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The Highlands Center, a Prescott nature center, is a hub for lifelong learning, designed to invite discovery of the wonders of nature.
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Winter Luminaria, Dec 19 www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-luminaria-tickets-82872492857
Live performance by Soulstice - featuring Meg Bohrman, Johan Glidden, and Cosimo Bohrman from Sugar in the Mint.
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Outside Play is Crucial for Emerging Readers and Writers
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A child who becomes a prolific reader and writer will be set-up for lifelong success. We are a homeschooling family, so we've had a front row seat to watch the emerging literacy with our oldest...
Wednesday--- Anyone you know headed for Prescott from Williams ? I am currently in Williams Hostel and need a ride....have $$$ for gas ! 🎄
Forest Snow!
Good photo!
Great pic!
This is in my backyard! I love when the trees look like both these photos!
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Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!
Happy Thanksgiving to our friends at HCNH from all of us at NHI!
www.collective-evolution.com/2016/04/08/doctors-explain-how-hiking-actually-changes-our-brains/?f...
Doctors Explain How Hiking Actually Changes Our Brains
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While it may seem obvious that a good hike through a forest or up a mountain can cleanse your mind, body, and soul, science is now discovering that hiking can actually change your brain… for the bet...Paul Lottner
Sonya Maria
Clint Culberson
Don't Miss These EXCITING Events
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Good News: This Year’s Migration of Monarch Butterflies Appears Larger Than Usual
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Keep on planting that milkweed!I saw the most l have ever seen this year...they really like my chaste tree
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Children Should Be Outside for 4-6 Hours Every Day
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Let me begin by saying we are not outside for 4-6 hours everyday. We aim for 4-6 hours outside at least three to four times a week (a little more in the nicer months and a little less in the worse...
THIS SATURDAY: Naturalist Walk: Hands-on Geology
Nov 23, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Program is FREE! highlandscenter.org/upcoming-event/naturalist-walk-hands-on-geology/
Use basic geology tools to find, measure, and interpret evidence of ancient tectonic plate movements with local naturalist, Steve Van Slyke.
These hikes are on the unpaved trails on the Highlands Center’s 80-acre campus. Our trails are rocky and have short, but occasionally steep, inclines. Trained naturalists guide these hikes. Make sure to bring water, and wear appropriate hiking shoes. Hats and gloves are always recommended!
Yesterday was officially Plaid Shirt Day at the Highlands Center in honor of Bob Stutey. Bob is our incredible facilities manager who will be retiring in mid-December. He is fond of plaid shirts and is usually wearing one. He typically keeps another one hanging on his office chair and a backup in his truck! We proudly wore our plaid shirts yesterday to show our love and appreciation.
Love it!!!😍
Now that was cool!
You just can't go wrong with plaid!
Trees Talk to Each Other in a Language We Can Learn, Ecologist Claims
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A massive web of hair-like mushroom roots transmit secret messages between trees, triggering them to share nutrients and water with those in need. Like humans, trees are extremely social creatures, ut...The circle of life...we are all connected
Leah Hubbard
Read The Secret Life of Trees.
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Getting Kids Outside in Nature - 10 Ideas | REI Co-op Journal
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Prioritizing your child’s nature fix is about more than burning off some extra energy. Here are 10 tips for upping your child's daily dose of the outdoors.
Yesterday, we were blown away by an outstanding program here at the Center about Gila monsters. Dale DeNardo, the Director and attending veterinarian of the Animal Care program at Arizona State University, shared his 12 years of field research on Gila monsters. His team has learned so much about them (what they eat, the size of their home range, their optimum temperature, how long they can go without water, etc.). Dale brought along a Gila monster for participants to observe and touch. We all agreed this unique creature should be protected wherever possible and nominated as our new state reptile!
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THIS TUESDAY! Get up close and personal with an incredible animal!
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November's best meteor shower will peak this weekend
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The Leonid meteor shower will peak Saturday; it will best be viewed after midnight, local time.Thanks for sharing!!
I saw a bright green orb appear in the sky last night about 4 AM south east of Prescott that have been a meteor?
We experienced the Leonid storm of 2001 ... pitch black skies at 7800 feet elevation in the foothills of northern Colorado ... it was phenomenal, and quite a memory!!! 😊
I’ll take a shower when I’m good and ready. Already took one this month. 😆
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Fall may mean migration, but one bird’s north is just another bird’s south.www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2019/11/researchers-place-6-trillion-value-mental-health-benefits-p...
Researchers Place $6 Trillion Value On Mental Health Benefits Provided By Protected Areas
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It's often noted that getting out into nature is good for the soul, both from physical and mental health standpoints. A team of researchers in Australia has put a dollar figure on the mental health be...
Animal Encounters
One of the best things about living in the wildland-urban interface of the Central Arizona Highlands is the opportunity for wildlife encounters. Whether we are hiking the trails or out in the yard, there is always the potential to meet one of our wild neighbors. By...
The Highlands Center for Natural History
Prescott Nature Center
In our classroom without walls you will discover Ponderosa Pine covered mountains, deeply shaded riparian habitats, chaparral and woodland, remarkable geologic formations, and amazing vistas, in addition to all manner of forest inhabitants. With educational programming, hiking trails, and a botanic garden, our Prescott nature center has activities for all ages.
1375 S. Walker Road, Prescott, AZ 86303
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