Join us for our monthly exploration of the world of birds, birding, and ornithology. Orioles are some of North America’s most beautiful birds, sure to bring joy to all who set eyes on them. This month we take a look at the identification and natural history of these dazzling birds.
Join Ranger Nikki on a hike to look for flowering plant life and a variety of pollinators, including butterflies.
Watch and interact with fossil preparators as they prepare paleontological specimens found throughout Petrified Forest National Park. Open to the public every Thursday, everyone is invited to observe this fascinating and painstaking process, ask questions, and learn more about the fossils found here. All ages are welcome. Located on the northeast side of the Painted [...]
Stop by an information table where Ranger Jacque will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community.
Discovery Station: Connect with Nature Through Your Phone Drop by Ranger Shaun’s City Naturalist app Workshop to find out about some of the best apps on the market for identifying the plants and animals you see in the parks!
Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions (combined) v2 – updated to include separate startlines for multihulls, dinghies and PHRF. Tall Cactus 2024 Race Chart Fun, long-distance race around Lake Pleasant on Saturday, April 13.
Let's join up and help our desert! Join the removal of invasive grasses !
Join one of our local bird enthusiasts for a guided bird walk through the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area! These walks are for everyone: experts, novices, and people who have never gone birding in their entire life. Bring water, and wear sunscreen and shoes for walking. Loaner binoculars and field guides are available for those [...]
Yavapai Trails Association has worked with Prescott National Forest to set up each 2nd Saturday of the month as a trail workday. Contact yavapai.trails@gmail.com to sign up Look for an email just before each scheduled workday to remind you to RSVP and announce the location. Thank you for all your volunteer hours. *If you have [...]
This two day weekend event will include an overnight camp, two days of hiking uphill in the late spring and tons of fun! Join us for all or part of the weekend to brush Passage 16, fix some drains and enjoy spring in the desert. .
About the Event For Women only, one day beginner pistol shooting. Class on safety, nomenclature, and shooting with many different guns and calibers. All equipment will be provided if needed. Student may bring a pistol from home.
For Women only, one day beginner pistol shooting. Classroom on safety, nomenclature, and shooting with many different guns and calibers. All equipment will be provided if needed. Student may bring a pistol from home.
WHERE: PRESCOTT NATIONAL FOREST, BUCKHORN TRAIL #130 Please check PTR Facebook posts on Saturday morning to ensure nothing has caused the cancellation of the workday! DIRECTIONS TO STAGING LOCATION: Southeast from Prescott on 69, ~9 miles past Fain Rd and the Maverick gas station, 1.1 miles PAST Poland Jct Rd, ½ mile PAST MP275, turn [...]
Watch and interact with fossil preparators as they prepare paleontological specimens found throughout Petrified Forest National Park. Open to the public every Thursday, everyone is invited to observe this fascinating and painstaking process, ask questions, and learn more about the fossils found here. All ages are welcome. Located on the northeast side of the Painted [...]
Check-in at 9:30am & group Mountain and Road rides will start at 10am. There will be multiple groups to accommodate ability levels and distances: MTB routes: 1) Hiline loop, 2) Slim Shady - Easy Breezy loop, 3) Rabbit Ears - Little Rock loop, 4) Bell Rock - Big Park Loop and TBD, based on interest [...]
The Legacy Tour will introduce visitors to the rich 100-year history of Boyce Thompson Arboretum and further appreciation of this land and its legacy. Tour participants will receive a BTA Centennial commemorative pin as a gift at the end of the tour. This tour will follow the Main Trail and is on unpaved trails in [...]
Lake Pleasant Regional Park Stop by an information table where Ranger Nikki will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community.
The Mountain Bike Association of Arizona has opportunities to volunteer at the Prescott Punisher! These events are not possible without people like you. Thank you for volunteering. Remaining open spots: Merch Table - Hand out MBAA merchandise Course Sweep: Black Loop - Ride black loop, ensure all rides are finished (1-2 PM)
Discovery Station: Connect with Nature Through Your Phone Drop by Ranger Shaun’s City Naturalist app Workshop to find out about some of the best apps on the market for identifying the plants and animals you see in the parks!
The Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park (EOP) is open to public bird watching tours on Sunday mornings year round. Group size is limited to 15 people, first come, first served. Arrive before the starting time (7:00am) to sign a waiver and secure a spot. The 2-2.5 hours walk is behind locked gates and you must [...]
This trail marathon, half-marathon and 10K traverses the valley between the Santa Rita and the Rincon Mountains. It offers spectacular, sweeping views and while the marathon has plenty of challenging ups and downs, the half-marathon and 10K courses offer mostly a gentle, winding descent through ocotillo, prickly pear cactus, creosote, and mesquite.
Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area Join Ranger Nikki on a 2-mile moderate hike to look for flowering plant life and a variety of pollinators, including butterflies.
Cave Creek Regional Park If you love taking pics of nature and the desert around you, then this is the program for you! Stop by an information table where Ranger Jacque will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community.
Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area Stop by an information table where Ranger Nikki will teach you how to use your phone to identify and document your nature findings to help the scientific community. Click program title for more details.
Lake Pleasant is creating a Monday clean-up crew. If you are available on any Monday, please join us as we pick up litter along the shoreline. Location – Park at Castle Hot Springs dirt lot near the entry station. Meet with Park Assistant Doug Robertson at main building at entry. Volunteers needed - Up to [...]
Higley Ponds - Monday April 15th, 7:00 a.m. with our President, Theona Vyvial. Higley Ponds is located on the NEC of Higley and Ocotillo. The parking area is at the 1/2 mile north of Ocotillo. The ponds are frequented by a wide variety of shorebirds, hawks, hummingbirds, roadrunners, flycatchers, Abert’s towhee and Curved-billed Thrashers. We [...]
Join a ranger on a ~1 mile, mostly paved, walk through some of the most biodiverse terrain in central Arizona. A combination of plant communities and habitats surrounding the world’s largest travertine bridge supports a wide variety of bird species that call the park home and we will be searching for. Meets between the Waterfall [...]
Take a gentle 2.5 mile walk with an interpretive guide through the Sonoita Creek riparian area Birding Trail. Visitors will learn about the park's history and ecology of this unique and fragile natural area.
Ranger Shaun’s headed out to the charming 2.1-mile metate loop for April’s gibbous moon. Weather allowing, we’ll see an always enjoyable Arizona sunset light up the sky as we make our way down into the river valley, and then explore walk among the mesquites looking for wildlife using flashlights, blacklights, and the light of the moon. [...]
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