Walking Mountains
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Walking Mountains Science Center has successfully sold their tax credit certificate that was issued by the State of Colorado for the conservation easement that was placed on 3.5 acres of the 5.8 they..
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Topics: Our History, Press Release
This all-season bloomer is one of the most recognizable, tastiest, and most useful of all native wildflowers. Yarrow blooms from early June through the end of the summer and is readily confused with..
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Topics: Wildflower Update, Fresh Off The Trail
For seven years, Sowing Seeds has introduced young students in Eagle County to the world of gardening, healthy eating and environmental stewardship. Stem by stem, leaf by leaf, hundreds of children..
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Topics: Press Release, School Programs, Sowing Seeds
Located in wet environments from the Front Range to the sub-alpine are the deep purple blooms of the monkshood wildflower (Aconitum Columbianum). These unique blooms are regularly mistaken for..
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Topics: Wildflower Update, Fresh Off The Trail
It is the time of the year we like to play “find the color of the sunset!” and the easiest way is to look for the gorgeous paintbrush blooms. Check out the yellow alpine varieties on exposed mountain..
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Topics: Wildflower Update, Fresh Off The Trail
Walking Mountains Science Center hosted a sold out crowd of guests at their fundraising gala, A Taste of Nature, on Wednesday, July 12th. The evening celebrated another successful year of educational..
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Topics: Walking Mountains Fundraiser, Our History, Press Release
As mountain peaks lose their snowy caps, creeks and rivers rush with white water, and wildflowers fill meadows and woods with their vibrant color, we are once again embraced by summer as another..
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Topics: School Programs
Walking Mountains Science Center and the Vail Recreation District are thrilled to announce the summer hiking schedule with added trails, more peaks, and even more fun and learning on our public..
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Topics: Vail Nature Center, Backcountry Hikes
Students from Battle Mountain High School crowd around a tripod. The sun is setting and the temperature has dropped two-fold in the last hour, but they will have to withstand the cold a little..
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In a place where adventure and learning never hibernate, you can add land preservation to that list. On Tuesday, December 20th, Walking Mountains Science Center purchased five acres of land next to..
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Topics: Our History, Press Release
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”—Theodore Roosevelt
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Topics: School Programs, Internship
You may not be digging out your house or car just yet, but the snow has finally arrived and that means it’s once again time to hit the trails! Back after an exceptional inaugural season, the snowshoe..
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Topics: Snowshoe, Press Release
