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SUMMARY:Stories on the Landscape: National Association of Interpretation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Date: April 23-26 (You can register for a one-day event\, or join us for the full workshop.)\nLocation: Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula + Field Trips\nCost: Day price: $175. Week price: $350 for members\, $425 for non-members\nPrice includes all food\, experiences\, materials\, transportation\, swag\, a t-shirt \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\nDiscover\, Explore\, and Connect at the NAI Heartland Region Workshop in Missoula!\nJoin us for an unforgettable experience at the NAI Heartland Region Workshop\, April 23-26\, 2025\, in the heart of Missoula! Whether you’re a nature enthusiast\, educator\, or simply love exploring Montana’s rich landscapes and stories\, this event is packed with engaging activities\, expert-led sessions\, immersive field trips\, and dynamic keynote speakers designed for all. \nYou don’t have to be an interpreter to enjoy this workshop—you just have to love nature\, history\, and adventure! Teachers\, scientists\, artists\, or anyone who loves exploring Montana are invited to this unique event to experience fascinating field days\, thought-provoking discussions\, and meaningful connections. \nWhy Stories on the Landscape?: Our region’s landscape is rich in stories that provide context for the way the world looks today. The mountains\, waterways\, ecosystems\, habitats\, flora\, and fauna we see around us are all shaped by these stories. These elements of the landscape\, in turn\, influence humans: where we live\, how we travel and recreate\, and the history of our settlements. Just as learning our family history can inform our sense of self\, learning the stories of our region can provide the foundation for understanding our landscape\, its plant and animal communities\, and our place within it. \nWhy Attend? \n\nInspiring Keynotes: Hear from Mariah Gladstone\, founder of IndigiKitchen\, on Indigenous foodways and landscape interpretation\, and Kallie Moore\, paleontologist and PBS Eons co-host\, as she uncovers Missoula’s prehistoric past.\nHands-On Learning: Engage in expert-led concurrent sessions on Thursday and Saturday\, covering interpretation\, storytelling\, and conservation topics. Plus\, browse exhibits from over a dozen organizations providing tools and services for educators and outdoor professionals.\nImmersive Field Trips: Friday’s trips include exploring Indigenous food traditions\, visiting ranching heritage sites\, uncovering Missoula’s unseen history\, and experiencing the Bison Range and conservation work on the Flathead Reservation.\n\nSpecial Film & Discussion Night – Wednesday\nKick off the workshop with a screening of Life in the Land: The Seeley-Swan Region\, a powerful film about rural Montana communities collaborating on conservation and land management. Filmmaker Lara Tomov will lead a discussion on ethical storytelling and working with communities to honor their message. \nEvening Adventures in Missoula – Thursday Night\nFrom a pub crawl and mural scavenger hunt to a Sip & Sketch rooftop session and a screening of the 1955 Western classic Timberjack\, there’s something for everyone! Plus\, your registration includes a ticket to the International Wildlife Film Festival\, featuring stunning nature films at the historic Roxy Theater. \nForestry Day at Fort Missoula – Saturday\nExperience the 28th Annual Forestry Day at Historic Fort Missoula\, where you’ll see expert competitors take on axe throwing\, log rolling\, pole climbing\, and more! Enjoy antique logging equipment demonstrations\, a beer garden\, food trucks\, and a live steam-powered sawmill in action—all included with your registration. \nClosing Banquet & Celebration – Friday Night\nWrap up the week with a lively banquet featuring an auction\, local craft brews\, and live music—a true Montana send-off! \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\nFor those who want to volunteer\, you can get $50 off their registration price. \nFor those out coming from outside of Missoula\, you can book a stay at the Holiday Inn Downtown Missoula. Government employees even get a room discount! \n_______________________\n \nRegistration Instructions\nWhile MNHC is hosting this amazing workshop\, the leading organization behind the event is the National Association of Interpretation. As such\, we ask interested participants and our members to register through their platform. We’ve included instructions for how to do so. If there are any questions upon registering\, please reach out to workshop chair Jennifer Robinson at jrobinson@montananaturalist.org. \n1. You must create an account through the National Association of Interpretation in order to register for the workshop. To create an account\, click here. Fill in the required fields. \n2. Once you have a user name and password\, make sure you are logged in and navigate to the registration page of this workshop\, which is hosted online by the National Association of Interpretation. You know you are logged in if you are not prompted to log in once you are at the registration page. \n3. Scroll down the page\, and select whether you would like to register for the full workshop (Wednesday – Saturday)\, or just a single day. Make your selection. \n\nFull registration for NAI members is $350.\nIf you are not a member\, registering for the workshop includes a discounted membership. The $425 fee includes a 1 year membership to NAI plus full workshop registration.\nA single day registration for an NAI member is $130.\nA single day registration for a non-member is $175.\n\n4. What comes with registration? Full registration includes all meals\, experiences\, gifts\, transportation\, supplies\, and materials from Wednesday – Saturday. Single day registration includes all meals\, experiences\, gifts\, transportation\, supplies\, and materials for the day you register for. \n5. Fill out the fields for dietary restrictions (if applicable for you)\, emergency contact\, and check the buttons for events you plan to attend if you are a full workshop recipient. If you are only registering for a single day\, check the correct buttons for the day you are registering. \n6. Look to the bottom right of the screen. Click on the blue button to save your responses. If you do not save your responses and try to navigate to the next screen\, your responses will be reset and you will have to fill out the fields again. \n7. After saving your responses\, scroll down again. There is an optional donation section. Under that\, you may select an off-site field trip experience if your registration includes Friday\, April 25th. Full registration includes a field trip on Friday. If you sign up for a single day and that day is Friday\, please ensure to select your field trip choice. \n8. Choose your meal option for the field trip day if applicable. \n9. Scroll back up the page and click on the blue button to continue your registration and submit payment.
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SUMMARY:Master Naturalist Rendezvous
DESCRIPTION:Dates: Saturday & Sunday\, May 18 &19\nLocation: Hosted by the Montana Natural History Center. Sessions will take place at various sites in and around Missoula.\nCost: $40 \nEnjoy a weekend of programs and fellow Master Naturalists at our third Montana Master Naturalist Rendezvous! We are so excited to see you in Missoula this year! \nFeaturing nature journaling with Nancy Seiler!\, botany Peter Lesica and William Schlegel\, osprey with Dalit Guscio\, and so much more. \nFresh produce will be provided thanks to the generous support of Natural Grocers! \nREGISTERATION is CLOSED.  \nSATURDAY\, MAY 18TH\nCHOOSE YOUR SESSIONS WHEN YOU REGISTER. \nMORNING SESSION 1: Birding by Ear with Pat Little\nTime: 8:30-11:30 a.m.\nLocation: Meet at MNHC\, travel to field site in personal vehicle/carpool \nGet more out of birding by birding by ear! Pat Little\, Master Naturalist\, MNHC’s front desk associate\, and passionate birder\, will start with a classroom session to introduce the practice of birding by ear and provide tips and tricks. We will then walk along the Kim Williams trail from MNHC to listen and look for our vocal spring birds! If you want to sharpen your skills or are new to birding by ear this class is for you. Find out how identify birds by their calls and songs. Learn how to start slowly\, gain confidence\, and increase your bird song repertoire. The birds are always saying something as we wander around outside. Now you can find out who is saying what! \nActivity level: easy walking. \nMORNING SESSION 2: Geology and Ecology in the North Hills with Ian Watson and Christine Morris\nTime: 9:00-11:00 a.m.\nLocation: Meet at the Greenough Dr. Waterworks Trailhead paved parking area. NOTE: Parking spots can be limited. If possible\, try to carpool with a friend or two. Or arrive early to be able to park in the residential area on Monroe and walk to the trailhead. This could take up to 15 minutes. \nGet a bird’s eye view of the Missoula Valley and hear the incredible stories behind its landscape features: \n\nthe building of the Rockies\nshortening (Rattlesnake mountains)\nextension (Bitterroot and Missoula valleys)\ndeposition of Paleogene/Neogene strata and valley bounding faults\nBelt rocks\nAnd of course the famous Glacial Lake Missoula!\n\nThe ecology of the North Hills is directly tied to ancient and ongoing geologic processes. Here you will find plants adapted to high winds coming through Hellgate Canyon and dry gravely soils. These cushion and mat-forming plants display characteristics more commonly seen at higher elevations. Geologist Ian Watson and MNHC’s Community Programs Coordinator and Master Naturalist instructor Christine Morris will take you on a flat\, level walk in a loop from the parking lot. For those interested in more a vigorous and steeper climb\, you can continue on uphill with the instructors to view geological features and plants along the ridge. \nActivity level: easy to moderate/steep walking. \nLUNCH\, from 12:00-1:00 p.m.: Free hot dog/veggie dog BBQ at the Montana Natural History Center! Plus chips\, salad\, and soda. And produce from Natural Grocers! Feel free to bring any item you would like to share. \nAFTERNOON SESSION 1: Journaling Missoula’s Springtime Native Plants with Nancy Seiler\nTime: 1:00-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: Meet at the Montana Natural History Center and walk to the Pierce Prairie (approximately .5 miles\, flat). We will meet indoors at MNHC if it is rainy and use herbarium specimens. \nJoin Nancy Seiler in Pierce Prairie to record native plants through close observation\, notes\, and drawing. Nancy will start with a tour of the location to point out the many plants that are blooming in mid-May here. She’ll start with a demonstration of how to start a drawing in your journal with tips on composition\, skeletal structure\, and what notes and call-outs to include. You will spread out to create a page in your journal. Nancy will be available to help you in your recording process. Informative handouts provided. Dress for the weather and bring something to sit on\, along with your journal\, pencil\, pen\, and watercolors\, if you’d like. In case of rain\, we will work from herbarium samples at MNHC. (Nancy Seiler has come out of her teaching retirement for this event!)  \nActivity level: easy walking\, seating on ground \nAbout the instructor: Nancy Seiler has been teaching botanical illustration and nature journaling since 2003. She has been a GOLDEN Working Artist for GOLDEN Artist Colors since 2015\, teaching people how to use acrylics and watercolors. Her fine art is represented by FOR Fine Art in Whitefish and Bigfork\, and by 709 Gallery in Montana Art and Framing in Missoula. Visit her website at www.nancyseiler.com. \nAFTERNOON SESSION 2: Botany with William Schlegel\nTime: 1:30-3:30 p.m.\nLocation: Crazy Canyon trailhead in Pattee Canyon \nWander the woods with U.S. Forest Service botanist William Schlegel. William is an incredible wealth of information and an inspiring instructor. Practice plant identification and learn amazing plant facts – ecology\, edibility\, and more! William will also discuss how you can get involved in an USFS/MNHC citizen science seed collecting project. Find out how to contribute to the stewardship of our national lands and get Master Naturalist hours while you hike in the forest this summer! \nActivity level: moderate walking\, uneven ground. \nAbout the instructor: William Schlegel a botanist and science educator from Ronan. Floristic inventory\, seed collection\, vegetation monitoring\, rare plant surveys\, botany reports\, pollinator surveys\, and identification of grasses are his botany specialties. \nWe will meet at the Crazy Canyon Trailhead in Pattee Canyon. There will be a moderate hike up to one mile through the forest and to a flower-filled meadow. See dozens of species and learn from the expert! \nSUNDAY\, MAY 19TH\nCHOOSE YOUR SESSIONS WHEN YOU REGISTER. \nMORNING SESSION 1: Meteorology lecture with Sarah Elsasser\nTime: 10:00-11:30 a.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\, Naturalist Classroom downstairs \nAre you curious about what you’re seeing when you glance out your window at the sky each morning? Do you wonder why the winds are blowing from the southwest one day and from the northeast the next? Do you find thunderstorms exciting\, and wonder how hail is formed? And what exactly is graupel? In this quick introduction to meteorology we’ll look at global circulations\, jet streams\, winds\, clouds\, and thunderstorms. You’ll come away with a greater appreciation and understanding of the weather that you step into each day here in western Montana. \nAbout the instructor: Sarah Elsasser has been a lifelong weather geek\, always checking the weather before heading into the outdoors. But her interest really kicked into high gear when she began flying airplanes\, and realized that understanding weather was crucial to the safety and enjoyment of every flight. She taught aviation meteorology courses for a community college aviation program for several years\, and enjoys sharing her understanding of weather phenomena with others. \nMORNING SESSION 2: Summer Raptors of Montana lecture with Chadwick Moore\nTime: 10:00-11:30 a.m.\nLocation: Montana Natural History Center\, Ellen Knight classroom upstairs \nThink identifying hawks and eagles is tough? You’re right\, it is. This practical lecture will emphasize identification of several diurnal raptors in Western Montana using size\, shape\, and flight behavior in addition to the more common approach of using field marks. \nChad Moore is a geographer and hydrologist by trade who counterintuitively spends a lot of time looking away from the earth toward the sky. He has years of experience hawk watching and telemetry tracking of birds of prey. Chad co-founded the Bridger Raptor Festival near Bozeman\, and can often be found driving the backroads of Western Montana with his wife and dogs. \nNoon-1:00 p.m. Lunch on your own. The Montana Natural History Center will be open. \nAFTERNOON SESSION 1: Botany with Peter Lesica\nTime: 1:00-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: Mount Jumbo saddle trail. From Rattlesnake Drive\, take Lincoln Hills Drive. Follow the winding road to the Trailhead parking area. Map Here (look for Saddle Trail) or type ‘Lincon Hills Mt. Jumbo Trailhead’ in your phone for driving directions. \nThis is your opportunity to go on a plant walk with expert botanist Peter Lesica! Peter is the author of numerous books and field guides\, including Manual of Montana Vascular Plants\, Wildflowers of Glacier National Park and Surrounding Areas\, Trees and Shrubs of Glacier National Park\, and many more. Peter will choose a location close to town for the best flower viewing. He will discuss identifying features\, natural history\, and fun facts for any naturalist. Note: the trail could be steep with moderate hiking. \nActivity level: moderate/steep walking\, uneven ground \n  \nAFTERNOON SESSION 2: Osprey with Dalit Guscio\nTime: 1:00-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: meet at the Montana Natural History Center. Walk or carpool to site TBA day of event. \nLet’s talk about our local summertime ospreys with Dalit Guscio\, CFWEP’s Missoula program director! When do they return? Where do they winter? Who feeds the chicks? How do they migrate in the fall? What are we monitoring in the Clark Fork Watershed? We will meet at an active nest and have scopes available. \nActivity level: easy walking. \nAbout the instructor: Dalit Guscio is the Missoula program director of the Clark Fork Watershed Education Program (CFWEP). She spends her time educating our youth about watershed health and monitors Clark Fork osprey chicks as a proxy for watershed health. Opportunities to volunteer with CFWEP in Missoula area or Butte will also be addressed! Check us out at cfwep.org. \nSo many fabulous sessions – we look forward to spending the weekend with you! \nCost: $40.00 per person\nLodging and transportation not included. \nPlease Bring: \n\nSnacks and water\nClothes appropriate for changing Montana weather conditions\, layers\, rain and shine\nBoots or shoes for trail walking\nNotebooks and writing implement\nBinoculars (optional\, we will have some to borrow)\n\nThe Montana Natural History Center will be open and free to Master Naturalists on Saturday\, May 18\, and during lunch on Sunday\, May 19. See displays on ecology\, geology\, paleontology\, and Glacial Lake Missoula. \n \nThank you Natural Grocers! \n  \nNearby lodging options: \n\nMissoula KOA\nLee Creek Campground (open May-September. Call 406-329-3814 for opening date. First come\, first served)\nHoliday Inn Downtown Missoula (Downtown and close to the Montana Natural History Center)\nBest Western Hotel\nDoubleTree (walking distance to downtown)
URL:https://www.montananaturalist.org/event/master-naturalist-rendezvous/
LOCATION:Montana Natural History Center
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Conference,Discovery Day,Master Naturalist Class
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