Are you new to birding? Need help getting started? Birding is a great way to get outside to explore nature, learn more about wildlife and wildlife behavior, hone your observation skills, reduce stress, and connect with others. Join a Pima County naturalist for a casual birding experience to familiarize yourself with birding basics. Loaner binoculars...
Paint along with a guided tutorial of a beautiful Autumn tree inspired by the colors of fall, creating a memorable art piece to take home with you! All materials will...
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...
During our cool season the weather is great, the insects and annoying critters are less active, watering frequency declines, and the vegetables have higher nutritional value than warm season vegetables. So go for it! Learn about both in-ground and raised bed approaches, and the key steps to successful vegetable and herb gardening in the cool...
This presentation covers more unusual ways in which people ended up ten toes in the air in the middle of the Sonoran Desert during the heyday of the Old West. It is meant to provide an entertaining education as to how desert denizens met their ends either as victims of Mother Nature, their fellow humans,...
This month's book is "Sea Turtles" by Laura Marsh Read the book at home and then join us for fun activities, discussion and so much more!
Join Ranger Derik on a moderate hike to 1000-year-old ruins, rock art and learn about that native people that lived in the park. The route uses both the Spur Cross and Tortuga trails for 3.5 miles and will gain 410 ft over the length of hike. The terrain on this hike will be rocky and...