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Sep 4

Beginner's Bird Walk

Join Ranger Jacque on an easy walk to look for and identify our desert feathered friends and their homes. Click program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 4

Intro to Desert Birding

Interested in learning about birding, but not sure if it’s right for you? Ranger Jacque gives a beginner’s glimpse into the birding world in this introductory program. Click program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 4

Quiet Birdwatching

Feel inner peace outside with birds as Ranger Jacque guides you through a relaxing birdwatching process focused on mental wellness and stress reduction. Click program title
for more details. ...More details
Sep 4

Discovery Station

Skulls, bones, furs, scales – what do clues left behind by desert creatures tell us about their ways of life? Join Ranger Olivia to find out at this Skins and Skulls Discovery Station, click program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 4

Evening Fitness Hike (Registration Required, Limit 20 Participants)

Shake off the work week with a hike up into the ruggedly beautiful White Tank Mountains and get sweeping views of the Phoenix city lights. Click program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 4

Creatures of the Night Walk (Registration Required, Limit 12 Participants)

Join Ranger Eric for an after-hours prowl of the Preserve trails to look for nocturnal animals and scorpions! Click on program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 4

Scorpion Safari (Registration Required, Limit 30 participants)

Join Ranger Nikki on an easy 2-mile stroll to search for scorpions and other nocturnal critters under an almost-full moon. Click program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 4

Creatures of the Night (Registration Required, Limit 10 Participants)

Walk Cottonwood trail under cover of darkness and see what sort of critters you can see with Ranger Shaun. Click program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 5

Fitness Hike (Registration required, limit 20)

Join Ranger Jacque on a sweeping uphill hike to Wind Cave and take in the views of the mountains and the city. Click program title for more details. ...More details
Sep 5

MTB Fundamental Skills Clinic

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