The San Pedro River, a narrow green oasis rippling through desert grassland, is one of the last wild rivers in the Southwest and one of the most endangered. These 3-hour guided walks through desert grassland and among towering cottonwood trees will introduce you to the birds and other wildlife that make their homes in the...
Come with Ranger Shaun for a morning exercise in mindfulness and a pretty sweet view of the Lake. Somewhat more intense than your average meditation class, join Ranger Shaun for some basic mindfulness exercises and a hike designed to help remind us how to enjoy being together in “comfortable silence,” enjoying and accepting each other’s...
Stop by all month long at the Downtown Branch and test your detective skills with our scavenger hunt for a chance to earn a prize! This month's Earth Day theme runs through April 30th. Explore every nook of your library to complete the hunt, and along the way, discover something new your library has to offer! The hidden...
Experience the breathtaking beauty of Japan without leaving home. Designed to give you a refreshing and unforgettable horticultural adventure, Arizona's Japanese Gardens is the nature lover's dream destination, with vibrant flowers, budding trees, and forest greenery that comes alive with every changing season. Discover ancient Japanese heritage reflected in the peaceful aesthetic of the gardens....
Following the lecture is the hands-on training portion of the course. Participants will observe and learn from the PHS staff member while he/she shows the proper procedures & tools for relocating a snake. This is first done with a non-venomous snake, then once the instructor approves participants' procedures with the non-venomous snake, the group moves on to...
www.tempe.gov/MuseumHistoricHouses Get the whole story on this intriguing historic home with a guided group tour! Eisendrath House is a 1930 Pueblo Revival home in the rolling desert next to Papago Park. Although Eisendrath House seemed isolated on a remote Tempe hillside, its residents maintained strong connections to Jewish culture, artistic accomplishment, and the wealthiest...
Join us for our free docent-led tour in the lobby of the Bryant Bannister Tree-Ring Building (1215 E. Lowell St.). Visitors will be introduced to the basic tenets of dendrochronology and have a chance to examine specimens. During your 1.5 hour tour, you will be introduced to the basic tenets of dendrochronology, have a chance to...
Join a ranger for a 15 minute talk at the Coronado National Memorial Visitor Center and learn about a variety of park topics including the Coronado Expedition, wildlife, and more! Ask a ranger at the visitor center desk for the topic of the day. Free with Park Fee
Drop by Ranger Shaun’s Naturalist app introductory workshop to find out about some of the best apps on the market for identifying the plants and animals you see in the parks! Headed out to the water? Maybe heading back? Swing by Ranger Shaun’s Discovery Station to learn about some of the nature apps* the Rangers...
The Colorado, the Gila, the Salt, the Verde, the Hassayampa, the Santa Cruz: Arizona’s rivers were lush green ribbons of life flowing through a desert landscape. They became sustaining paths...
Solar Science for ages 10-14. Build your own erupting Mars volcano.
Big Sandy Valley in northwestern Arizona is a large, exceptionally well-exposed extensional basin with complex Proterozoic bedrock, multiple Laramide porphyry stocks, the Miocene Kaiser Spring volcanic field, two generations of Miocene to Pliocene basin fill, interbedded rock-avalanche deposits, and middle Miocene and younger faults. Systematic geologic mapping in this basin was initially motivated by several...