April 25-28. The City Nature Challenge is a global competition between cities to document biodiversity in regions around the world, taking place April 25-28. Ranger Nikki will...
Free with Park Fee
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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5 events,
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Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew. If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline. Date- Every Monday Time...
Free with Park Fee
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Join Ranger Kevin on a strenuous hike and use your phone to document biodiversity in the park for the City Nature Challenge global Citizen Science competition that runs April 25-28. The City Nature Challenge is a global competition between cities to document biodiversity in regions around the world, taking place April 25-28. Ranger Kevin will...
Free with Park Fee
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Join Ranger Jacque on a brief hike and use your phone to document biodiversity in the park for the City Nature Challenge global Citizen Science competition that runs April 25-28! ...
Free with Park Fee
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6 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your...
Free with Admission
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Sustainability is about making small changes to help look after the earth! Learn what’s recyclable in Phoenix with a fun sorting game and win a prize!
Free with Admission
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5 events,
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Using recyclables plus a dash of imagination, construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Free with Admission
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It’s Going, Going, Green! Month, let’s learn about being good stewards of the earth! Visit Star Bar on the 2nd floor to learn about recycling in Phoenix, what to do with your recyclables, tips on composting and how to help animal habitats with a fun matching game. Make sure all the animals go to the right home!...
Free with Admission
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1 event,
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Construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece in the Art Studio using recyclables plus a dash of imagination!
Free with Admission
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2 events,
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Construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece in the Art Studio using recyclables plus a dash of imagination!
Free with Admission
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Hummingbird banding sessions at Casa de San Pedro Bed & Breakfast are open to members of SABO and guests of the B&B at no charge, though donations are appreciated. Only two (2) parking spaces are available for visitors who are not guests of Casa de San Pedro B&B, and registration is required. Casa de San...
Free
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4 events,
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Join us for some projects on our grounds from 9-11am. Bring a water bottle, sun protection and gloves. Extra rakes are welcome too! If you are new to volunteering at the Arb, please fill out our volunteer form prior to attending.
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Construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece in the Art Studio using recyclables plus a dash of imagination!
Free with Admission
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Join us to walk around Liberty Wildlife during our public open hours and see us fulfilling our mission! In the months of May, June, July and September, we are open from 9am until 11am. Our admission is simply donation based - whatever you feel you can give. There are no set programs, but volunteers are...
Free
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3 events,
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Construct a one-of-a-kind masterpiece in the Art Studio using recyclables plus a dash of imagination!
Free with Admission
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Join us to walk around Liberty Wildlife during our public open hours and see us fulfilling our mission! In the months of May, June, July and September, we are open from 9am until 11am. Our admission is simply donation based - whatever you feel you can give. There are no set programs, but volunteers are...
Free
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Explore science through this lecture series covering a wide range of topics from local experts in their field. The Future of Phoenix: Planning Our Future Together! What is the future of Phoenix, and how can we plan a more sustainable, resilient, and vibrant future together? This month, join us for a special presentation by City...
Free
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