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In partnership with Nickelodeon and their Worldwide Day of Play, encouraging families and children to turn off the television and play together outdoors, the Children’s Museum of Colorado invites you to our Day of Play on September 30th from 12pm – 3pm at Chapungu Sculpture Park in Centerra. Families will experience activities and stations around […]
Join us on on the FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH from 9:00am-11am for Bird Banding with Scott Rashid (Director of the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute) followed by a casual bird walk at Equalizer Lake with Sheila Webber of the Fort Collins Audubon Society. Participants meet at the High Plains Environmental Center, 2698 Bluestem […]
Interpretive Guides: Kristin Oles (Restoration Ecologist & Project Manager), Jack Landen (Lead Field Technician), OR JT Love (Field Technician) Join us on the Second Saturday of each month, January-December from 9am – 10:30am, for a fun and casual interpretive walk between Hout Reservoir and Equalizer Lake, guided by our Restoration Ecology staff & Certified Interpretive Trail Guides. […]
Sheila Webber will be guiding a bird walks at Chapungu Sculpture Park on Saturday, October 28. This walk combines two of our favorite things- Art & Birds! Walking will be at a slow pace on approximately 2 miles of level walking paths. Consider bringing binoculars and a field guide to enhance your birding experience. The […]
Whether you’re a seasoned birder or an amateur, join Sheila Webber for a bird walk around Equalizer on the First Saturday of each month 8am-10am from February-November in 2020. Walking will be at a slow pace on approximately 2 miles of level walking paths. Consider bringing binoculars and a field guide to enhance your birding […]
This FREE annual spooktacular event is going Open Air Style in 2020! Featuring a family-friendly drive-in with Halloween favorites at the Centerra Marketplace (in the parking lot east of Jimmy John’s and south of Marshall’s). Don’t delay and reserve your tickets when they go on sale this week, limited space available. Each vehicle will receive […]
This FREE annual spooktacular event is going Open Air Style in 2020! Featuring a family-friendly drive-in with Halloween favorites at the Centerra Marketplace (in the parking lot east of Jimmy John’s and south of Marshall’s). Don’t delay and reserve your tickets when they go on sale this week, limited space available. Each vehicle will receive […]
Nature Immersion is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku, which translates to “forest bathing”. Since the 1980’s scientists in Japan started experimenting with the effect spending time in a natural environment has on the physical body. They discovered and documented amazing health benefits from lowered blood pressure and pulse rate, to decreased levels of […]
Online Lecture Series: Ethnobotany Saturday, October 10, 2020, 9:00am-10:00am MT Instructor: Jim Tolstrup, HPEC Executive Director People have lived in Colorado for over 10,000 years. Looking at native plants through the lens of these first people offers us a view of a world that existed before grocery stores and pharmacies; where people found everything they […]
Join us on Saturday, October 3rd, for a Bird Banding experience with Scott Rashid, Director of Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute. Scott, an expert Ornithologist, will talk to the group about what bird banding is, which birds we may expect to see/band, and why bird banding is vital for collecting data on avian species, […]