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  • Birding Tips and Tricks at Kelly Island

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Tuesday, July 23 Time: 8:30-10:30 a.m. Location: Meet at Kelly Island Spurgin St. fishing access Register Here Experience the excitement, the drama, and the beauty of bird life at Kelly Island! The vibrant cottonwood gallery and river shore are home to diverse array of birds. Beef up your birding skills with tips and tricks […]

    $25 – $30

  • Native Plant Garden Immersion – Summer Session

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Sunday, August 4 Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Location: Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden Cost: $15 MNHC members, $20 non-members Smell summer's heat, taste its energy in the air, touch its vibrancy, and see summer with your ears as it buzzes, sings, and breezes through the Native Plant Garden. You may have visited the Native Plant Garden, but […]

    $15 – $20

  • Berry Wander on the River Trail

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Thursday, August 15 Time: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center REGISTER HERE Join Sydney Morical and Cathryn Rann of Wild Wanders as we travel along the Clark Fork River Trail at the peak of Montana berry season. We'll be delving into various edible and medicinal plants, their properties, and how we […]

    $30 – $35

  • Rattlesnake Dam Removal Tour: Bring On the Trout!

    Rattlesnake Greenway Trailhead and Parking

    Date: Thursday, September 5 Time: 12:30-2:00 p.m. Location: Meet at the parking area at the north end of Duncan Drive - click here for map. Look for Duncan drive in the lower left corner. Follow it to the green parking emblam on the map. Travel north on Duncan Drive, which is on the west side of Rattlesnake creek. […]

    $15 – $20

  • Naturalist Field Day: Explore Primm Meadow

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Wednesday, October 2 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Location: Meet at the Montana Natural History Center. We'll travel to Primm Meadow in the MNHC bus. Feel the majesty of an old-growth, open stand of ponderosa pines as you explore the history and magnificent ecology of Primm Meadow. This park-like grove has been carefully utilized and […]

    $45 – $55

  • Protecting Pollinators and Native Plants – Lunch & Learn Climate Solutions Week Program

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: FREE Join the Montana Natural History Center and Climate Smart Missoula for a Lunch & Learn program, Protecting Pollinators and Native Plants, during Climate Solutions Week 2024! Our communities thrive with the biodiversity of native plants. Insects, birds, and mammals have evolved to rely […]

    FREE

  • Native Plant Garden Immersion – Fall Session

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, October 19 Time: 3:00-5:00 p.m. Location: Fort Missoula Native Plant Garden Cost: $15 MNHC members, $20 non-members Feel the land transition into autumn. Allow your senses, rather than your thoughts, to notice how nature transitions into a season of endings and renewal. You may have visited the Native Plant Garden, but have you experienced […]

    $15 – $20

  • workshop on journal binding

    Nature Journal Book Binding

    Montana Natural History Center

    Date: Saturday, November 16 Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m. Location: Montana Natural History Center Cost: $20 MNHC members, $25 non-members REGISTER HERE! Create a blank nature journal with simple Japanese-style stitch binding. Nature Journals record our observations, reflections, and natural phenomena. And they are works of art in their own right. Accentuate this role of 'journal as art piece' by choosing […]

    $20 – $25

  • 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