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SUMMARY:First Friday: Interactive Drawing and Illustration Session with Jason C. Poole
DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, June 6\, 2025\nTime: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\nCost: Free! \nCome and join paleontologist and artist Jason Poole for a live drawing and illustration session\, where he’ll share tips and tricks for drawing dinosaurs\, fossils\, and other wild creatures. First Friday guests are invited to participate and practice new learned skills and enjoy an exhibit featuring Jason’s artwork. Jason is also signing copies of his education and coloring book\, Dinosaurs Behaving Badly. \nCurious artists\, illustrators\, and wildlife enthusiasts of all ages are welcome! \nDrinks and light refreshments provided. \nAbout Jason C. Poole: Jason has worn many hats\, Adjunct Professor of Paleontology\, Scientific Illustrator\, art teacher\, and Paleontology field instructor. Jason has excavated dinosaurs on three continents\, including Africa\, South and North America. Paralititan\, Dreadnoughtus and Suuwassea are three dinosaurs worked on by Poole\, all were new to science when discovered and two of which are supermassive titanosaurs. Poole is also a Paleontological Artist who has published in National Geographic and whose art work appears in many museum and private collections. \nJason resides in Missoula Montana and can often be found sketching in the studio and the great outdoors.
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SUMMARY:Nature Writing "Hush Hour(s)"
DESCRIPTION:Date: Second Monday of the Month\nTime: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\nCost: Free\, but please register \nREGISTER HERE \nWhatever genre you prefer — poetry\, essay\, prose\, flash\, etc. — writing can help us connect with and reflect on our natural surroundings in deeply personal\, unexpected\, rewarding ways. But finding the time to write can often be challenging. This writing “hush hour(s)” is designed to provide nature writers with a quiet\, supportive setting to work on your craft. This isn’t a workshop; this is space to write. \nIn this group\, we’ll spend roughly the first 20 minutes inviting individuals to share what projects you’re working on\, questions you might have about your work\, suggest resources\, any hurdles or writing blocks\, and writing successes! Then we’ll write\, write\, write. \nBring your notebook\, journal\, or computer. Writing prompts will be available if you’re feeling stuck\, or just want to play with words. Your MNHC group leaders are Allison De Jong (Montana Naturalist magazine editor and MNHC Field Notes instructor\, and writer) and Beth Conway (Events and Marketing Coordinator\, and writer). \nFeel free to BYOB and snacks. We’ll have light refreshments available.
URL:https://www.montananaturalist.org/event/nature-writing-hush-hours-5-2/
LOCATION:Montana Natural History Center
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Evening Programs
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SUMMARY:Dig Your Own Native Shrub Sale
DESCRIPTION:Date: Tuesday\, June 10\nTime: 9:00-11:00 a.m.\nLocation: Native Plant Garden at Fort Missoula\nCost: $30 MNHC members/$35 non-members \nREGISTER HERE.\nThis class includes instruction for successful transplanting\, and as many chokecherry\, snowberry\, golden currant seedlings as you like! Bring a bucket or several large plastic bags for your new plants! \nDIG IN! For more information on programs happening at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden\, click here! \nFAQs\nWhat’s the refund policy? \nThe course fee (minus a 25% administrative fee) is refundable if a cancellation is made up to 7 days before the event. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made after this deadline. See our full refund/cancellation policy here. \nDo I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? \nNope! We will have a list of all the attendees.
URL:https://www.montananaturalist.org/event/dig-native-shrub-sale/
LOCATION:Montana Natural History Center
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Native Plant Garden Programs
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SUMMARY:Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1
DESCRIPTION:Date: Monthly\, on the second Tuesday of the month  \nTime: 6:30 p.m. \nLocation/Platform: Virtual Zoom Classroom \nThe only thing better than reading a fascinating natural history book (and there are so many of them!) is getting to discuss it with a wonderful group of like-minded people. We can help you do that! Join one of our free naturalist book clubs\, where you can read and discuss a great new book each month\, enjoying various perspectives and insights\, all from the comfort of your own home. (Cozy pjs are perfectly acceptable attire.) \nYour hosts are Master Naturalist Suzanne Hendrich and Deborah Drain. \nYou will need a computer that can access the internet and Zoom platform in order to participate. \nThere are some spaces available in this book club. Contact cmorris (at) montananaturalist.org to sign up.  \nGroup is limited to 10 participants.
URL:https://www.montananaturalist.org/event/virtual-naturalist-book-club-1-2/2025-06-10/
LOCATION:Virtual Zoom Classroom
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Evening Programs,Virtual Class
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SUMMARY:Scavengers Photography Club
DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, June 12\, 2025\nTime: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center \nThis event typically occurs on the third Thursday of the month. June 12 is a special time. \nCome find community and inspiration for your nature photography passion at our Scavengers Photography Club! Everyone is welcome – hobbyists\, enthusiasts\, professionals\, and new beginners! Peggy Christian\, artist\, author\, and Master Naturalist\, hosts this unique club. \nPhoto by Neil Chaput de Saintonge \nOn June 12th\, we’ll be joined by photographer\, teacher and Rocky Mountain School of Photography founder Neil Chaput de Saintonge to talk about photographing birds. He will cover everything from recommended gear to exposure and focus. Included will be Neil’s top 10 tips for photographing stationary birds and flying birds. Join us and learn how to improve your bird pictures. \nAt each session we will share our photos (up to 6 per person) and discuss current projects\, interests\, successes\, and challenges. Some sessions will feature a guest presentation on an aspect of photography. \nNote: Please bring your photos to share on a thumb drive to use in our computer. \n“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels\, in the deepest sense\, about what is being photographed.”\n― Ansel Adams \nShare your perspective and connection to nature through photography!
URL:https://www.montananaturalist.org/event/scavengers-photography-club-4/
LOCATION:Montana Natural History Center
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Discovery Day,Presentation
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SUMMARY:Native Plant Garden Tour
DESCRIPTION:Date: Saturday\, June 14\nTime: 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.\n(Tour ends between 2:00-4:00 p.m.\, depending on time spent at each garden)\nLocation: This tour begins at Rocky Mountain Gardens (at the Missoula Fairgrounds) and ends at the Montana Natural History Center (120 Hickory Street)\nCost: FREE\, but please register \nJoin MNHC and Missoula County Department of Ecology & Extension for a wonderful afternoon exploring Missoula’s native plant gardens! \nREGISTER HERE!\nNative plant gardens promote pollinators\, birds\, and biodiversity\, all while reducing the need for water. On this tour\, you’ll visit five different native gardens in Missoula to help inspire you to create your own native plant garden. Learn about what species to use in your garden\, where you can find native plants\, and best care practices to help your garden thrive! The tour starts at 10:00 AM at the Rocky Mountain Gardens (at the Missoula Fairground). This is a self-driven tour\, so you can move through the gardens at your leisure (more information will be provided for registrants). The day ends at MNHC’s Nature Adventure Garden at our Hickory Street location around 2:00-4:00 p.m. where we’ll toast our day with a cool drink! \nThis tour is available FREE to participants\, thanks to a grant from the Montana Native Plant Society and the Missoula Conservation District. \nDIG IN! For more information on programs happening at the Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden\, click here! \nFAQs\nDo I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?\nNope! We will have a list of all the attendees.
URL:https://www.montananaturalist.org/event/native-plant-garden-tour/
LOCATION:Montana Natural History Center
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SUMMARY:Sea of Grass: Reading and Signing with David Hage and Josephine Marcotty
DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, June 18\nTime: 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\nCost: FREE \nIn partnership with Fact & Fiction Books\, please join us for a reading and book signing with authors of Sea of Grass: The Conquest\, Ruin\, and Redemption of Nature on the American Prairie\, Dave Hage and Josephine Marcotty. The evening also includes conversation with writer\, Richard Manning. \nSea of Grass is a vivid portrait of the American prairie\, which rivals the rainforest in its biological diversity and\, with little notice\, is disappearing even faster. \n“This book describes—in loving\, living prose—one of the world’s greatest and most important landscapes. And it does so while there’s still time to save some serious part of it.”—Bill McKibben\, author of The End of Nature \nAbout the Authors:\nDave Hage oversaw environmental and health reporting at the Minneapolis Star Tribune for a dozen years\, editing projects that won a Pulitzer Prize and an Edward R. Murrow Award\, among other honors. His previous books include No Retreat\, No Surrender: Labor’s War at Hormel\, and Reforming Welfare by Rewarding Work. A Minneapolis native\, he lives in St. Paul with his wife. \nJosephine Marcotty is an award-winning environmental journalist who has spent her life in the Midwest. She was a reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune\, where she covered complex\, science-based topics. Sea of Grass is a natural expansion of her reporting on the vanishing prairie and the consequences of intensive agriculture. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband. \nAbout the Author in Conversation:\nAuthor of ten books including: If It Sounds Good\, It Is Good\, Rewilding the West\, and Against the Grain. Richard Manning was featured in Best American Science and Nature Writing\, 2010 and Best American Travel Writing of 2017. He has worked as a consultant on agriculture\, poverty and the environment. He is a freelance magazine writer and a contributing editor for Harper’s magazine. He has essays and articles published in The Los Angeles Times\, The New York Times\, and Audubon. He is the winner of various science\, environmental and investigative journalism awards. He studied at Stanford University\, University of Michigan and University of Montana. He is a musician and mountain trail runner. Richard lives in Montana with his wife Tracy Stone-Manning\, president of the Wilderness Society.
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