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  • Native Plant Garden Immersion – Winter Session

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Sunday, December 22 Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Location: Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden Cost: $15 MNHC members, $20 non-members Resting. Pausing. Stillness. Immerse your senses into nature’s capacity for restoration and renewal. Notice what winter feels, smells, sounds, and looks like at the Native Plant Garden. You may have visited the Native Plant Garden, but have you […]

    $15 – $20

  • Wild Soups & Stocks, Teas, & Broths

    Montana Natural History Center

    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 […]

    $50 – $55

  • “Booming” to Lee Metcalf NWR with Birder/Author Sneed Collard

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, March 29 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Location: Meet at MNHC to bus or carpool with MNHC staff at 9:00 a.m. or at Lee Metcalf Wildlife Refuge at 10:00 a.m. Cost: $50 for MNHC members, $55 for non-members (some scholarships available - call 406.327.0405 for more information) REGISTER HERE Enjoy an early spring birding […]

    $50 – $55

  • Birding for Beginners! in Greenough Park

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Tuesday, May 20 Time: 8:15-10:15 a.m. Location: Meet at Greenough Park picnic shelter parking lot (the second one you come to on Monroe St.) REGISTER HERE! Become attuned to the bird life all around you. Through birding tips and bird stories - some wild, some comical, some incredible - you will enter the feathered […]

    $30 – $35

  • Get into Rockhounding!

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, July  16, 2025 Time: 10:00-11:30 a.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: Free for members, $5 individual/$10 family non-members Get into rockhounding this summer! REGISTER HERE! In this show-and-tell program we will share the best resources to use to find amazing rocks, safety tips, rules and regulations, the clubs to join for group […]

    $5 – $10

  • Bug Photography!

    Maclay Flat Nature Trail Forest Rd 19155, Missoula, MT, United States

    Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2025 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Location: Meet at Sam Braxton trail head- Pattee Canyon Cost: $25/$20 MNHC members REGISTER HERE. Bug out with your camera and capture amazing close-up shots of tiny creatures! Kristi DuBois, retired FWP non-game biologist and avid insect photographer, will provide instruction and guidance during […]

    $20 – $25

  • Confident Color Mixing for Nature Journaling with Nancy Seiler

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Friday, August 15, 2025 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Location: Meet at Greenough Park (the site with the picnic pavillion and playground) Cost: $50, $45 MNHC members REGISTER HERE Master color mixing with artist Nancy Seiler! Have you been nature journaling for a while and feel a bit overwhelmed when mixing colors? This […]

    $45 – $50

  • Voyage to the Varves: Glacial Lake Missoula Field Day

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Meet at MNHC, travel by MNHC bus Cost: $40 MNHC and/or GLM Chapter members/$60 non-members REGISTER HERE See Glacial Lake Missoula's seasonal calendar recorded in sediment with geologist Jim Shelden! Varves are annual sediment depositions, often recording seasons in differently colored bands. Darker bands […]

    $40 – $60

  • Ravens, Crows, and Magpies, OH MY! with John and Colleen Marzluff

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, October 11, 2025 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Location: Meet at MNHC, travel by MNHC bus Cost: $150 MNHC members/$160 non-members REGISTER HERE Join acclaimed researchers John and Colleen Marzluff on a scientific exploration of the corvid’s world. Check out a clip from the PBS Nature documentary: A Murder of Crows: As […]

    $150 – $160

  • Lichen Field Day with Tim Wheeler

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, November 8, 2025 Time: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Location: MNHC, walk along Kim Williams trail Cost: $60 MNHC members/$65 non-members REGISTER HERE! Delve deep into the study of lichens and never look at your forest the same way again. The Missoula valley has a high diversity of lichen species in an array of beautiful […]

    $60 – $65

  • Master Naturalist Club

    Master Naturalist Club
    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Monthly, on the second Wednesday of the month Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m. Location: Various - contact club host Share outdoor explorations and learning experiences with other curious naturalists at our monthly Master Naturalist Club! We will connect with experts and hone our skills, meeting at field locations around Missoula. April Topic: Introduction to Oding:  Looking […]

    FREE

  • making a holiday wreath

    Make a Mini Wreath at MNHC!

    Montana Natural History Center

    Location: Montana Natural History Center Date: Saturday, December 6 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Cost: $20 MNHC members, $25 nonmembers. You can add your MNHC membership to your order when you register. REGISTER HERE! Get crafty with natural materials and create your own mini wreath while enjoying beverages such as cocoa, tea, and beer. Montana Natural History […]

    $20 – $25