• Wildlife Tracking Club

    Wildlife Tracking Club
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Explore with NBNC naturalists and fellow nature lovers in search of wildlife tracks and sign every Sunday morning this winter.

    Seabirding Along the Atlantic Coast – Winter Birding in Cape Ann, MA

    Gloucester, MA Gloucester, United States
    $740 – $825
    FULL - Contact us to join the waitlist

    This annual winter adventure is an outstanding opportunity to spend quality time with species rarely, if ever, seen in Vermont. This trip is not only about discovering rare species by land and sea, but about watching, enjoying, and studying seabirds among a community of like-minded nature lovers under the leadership of a first-class guide and educator.

    Pride Hikes: Snowshoeing with NBNC and Audubon Vermont

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    We will snowshoe around the trail! Hiking is our backup plan in the event that there isn't snow or too little to snowshoe. After snowshoeing or hiking, we will gather for some hot drinks to warm back up!

  • Wildlife Tracking Club

    Wildlife Tracking Club
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Explore with NBNC naturalists and fellow nature lovers in search of wildlife tracks and sign every Sunday morning this winter.

    a dripping sap bucket

    Community Maple Sugaring

    Community Maple Sugaring
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    It’s a community sap boil! BYO sap, or just enjoy some samples, sap-to-syrup science, and good company.

    monthly bird outing chickadee by tyler pockette

    Monthly Birding Outing (Downtown Montpelier)

    Hunger Mountain Co-op 623 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, VT

    A casual morning of birding for all interests and experience levels facilitated by NBNC staff and guest leaders.

    Wildlife Tracking Club

    Wildlife Tracking Club
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Explore with NBNC naturalists and fellow nature lovers in search of wildlife tracks and sign every Sunday morning this winter.

    ECO Homeschool Early Spring Session

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $510

    Inspired by ECO, our full-day ECO Homeschool program provides a meaningful and fun learning environment based in environmental education and a mentorship model.

    Spring Afterschool Program

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $540

    Let your kids be kids at NBNC. Our "Treksplorers" program offers kids a program fully immersed in nature, exploring the woods, fields and streams near NBNC. Play stealth and awareness games, learn outdoor skills and develop a sense of community with peers.

    a dripping sap bucket

    Community Maple Sugaring

    Community Maple Sugaring
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    It’s a community sap boil! BYO sap, or just enjoy some samples, sap-to-syrup science, and good company.

    Riverside Wildlife of the North Branch: The Hidden Lives of Our Wild Residents

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Through tracking, camera trapping, and quiet observation we can peer into the lives of NBNC's most secretive animals: foxes, felines, ravens, beavers, bears, and more. In this presentation, we'll go on a virtual exploration of the ecosystem to visit some of its wildest creatures and most interesting stories.

    Drawing the Unseen: drawing with microscopes—with Rachel Mirus

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $40

    Bizarre and spectacular creatures hide in plain sight all around us because they are too small to see without magnification. In this class we will go on a micro-safari, hunting down these hidden microorganisms using microscopes and capturing them through observational drawing.

    Wildlife Tracking Club

    Wildlife Tracking Club
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Explore with NBNC naturalists and fellow nature lovers in search of wildlife tracks and sign every Sunday morning this winter.

    a dripping sap bucket

    Community Maple Sugaring

    Community Maple Sugaring
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    It’s a community sap boil! BYO sap, or just enjoy some samples, sap-to-syrup science, and good company.

    Wildlife Tracking Club

    Wildlife Tracking Club
    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States

    Explore with NBNC naturalists and fellow nature lovers in search of wildlife tracks and sign every Sunday morning this winter.