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Winter Wonders - Field Day

  • Jack Creek Preserve Foundation 1206 Jack Creek Road Ennis, Montana 59716 (map)

Winter Wonders - Field Day
with Cedar Mathers-Winn

  • What's actually happening during hibernation

  • How animals eat in a time of scarcity

  • How being social helps animals survive

  • The world under the snow!

The northern winter presents a challenge to all living things that call this place home. A persistent snowpack, punishing cold, and shorter days each provide challenges, but also opportunities. In this class, we will explore the surprising and fascinating ways our local plants and animals have adapted to survive, and even thrive, in this unforgiving time of year.


Winter Wonders - Field Day
$30.00
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DETAILS:

  • Date: March 16, 2024, 10:30AM to 3PM

  • Meet at Jack Creek Preserve’s Outdoor Education Center

  • Cost: $30 per person

  • For ages 12 and up

  • We will be snowshoeing up to 2 miles and spending 2-3 hours outside in winter conditions

  • Bring your own lunch, water, snacks, and winter gear

  • Snowshoes will be provided, or you can bring your own

  • We are capping the event at 16 people, please register and pay to save your spot!


About the instructor, Cedar Mathers-Winn: Cedar is a naturalist, biologist, and educator based in Bozeman, MT. He has a Master’s degree in Ecology, and has studied animal behavior in deserts, rainforests, and mountains around the world. He has taught undergraduates, professional scientists, and the public in a great variety of topics in biology and natural history. His mission is to show how common subtleties of nature open up worlds of wildness – always there but hidden in plain sight. 

Photo credit: Christy Howard, Cedar Mathers-Winn, and Abi King