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    Cabin Fever Lecture! New Interpretations of Old Strandlines: How Many Times Did Glacial Lake Missoula Fill and Fail?
    January 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Cabin Fever Lecture! New Interpretations of Old Strandlines: How Many Times Did Glacial Lake Missoula Fill and Fail?

    Date: Wednesday, January 29 Time: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free! Donations accepted. It's that time of the year! Time to contemplate ice ages and glacial lakes.Time for the Glacial Lake Missoula Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute's Cabin Fever Lecture!  Warm up your curiosity about those iconic strandlines we can see from […]

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    Naturalist Trivia Night!
    January 30, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Naturalist Trivia Night!

    Date: January 30, 2025 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Show off your skills or come to learn something new—trivia nights are fun for any background level. Join a team when you arrive or bring a crew to compete in Naturalist Trivia Night. The night’s theme is Urban Ecology. MNHC […]

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    February 7, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    First Friday with Illustrator and Paleo Artist Jason C. Poole

    Date: Friday, February 7, 2025 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: FREE Join us for a Dino-mite First Friday event with illustrator and paleo artist, Jason C. Poole! Jason has worn many hats: Adjunct Professor of Paleontology, scientific illustrator, art teacher, and paleontology field instructor. He has excavated dinosaurs on […]

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    Date: February 8, 2025 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Location: The Barn at Teller, 1180 Chaffin Ln Corvallis, Montana Cost: FREE Join MNHC and Teller Wildlife Refuge for Poets in the 'Root! Nature in nearly all manifestations has inspired poets since there were poets! And at least since the Roman poet Horace wrote Ars Poetica or the […]

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    February 10, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Nature Writing “Hush Hour(s)”

    Date: second Monday of the month Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free, but please register REGISTER HERE Whatever 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 […]

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    Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1
    February 11, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
    Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1

    Date: Monthly, on the second Tuesday of the month  Time: 6:30 p.m. Location/Platform: Virtual Zoom Classroom The 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 […]

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    Counting Bunny Poop: How Forest Thinning Projects Impact Wildlife Habitat – Partners & Public Lands Seminar Series
    February 12, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Counting Bunny Poop: How Forest Thinning Projects Impact Wildlife Habitat – Partners & Public Lands Seminar Series

    Date: Wednesday, February 12 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free!, but please register FREE REGISTRATION HERE! PARTNERS & PUBLIC LANDS SEMINAR SERIES: Conversations with BLM Missoula Field Office Featuring Speakers John Fothergill (BLM), Jodi Wetzstein (BLM), Michael Schaedel (TNC), and Dr. Andrew Larson (University of Montana) BLM Missoula Field Office and our partners, The […]

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    Fornicating Fossils With Kallie Moore
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    February 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Fornicating Fossils With Kallie Moore

    Date: Thursday February 13 Time: 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $10 members/$12 non-members Register Here Join UM Paleo Collections Manager, Kallie Moore, for Fornicating Fossils: a spicy lecture about evidence for reproduction and mating in the fossil record, attempting to answer the age-old question, "How did dinosaurs do it?" Beverages included in […]

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    1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Sketching in Your Nature Journal #2 with Jason C. Poole
    February 15, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Sketching in Your Nature Journal #2 with Jason C. Poole

    Date: Saturday, February 15 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $40 for MNHC members, $45 for non-members (some scholarships available - call 406.327.0405 for more information) REGISTER HERE Get in the nature journaling flow with guidance and practice! This class is a great follow-up to January's session with new activities and time to practice […]

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    Scavengers Photography Club
    February 20, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Scavengers Photography Club

    Dates: Third Thursday of the Month Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Come 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. At each session we will […]

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    Naturalist Trivia Night!
    February 27, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Naturalist Trivia Night!

    Date: February 27, 2025 Time: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Show off your skills or come to learn something new—trivia nights are fun for any background level. Join a team when you arrive or bring a crew to compete in Naturalist Trivia Night. The night’s theme is Invasive Species. MNHC […]

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    Wild Soups & Stocks, Teas, & Broths
    March 1, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Wild Soups & Stocks, Teas, & Broths

    Date: Saturday, March 1 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $50 for MNHC members, $55 for non-members (some scholarships available – call 406.327.0405 for more information) REGISTER HERE! “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” --Hippocrates Herbal medicine doesn't just come in tinctures and salves. Come explore how to add wild […]

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    Virtual Naturalist Book Club #1

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    Counting Bunny Poop: How Forest Thinning Projects Impact Wildlife Habitat – Partners & Public Lands Seminar Series

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    Fornicating Fossils With Kallie Moore

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    Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Sketching in Your Nature Journal #2 with Jason C. Poole

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