BOISE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION JIM HALL FOOTHILLS LEARNING CENTER ABOUT THE JIM HALL FOOTHILLS LEARNING CENTER Located in the heart of the Boise foothills, the Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center focuses on education and information about the surrounding high-desert environment. Science comes alive for visitors of all ages through direct experiences with the outdoors! 3188 Sunset Peak Rd, Boise 83702 Directions: follow 8th street through the North End to the Lower Hull’s Gulch Trailhead 208-493-2530. FLC-Parks@cityofboise.org bee.cityofboise.org/foothills Visit us on Facebook
FOOTHILLS FAMILY DAYS
2nd Saturdays 10am to 1pm. No pre-registration, Please - no pets. May 12 – Wild Flower Festival. Join us for our first ever Foothills Wildflower Festival! Sip on some lavender lemonade, get your face painted, and wander through the tables with crafts and activities, while tapping your toes to some tunes. Idaho Native Plant Society will be here to display a collection of the season’s blooms. Guided walks will start at 10:30 and 11:30. June 9 – Sheep in the Foothills. The sheep are back! We’ll have live sheep herding demonstrations, sheep petting, and everything sheep related. Don’t forget to bring your lunch money for lamb sandwiches! In partnership with the Idaho Rangeland Resource Commission, there will be sheep’s wool crafts for the kiddos, and vendors selling their wool products. Don’t miss out on the fun and festivities! Parking is limited, so consider carpooling or walking up the trails from Camel’s Back. July & August – No programs
SUNSET LECTURE SERIES
FREE MONTHLY EVENING ADULT EDUCATION SERIES
Second Wednesday of the Month 7:00-8:30pm. May 9 – Wild Edibles of the Foothills. Ray Vizgirdas, field biologist and author of Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada, will take us on an interpretive walk and tour of useful plants, both edible and medicinal, in Boise’s foothills. Our natural back yard is full of plants that provide sustenance and improve health. Plant identification can be a tricky business, but Ray will guide us as we see and explore what nature has to offer. FREE and no registration required. June 13 – Pollination Ecology Walk. The sagebrush-steppe slopes, meadows, and valleys of south-central Idaho offer a great array of wildflowers! These flowers and plants offer prime habitat for bees and butterflies. Hundreds of species have been recorded in the area, and many of those may be found between the Treasure Valley and Bogus Basin. We will go walking to see as many as we can find, and discover how to find, harmlessly detain, and identify butterflies and bees, while learning their lifecycle, needs, and natural history. FREE and no registration required.
SUMMER CAMPS
Jim Hall Foothills Learning Center offers a number of camps at our center and around Boise! All are designed to encourage creativity and exploration through outdoor science! • Preschool Nature Camp • Little Explorers • Summit to Streams Camp • Nature Art Camp • Wild in the City Camp For more information and registration details, please see page 24
WRITING WILD CAMP
We are happy to partner with The Cabin on a week of summer writing camps from June 4-8. For more information and to register please call 208-331-8000 or visit www.thecabinidaho.org
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SUMMER 2018
WILD EDIBLE AND USEFUL PLANTS WORKSHOP
As a follow up to the May 9th Wild Edibles class, Ray Vizgerdas, is offering a longer more in depth look into useful plants of the Boise Foothills. If Botany is your jam, and you want to boost your survival skills, then this course will help you on your educational journey! For registration, please visit: bprwebtrac.cityofboise.org/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/wbsplash.html or call 208-608-7680. AGES DATE TIME LOC INSTRUCTOR FEE ACTIVITY # 16+ May 30th 6:00-9:00 Jim Hall FLC Ray Vizgerdas $30 425009-01
STORY TRAIL ADVENTURE PROGRAM
Second Tuesdays We invite you and your preschooler to join us for Story Trail Adventure. We will walk the quarter mile trail and read the story pages posted on our platforms together. Afterwards each child can get creative with our story-related craft! Children should dress for the weather and be accompanied by an adult. For registration, please visit: or call 208-608-7680. AGES BOOK 3.5-6 The Butterfly Hunt 3.5-6 Water Can Be 3.5-6 Hey Little Ant
bprwebtrac.cityofboise.org/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/wbsplash.html DATE Jun 12 Jul 10 Aug 14
TIME 10:00-11:00 am 10:00-11:00 am 10:00 -11:00 am
LOC Jim Hall FLC Jim Hall FLC Jim Hall FLC
FEE $3 $3 $3
ACTIVITY# 425010-01 425010-02 425010-03
BOISE BIRDING SERIES FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH 8:00-9:00am *unless otherwise noted
Our free birding program is great for experienced and novice birders alike. Terry Rich, our local ornithologist, provides information and tips on birds in the Boise area and beyond! Come to one or all sessions! Bird books and binoculars are available to borrow. No registration necessary. May 2 - Bird Identification. We will focus on identifying the most common birds coming through Hulls’ Gulch. This is the perfect time of year to catch a glimpse of our regulars! There will be a short talk, but most of the time will be spent birding on the trails. June 6 - Bird Identification II. A second round of identifying the more of the common birds coming through Hulls’ Gulch. There will be a short talk but most of the time will be spent outside birding. July 11 - Birding at Bogus! 6:00 AM Start Time. We’re migrating to Bogus Basin to enjoy the cooler temperatures just like the birds. Meet at the Foothills Learning Center at 6 AM to arrange carpools. *A 2nd Wednesday AUGUST – No program (208) 608-7680 • PARKS.CITYOFBOISE.ORG