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  • 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.

    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.

    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.

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    Teen Maple Sugaring and Woodcrafting

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $10

    Boil sap, build a chair, wield saws/hatchets/knives and other instruments of woodcraft - this teen skills workshop has a lot to sink your teeth into!

    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.

    Performance by TURNmusic: Music of Place and Planet

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

    TURNmusic’s Watershed/Environmental Programs will blend artistic expression with community engagement to raise awareness about local watershed health and environmental concerns through music, workshops, and collaborative events. This initiative aims to connect audiences with environmental themes, inspiring appreciation for the natural world while fostering creative responses to ecological challenges.

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    Natural Selections — an evening of poetry, prose, music, and photography

    North Branch Nature Center 713 Elm Street, Montpelier, VT, United States
    $20 – $50

    An evening featuring poets Scudder Parker (The Poem of the World) and Angela Patten (Feeding the Wild Rabbit), short readings from essayist and field naturalist Bryan Pfeiffer, and music by D. Davis and Marc Gwinn.