Nature Workshop: Winter Native Plants
Our Nature Workshops cater to adult learners, providing an engaging and hands-on approach to exploring the wonders of the natural world in the beautiful setting of the Rocky Mountains.
Nature Workshop: Winter Native Plants with Megan Bach
This year we are thankful for native grasses and their important role in ecosystems. Join us to learn why native grasses are so important and how to identify grasses and winter shrubs at a time of year that makes identification more difficult. During this workshop, participants will gain the knowledge to confidently explore the native plants once back in their own neighborhoods, putting names to the familiar faces of grasses they walk by every day. This workshop will combine learning how to identify the common mountain shrubs and grasses in the winter using simplified dichotomous keys, with gaining an appreciation of their part in ecosystems.
Workshop Times:
Monday, November 25: 12-4 PM
Tuesday, November 26: 8:30 AM-3 PM
Workshop registration is $195. Registration includes small group instruction and transportation (if applicable). Lodging and meals are not included. After registration you will receive an email two weeks prior to the workshop with a syllabus and supplies/items needed.
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About the Instructor:
Megan Bach worked as a terrestrial ecology Assessment Inventory and Monitoring crew member in 2022. She identified plant and performed scientific monitoring protocols for a long-term endangered species habitat monitoring project. She is a student at Fort Lewis College pursuing a degree in Wildlife Biology and is nearly finished with this step in her education. She has completed rigorous botany and landscape ecology coursework in general botany, plant taxonomy, and issues in ecology. She has worked as a crew leader for a youth trails crew, where her job duties included designing and implementing outdoor education programming for the youth crew members. Megan has worked for the YMCA as a Hikemaster, guiding hikes and explaining the plant life to the guests on the trails around the area.