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Happy 4th of July! Mark your calendars for two exciting lecture series put on by the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Redbud Chapter. These lectures are free!
Title: Physics of Flora
Speaker: Kimberly Ingram
Title: Physics of Flora
Speaker: Dr. Paul Doherty
Here is something else that might interest you, recently released by the Sierra Nevada Conservancy. A new blog intended to give insight into the wildfire season-from an insider's perspective. They have created this blog as a way to tell the Sierra fire season story differently. Rather than focusing on the acres burned and structures lost, it will focus on the broader impacts of each fire, connect new forest and fire research as it becomes available, and will highlight values beyond suppression dollars that can be lost when our forests burn.
It's only June, but already California has experienced more than twice the amount of fires as normal. Stay tuned for more on the impacts that fire can have on your air, your forests, and your water.
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July Events
Journey with us into the winged world of birds and insects and the webs of spiders. Bring your binoculars or borrow ours as we silently walk to catch bird and insect activity. Make a web catcher and winged kite. The afternoon will be packed with fun!
$3/person
Placer Nature Center Members Free!
Special focus on Saturn, Mars, Moon, and stars! Do you have an interest in astronomy? Feed your wonder and answer your questions about the heavens! Colfax astronomer Don Machholz, author and comet-hunter, will weave tales of the galaxies and explore the night sky with his telescopes. Canceled if you cannot see the stars.
$7 per person
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August Events
Nature Stories & Crafts
Science Saturday
Join us for an afternoon listening to Placer Nature Center's favorite nature stories and creating nature crafts and nature stories of your own! Bring a picnic lunch to munch as we read stories under the shade of our trees.
$3/person
Placer Nature Center Members Free!
Nature Hike
Nature Play Hour
At Placer Nature Center
Join our Placer Nature Center naturalist on a hike for tykes discovering the textures, scents, and colors of the season.
Free thanks to Placer First 5!
Nature Rovers
Our day Outside
Let's rove around the Nature Center and spy on nature! Bring your hawk eyes! stay for a picnic lunch afterwards!
Free thanks to Placer First 5!
September Events
Astronomy and Stargazing
Special focus on Saturn, Mars, Moon and stars! Do you have an interest in astronomy? Feed your wonder and answer your questions about the heavens! Colfax astronomer, Don Machholz, author and comet-hunter, will weave tales of the galaxies and explore the night sky with his telescopes. Pre-registration is requested by emailing programs@placernaturecenter.org and leave name, number in your party and contact phone or email (in case of cancellation). You can also call us at 530-878-6053.
Canceled if you cannot see the stars.
Do you know how to make cordage? Come learn that and much more from the Maidu culture as we celebrate. Visit our Maidu village, learn about how foothill natural resources were used for food, basketry, games, and medicines.
Placer Nature Center Members Free!
Rocky Road
Our Day Outside
What are those rocks under feet and scattered about? Let's investigate and take a close look. Be ready to explore all kinds of shapes, colors, and sizes!
Free thanks to Placer First 5
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Naturally yours,
Kimberly Grant, Linda Desai, Josena Aiello, Margie Shapiro
and the rest of the Placer Nature Center family.
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Thank You!
to our
New and Returning MEMBERS!
You Make All
of this Possible!
Not a member yet?
to take advantage of all our wonderful benefits.
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