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The park is offering a free, three-day series of fly-tying classes in January. These classes will take place at Pulltite Visitor Center with renown fly fisher Mark Van Patten.

Explore the natural world during the annual City Nature Challenge! Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site and the Saugus River Watershed Council will host a special event on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Saugus Iron Works.

Monsoonal rains reawakened flora and fauna in Mojave National Preserve since the July 30 event that brought 6 inches of rain to some areas of the park. Average rainfall for August is typically 1.2 inches. More monsoonal rains are forecast for the next week according to the National Weather Service.

Join National Park Service rangers and UC Davis Entomologists for a hands-on learning adventure on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. This free, two-hour program begins at 2 PM in the Visitor Center. Come and meet live insect and arachnid friends, learn about what we have in common with these creatures and how we differ. Crafts and other fun activities await you!

Come to Homestead National Monument of America for an alien encounter! No not space alien variety. Come for a close encounter of the bug kind! Prairie insects often look alien, but these creatures shouldn’t be feared. On Saturday, August 3rd from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Homestead’s Education Center find out how the aliens all around help the prairie and us. The Aliens!? program will be followed by a take-home craft activity.

In the early 19th century, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led an ambitious expedition across the western United States. Lewis and Clark greatly expanded our knowledge of the country’s geography and biological diversity through their specimen collection, mapping of the landscape and detailed journal entries. This year NASA and the National Park Service encourage the public to follow in these explorers’ footsteps through a new citizen science challenge from June 1 to Sept. 2. Use your smart phone and the NASA GLOBE Observer (GO) app to map land cover along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and elsewhere to assist scientists studying environmental changes.

Join National Park Service rangers and UC-Davis entomologists for a hands-on learning adventure on Saturday, March 23, 2019 at John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. This free, two-hour program begins at 2 PM in the Visitor Center. Come and meet live insect and arachnid friends, learn about what we have in common with these creatures and how we differ. Crafts and other fun activities await you!

Join National Park Service rangers and UC Davis Entomologists for a hands-on learning adventure on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at John Muir National Historic Site (NHS) in Martinez, CA. This free, two-hour program begins at 2 PM in the Visitor Center. Come and meet live insect and arachnid friends, learn about what we have in common with these creatures and how we differ from them. Crafts and other fun activities await you!

Who loves bugs?! If you don’t already, the Harrell House Bug Museum’s presentation of “Creepy Crawlies of New Mexico and the World” will surely instill in you a brand new appreciation for them. Join Pecos National Historical Park and the Harrell House Bug Museum for a hands-on, family-friendly presentation of live insects at the Vista Grande Public Library on Saturday, September 22, 2018 at 1:00 p.m.

STRONG CITY, Kansas: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve invites you to join in a fun day of citizen science field research by counting butterflies in the Flint Hills on Saturday, June 24, 2017.