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What’s happening outside
The Big Dipper, Ursa Major, is at its lowest point in the sky. Look for October's Harvest Moon early in the month. Larch needles turn yellow and then fall off. Short and long-tailed weasels molt into their dense white winter coats. Depending on the weather and elevation, grizzly bears may start to den for the winter.

The Montana Natural History Center is your base camp for discovery.
Note NEW! Fall/Winter Hours: Tuesday-Friday from noon–5 pm and Saturdays noon-4 pm. Bring your family to enjoy fun activities and natural history exploration each Saturday, and admission for MNHC Members is always free.

Announcing the NEW! Saturday Kids Activities beginning October 14!
Join us each Saturday at 2 pm for a different exciting children’s program at MNHC. Free with admission.
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Be prepared to go outside in any weather. Programs run about an hour to an hour and a half. Great for kids ages 5 and older (unless otherwise noted).

• October 14 – Terrific Trees
  Read a story about trees, learn to identify some trees by their leaves, the collect leaves to make leaf prints.
• October 21 – Kids Naturalist Day
  Learn how to create a naturalist’s journal and then head outside to practice! We will be listening, looking and feeling and then we will draw and write about what we observe.
• October 28 – Wonderful Wolves & Mask Making
  Read a short story about wolves, look at specimens and learn the differences between foxes, coyotes and wolves. Then make a wolf mask for Halloween!

October 19 – There’s a Bat in my Briefcase: Stories from the Field Lecture Series
7:00 pm, MNHC 120 Hickory Street. Small donation Requested
Things Are Bound to Go Sideways: Following African Wild Dogs in the Okavango Delta with Megan Parker. Megan Parker, Missoula native and PhD candidate at the University of Montana will share with us her now-amusing trials and tribulations of life at a remote research camp studying African wild dogs.

October 21 - Saturday Discovery Days: Art of Keeping a Field Journal with Clare Walker Leslie
10:00 am - 1:00 pm, MNHC 120 Hickory Street
$20/$15 MNHC members, Registration Required
Clare Walker Leslie, nationally known artist, naturalist and author of Keeping a Nature Journal and Nature Drawing returns to the Montana Natural History Center! Interested people 10 years and up are welcome. This popular workshop will take place both outdoors and indoors. Call MNHC at 406.327.0405 to register.

October 23 - 27 Born to be Wild Masks on display at Dana Gallery
For Born to be Wild Auction October 28

October 28 - Born to be Wild Annual Fundraiser Auction
6:00 - 9:00 pm, Harley Davidson Party Room, Airport Way off I-90
Special animal masks made by local high school students will be for sale at the door. Local artists will also contribute a few special masks that will be available for auction. Animal Masks will be displayed at the Dana Gallery the week of October 23-27.
6:00 - 6:30 No Host Cocktails, 6:30 - 7:30 Dinner catered by William E.'s Incredible Edibles (Bill Riddig), 7:45 - 8:30 Auction with John Engen as auctioner!
$50/ $45 MNHC Members (each).Tickets are limited, call 406.327.0405 to reserve your tickets today! Reservations taken through October 24. learn more>>

Visiting Naturalist in the Schools Field Trips all month long!
Every month, MNHC works with over thirty 4th and 5 th grade classes in the Visiting Naturalist in the Schools program. During the month of October, our VNS classes and volunteers will be out in the field exploring the natural history of our local recreation areas for full day field trips. learn more>>

Summer Science Day Camp Families
We have quite a bit of Lost & Found from our successful Summer Science Day Camps this year. Please claim at MNHC, 120 Hickory Street, by December 1st as all items will be discarded thereafter.

Membership supports educational programs and exhibits!
Join our Membership Drive and give the gift of education. You can make your gift online at www.MontanaNaturalist.org. Help celebrate 15 years of MNHC discoveries!

MNHC is an independent non-profit organization celebrating its 15th Anniversary.
Become a member and support MNHC’s mission of promoting and cultivating the appreciation, understanding and stewardship of nature through education. Members receive discounts on programs, special invitations, free admission to the MNHC Discovery Center, and the knowledge that they are supporting natural history education in local schools. MNHC is a proud member of Montana Shares.

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406.327.0405
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