KGNU Monthly Nature Almanac

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Stargazers gather in the countryside at night, to share the delight of gazing through a high-powered telescope at distant nebula that remind some viewes of coloful cottton candy dotted with stars, or through special telescopes for gazing at Saturn, of just for the chance to get together in an area with little light pollution, so they can see stars their own eyes.  Guided by Boulder Naturalist Dave Sutherland, they marvel together at the infinite wonders of a starry sky.

Listen and enjoy Dave with some local stargazers on the KGNU Almanac for October. 

BCNA Classes and Activities

Join us on Saturday, September 28th for an immersive experience in sustainable land stewardship at Yellow Barn Farm!
Explore how people in Boulder County are becoming more effective land stewards while growing the food you need, all within the context of Boulder County’s unique ecosystems. You’ll dive into the philosophy of permaculture and how it can revolutionize agricultural systems to better support the health of our environment.

Special Guest Speaker
During lunch, Amy Scanes-Wolfe will provide an overview of Permaculture Design and discuss how these practices align with regenerative economics and social design. Learn how to build a fully integrated community framework that supports not just the land, but the people who depend on it.

Detailed information and registration dates

Help Track Pikas

BCNA has worked with the Colorado Pika Project in the past, and invites you to continue working with them by collecting and sharing data about pikas with the Pika Patrol app.  

This is a new mobile app that allows the public and scientists to track observations and monitor populations of American pikas. The app makes it easy for anyone who gets out into pika habitat to record observations, making it an excellent tool to get involved in pika community science in Colorado and across the west.  We hope it will help the Colorado Pika Project expand the area where we are studying the impact of climate change on pikas.  

The app makes it simple to record pika sightings and share observations with scientists.  All you need to participate is a mobile device.  No training is required to use the app as it will teach users to identify pikas by sight, hay piles, and scat. Pika Patrol is available for free in the Google Play and Apple App Stores. Interested users can also go to www.pikapartners.org to learn more about the app.  You can try the app out if you have any hikes planned in pika habitat before the snow falls.  To download Pika Patrol, click here if you have an iPhone or here if you have an Android phone. You can also help us improve the app by submitting reports of any issues to this form.

Gifts for the Naturalist in Your Life

Look for books and CDs published by BCNA at any of these places:

• Special events hosted by BCNA
• Locally at the Front Range Birding Company: 5360 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, and 10146 W. San Juan Way, Littleton
• Wild Birds Unlimited: 2720 S. Wadsworth, Denver; 7370 W. 88th Ave., Arvada; and 1520 S. Hover St., Suite D, Longmont 80501
• Wild Bear Nature Center Gift Shop in Caribou Village Shopping Center, 20 Lakeview Drive, Nederland
• Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second Street, Monument CO
• Boulder Audubon Chapter’s annual holiday sale
• Amazon: Butterflies of the Colorado Front Range or Dragonflies of the Colorado Front Range
• Brigham Distributing
• Some Barnes & Noble stores in the Front Range
• Butterfly eBooks are available from Amazon, Apple Books (purchase using the Apple Books app), barnesandnoble.com, and kobo.com.

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