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  • Family Nature Club: Geology Rocks!

    Join an Open Space education park ranger for a family-friendly hike and engage in hands-on learning together as a family, listen to natural history fun facts, enjoy storytelling, and seek out wildlife.

  • Discovery Days: Local Life Cycles (early childhood family program)

    Join an Open Space education park ranger with your little one and enjoy making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project. Afterward, you'll leave with a packet of ideas and activities to continue discovering at home.

  • Outdoor Field School: Discovering Dendrology (ages 11-14)

    Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space education park rangers for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment. Classes take place at a variety of Open Space public lands.

  • Intro to the Outdoors: Beginning Birding Workshop (for adults)

    Play like a grown-up and join us for classes that introduce the basic principles of various outdoor activities including hiking, map and compass, birding, mountain biking, and more. All in a supportive and fun environment. Classes are led by experienced outdoor educators and provide all necessary materials.

  • Family Nature Club: Carving Out History

    Join an Open Space education park ranger for a family-friendly hike and engage in hands-on learning together as a family, listen to natural history fun facts, enjoy storytelling, and seek out wildlife.

  • Discovery Days: Wild Food Webs (early childhood family program)

    Join an Open Space education park ranger with your little one and enjoy making discoveries about the natural world with hands-on science, story time, and an art project. Afterward, you'll leave with a packet of ideas and activities to continue discovering at home.

  • Saturday Explorer Camp: Cottonwood Forest Creatures (ages 6-10)

    Elementary-aged youth join two Open Space education park rangers for fun and in-depth learning about the natural world around them. Program takes place at the Open Space Visitor Center and includes hiking and outdoor exploration, hands-on science, literacy, and art activities.

  • Intro to the Outdoors: Beginning Birding Workshop (for adults)

    Play like a grown-up and join us for classes that introduce the basic principles of various outdoor activities including hiking, map and compass, birding, mountain biking, and more. All in a supportive and fun environment. Classes are led by experienced outdoor educators and provide all necessary materials.

  • Family Nature Club: Growing Gardens

    Join an Open Space education park ranger for a family-friendly hike and engage in hands-on learning together as a family, listen to natural history fun facts, enjoy storytelling, and seek out wildlife.

  • Outdoor Field School: Ornithological Observations (ages 11-14)

    Middle school-aged youth join two Open Space education park rangers for in-depth learning about the natural world around them through fun, hands-on science outdoors using real scientific field equipment. Classes take place at a variety of Open Space public lands.

  • Intro to the Outdoors: Learn to Birdwatch (for adults)

    Play like a grown-up and join us for classes that introduce the basic principles of various outdoor activities including hiking, map and compass, birding, mountain biking, and more. All in a supportive and fun environment. Classes are led by experienced outdoor educators and provide all necessary materials.