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Renewing After Fire

June 24, 2020 by Betty

Fire season seems to be arriving early this year as crews battle several in the area. Just a few weeks ago, a fire started at White Tanks Mountain Regional Park and charred over 100 acres across one of our favorite trails in the Park. Collecting Seeds Shortly after the fire was extinguished, Chuck and I …

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Giving Thanks

December 7, 2016 by Betty

On Thanksgiving morning we drove into Desert National Wildlife Refuge to hike a trail up a wash into rugged, mountainous terrain. We encountered no one else all day on this remote refuge, but we did stumble upon evidence of human activity. Trash Pickup At the first area we stopped on the way to our trail …

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Sharing Nature with Kids

April 15, 2012 by Betty

Reports show that kids these days don’t get outdoors enough and explore nature.  So when we were asked recently to take two boys on a hike in the remote desert, we were glad to oblige.    Terry and Diane Moilanen, whom we met through our Wednesday interpretive hikes at Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, host their …

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A Winter Visitor Comments on Our Wednesday Hike

December 28, 2011December 14, 2011 by Betty

Each Wednesday we lead a group of up to 15 winter visitors on an interpretive hike through the Sonoran Desert. Recently, after one of these forays, hiker James Bryant wrote about it for his blog. His comments follow:

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To Prepare for a Fieldtrip — or Not

December 11, 2011October 16, 2010 by Betty

“Is it better to bring the students on a tour of the zoo before we study the unit, or is it better to prepare them first?” a teacher friend once asked me when Chuck and I were docents leading school tours at the Denver Zoo.

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Becoming Museum Volunteers

December 11, 2011April 29, 2010 by Betty

A packrat den in a rock wall, stuffed with burro droppings, cactus pieces, and various vegetation, helps us explain to our winter visitors how we became involved volunteering with Denver’s Museum of Natural History.

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Moonlight Stroll

December 11, 2011February 8, 2010 by Betty

One of our most popular programs at Imperial National Wildlife Refuge is the Moonlight Stroll.  Once a month, since winter of 2006, we’ve led groups of 20 visitors up a remote arroyo, guided by the light of the full moon.

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