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NCN: Salamander Meander (Members Only)
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesFriday, May 26 | 9 – 10 PM Limited spaces | Registration required HERE (registration opens Monday, May 22) FREE admission, donation appreciated Kick off Highlands Nature Center’s summer season by searching for salamanders in the Botanical Garden! Discover strange and fascinating facts about our slimy amphibian friends, then join our Education Specialists on a […]
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NatureTime StoryTime
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesMay 29 | June 12 | June 19 | June 26 10:30 AM Highlands Nature Center FREE | No registration necessary Join local storyteller Ms. KK at the Highlands Nature Center as she reads fun books and sings silly songs all about the great outdoors. After the StoryTime fun, Ms. KK will take you on […]
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Nature Center Holiday Hours
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesHighlands Nature Center is Open for Memorial Day Weekend! Extended Holiday Hours: Sunday, May 28, 12 – 4 PM FREE admission
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NCN: Salamander Meander
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesLimited spaces | Registration required Tuesday, May 30 | 9 – 10 PM | Register HERE FREE admission, donation appreciated Search for salamanders in the Botanical Garden! Discover strange and fascinating facts about our slimy amphibian friends, then join our Education Specialists on a walk through the gardens to find local species. Please bring […]
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NCN: Salamander Meander
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesLimited spaces | Registration required Wednesday, May 31 | 9 – 10 PM | Register HERE FREE admission, donation appreciated Search for salamanders in the Botanical Garden! Discover strange and fascinating facts about our slimy amphibian friends, then join our Education Specialists on a walk through the gardens to find local species. Please bring […]
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Southern Appalachian Mammals
Highlands Biological Station 265 North 6th St, Highlands, NC, United StatesInstructors: Dr. Rada Petric (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Dr. Ed Pivorun (Clemson University) This course will emphasize the mammalian fauna of the Southern Appalachians. We will have traditional lectures on mammalian anatomy, evolution, orders, physiology and ecology for about 1 ½ hours every morning. Field work will emphasize live trapping techniques. Mammals tend to be nocturnal. […]
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Owl Prowl
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesJune 6th (Register HERE) Time: 7pm – 7:45pm FREE, all ages welcome Registration required Who-oo goes there? Join Balsam Mountain Trust for a special meeting with their live […]
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Going Batty
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesJune 7th (Register HERE) Time: 9pm-10pm FREE, all ages welcome Discover the nocturnal mammals who take to the skies! Learn about the fascinating world of bats, then join naturalists in the Botanical Garden to seek them out. Please bring a flashlight for this adventure! This program is weather-dependent.
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Biology and Conservation of Birds
Instructor: Dr. Rob Bierregaard (Drexel University & Academy of Natural Sciences) Bird diversity is extremely high in the southern Appalachian mountain and Blue Ridge Escarpment region, an area that includes a wide range of plant community types over a nearly 4000-foot range in elevation. This basic course in ornithology covers morphology, systematics, ecology, conservation, and […]
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NatureTime StoryTime
Highlands Nature Center 930 Horse Cove Rd., Highlands, NC, United StatesMay 29 | June 12 | June 19 | June 26 10:30 AM Highlands Nature Center FREE | No registration necessary Join local storyteller Ms. KK at the Highlands Nature Center as she reads fun books and sings silly songs all about the great outdoors. After the StoryTime fun, Ms. KK will take you on […]
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