Rocky Mountain
Field Seminars

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Learn - Explore - Adventure

2008 Course Calendar

Most field seminars are field-based, hands-on learning experiences in Rocky Mountain National Park. A wide range of topics are available and include wildflowers, mammals, birds, cultural history, outdoor skills, photography, painting and writing. You can see a tentative schedule and learn more about specific seminars by clicking on the word syllabus. To enroll in the seminar, please click on the seminar title. If you have any questions, would like to talk with a person at the Field Seminar Center, or experience technical difficulties, please call (970) 586 3262. Many of our seminars fill up, so please register early. We look forward to seeing you in a field seminar this year. RMNA membership discounts are available for intergenerational, single and multi-day classes.

March

March 7-9Capturing Winter: A Weekend of Photography/Snow ShoeSyllabus
March 8Winter Snowshoe Hike for AnglersSyllabus
March 14-16Winter Landscape PhotographySyllabus

April

April 6Photographing RaptorsSyllabus
April 19-20Wake up to Spring: Spring Ecology Syllabus
April 26Creating Acrylic Landscape Painting: RMNPSyllabus

May

May 3Landscape Painting—Water Color and GauacheSyllabus
May 30-31Elements of Outdoor Photography Syllabus
May 31The Amazing Beaver: Keepers of the Streams Syllabus

June

June 7Waterfall Hike with PolesSyllabus
June 14Colorado Cat TalesSyllabus
June 17-20Rocky Mountain Birds Syllabus
June 18Identifying Trees and ShrubsSyllabus
June 19Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
June 20Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
June 20-21Watercolor Painting: Basics of Landscapes Syllabus
June 20-22Introduction to Outdoor PhotographySyllabus
June 25Identifying BirdsSyllabus
June 26Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
June 27Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
June 26-28Wildlife PhotographySyllabus
June 2813 Creatures You've Never Seen Syllabus
June 29Ferns in the Granites: How Botnany and Geology ConnectSyllabus
June 29Exploring with Map and CompassSyllabus

July

July 1Alpine FlowersSyllabus
July 2Identifying WildflowersSyllabus
July 7-12Rocky Mountain Flora Syllabus
July 9Art AdventuresSyllabus
July 9Identifying MammalsSyllabus
July 10Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
July 11Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
July 12Birds and Birding for Longtime BeginnersSyllabus
July 13Colorado Hummingbirds: A Day in the FieldSyllabus
July 16Identifying Ecosystems: A Symbiosis ApproachSyllabus
July 16Art AdventuresSyllabus
July 17Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
July 18Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
July 18History of Estes ValleySyllabus
July 19Colorado Hummingbirds: A Day in the FieldSyllabus
July 19Longs Peak: Journey to Jim's Grove Syllabus
July 19Rhyming' and Rappin' in the Rockies Syllabus
July 19Wildflower Ecology and PhotographySyllabus
July 19Animal Detectives Syllabus
July 20A Bird on the PageSyllabus
July 21The Amazing Manipulators: A Wildflower Hike to Lake IsabelleSyllabus
July 23Art AdventuresSyllabus
July 24Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
July 24History of Mining on the West SideSyllabus
July 25Wilderness Exploration and Encounters (Wee!)Syllabus
July 25-27Advanced Digital PhotographySyllabus
July 26-27GPS: Navigation RMNP Syllabus
July 26-27Wild and Wonderful Wetlands Syllabus
July 30Art AdventuresSyllabus

August

August 2Publishing Your PhotographySyllabus
August 2-3Mountain Lion ResearchSyllabus
August 6Becoming a NaturalistSyllabus
August 7Cougar Clues and How to Read ThemSyllabus
August 8History of Estes ValleySyllabus
August 8-10Photographing Historic Structures: The Best of RMNPSyllabus
August 9Coloring Historic PhotosSyllabus
August 9Bighorn Sheep: The Symbol of RMNP (15 years and up)Syllabus
August 9Geology of Trail Ridge RoadSyllabus
August 10Secret Life of ButterfliesSyllabus
August 14Understanding Mountain Pine BeetlesSyllabus
August 15-17Landscape PhotographySyllabus
August 16Geology of Western SlopeSyllabus
August 22-24Landscape PhotographySyllabus

September

Sept 12-14Western History and Heritage Weekend at Wind RiverSyllabus
Sept. 18-20Wildlife PhotographySyllabus
Sept. 20MushroomsSyllabus
Sept. 27Plein-Air Painting Without FearSyllabus

October

October 4The Elk Rut: High Country RomanceSyllabus
October 5Photographing Elk and AspenSyllabus
October 10Writing in the WoodsSyllabus
October 10-12Write Here in the RockiesSyllabus
October 11-12Animal Tracking Syllabus
October 13Season of ChangeSyllabus
TBAFly Fishing? Stream EcologySyllabus
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