this season’s calendar of programs:
winter 2008

Winter Workshops for Kids and Families

December 12th: Birding
December 28th: Snow science
December 29th: Tracking
10am-12pm
$35 each
Cost includes snowshoe rental, trail fee, and program.
Children under 8 should be accompanied by an adult.

 

Sundance Winter Wildlife

Slides and presentation by Sundance Naturalist Jessie Walthers
December 21st
December 28th
January 19th
7pm-7:45pm
Free

 

Patagonia Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival

6 selected short films highlighting spectacular scenery, wild places, amazing
creatures, and the people who fight to protect them.
January 5th: 7pm-10pm
Sundance Screening Room
$12

 

When Mountains and Deserts Collide:
The Effect of Dust on Mountain Snowmelt

A Presentation by Tom Painter, Department of Geography, University of Utah
February 1st: 7pm
Sundance Screening Room
Free

 

Weeds in Winter:
An exploration of the shapes and textures of wildflowers in winter

February 2nd: 11am-1pm
$30 (Cost includes snowshoe rental, trail fee, and guided tour.

 

Winter Birding

February 16th: 2pm-4pm
$35 (Cost includes snowshoe rental, trail fee, and guided tour.)

 

Las Vegas Thirst Threatens Utah Wildlife

A Presentation on Utah’s Native Desert Fish Species by Jill Ayala
February 23rd: 7pm
Free

 

The Sundance Nature Center is a division of The Sundance Preserve, a not–for–profit organization dedicated to land preservation, environmental education, and programming for the arts, culture, and the environment. To date, the Sundance Preserve has worked to protect close to 3,000 acres of land in the North Fork Canyon. Please visit our website at www.sundancepreserve.org.