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2022
- Science and Poetry of the Sierra Nevada, a conversation with Richard J. Nevle and Steven Nightingale. Video
- Saurian Memory, a special performance by Delisa Myles. Video Coming Soon
- #Findthatlizard: Ecology, Science Outreach, and Supporting Underrepresented Groups in Herpetology and Natural Resources, a talk by Dr. Earyn McGee. Video
- Natural History and the Respectful Roots of Ecological Theory, a conversation with Mary Power. Video
- A Spring Walk in the Sonoran Desert, a wildflower field workshop with Liz Makings.
- The Nature of Three Deserts – Sonoran and Arabian and the Desert Within, a talk by author Gary Paul Nabhan. Video
- Parched: The Art of Water in the Southwest Documentary Screening, with comments by curator Julie Comnick and the producer Jane Marks. Video
- A Woven World: Making and Unmaking our Histories Through Science and Art, a conversation with poet and author Alison Hawthorne Deming. Video
- The Language of Nature: Online Writing Workshop, a workshop with Jessie Rack
- Sonoran Sun and Mogollon Water: A Santa Maria River Exploration, field experience with Bob Ellis and Jessie Rack.
2021
- The Fascinating Life of Javelinas and Other Peccaries: Ecology, Natural History, Behavior, and Conservation, talk with Mariana Altrichter. Video
- Ways of Seeing: The Practice of Observation in Natural History and Art, a conversation with photographer Lynn Alleva Lilley and Tom Fleischner. Video
- The Forgotten Botanist: Sara Plummer Lemmon’s Life of Science and Art, talk with Tucson author Wynne Brown Video
- Drawing Under the Pines, field workshop with artist Shawn Skabelund and Prescott National Forest’s ecologist, Francisco Anaya
- Collaborating with Place, artist talk with Shawn Skabelund Video
- Walnut Creek Wander: Ruins, Restoration and Research, field excursion led by Bob Ellis and Jessie Rack
- Natural History Storytelling and Video Creation, an AAEE outdoor workshop with Bob Ellis and Jessie Rack
- Breaking Through: Passage to the Verde River Canyon, field excursion led by Bob Ellis and Jessie Rack
- Beauty Passing Through Us: Natural History and Art as Intervention, online art exhibit Video
- Earth’s Wild Music: Celebrating Life in a Time of Extinction, a conversation with Kathleen Dean Moore Video
- Verde River Ramble, an in-person excursion led by Bob Ellis
- Naturalists’ Practice Circle, with Tom Fleischner
- Feral Watercolor: From Pigments to Paint, an Art + Science online workshop with Roseann Hanson
- Special Earth Day Event with Dara Saville (Co-sponsored by Peregrine Book Co.)
- Wolves, Wildfire, and Climate Change: A Conversation with Jon Trapp Video
- Poetry & The Wild: A Reading and Conversation with Jane Hirshfield Video
- A New Vision for Environmental Learning – A Conversation with Mitch Thomashow Video
- Snakes of Arizona, with Andy Holycross Video
2020
- Fire and the Future of Piñon-Juniper Woodlands, with Lisa Floyd-Hanna Video
- Slithery Subjects: Drawing Desert Reptiles
- Reciprocal Healing Roundtable Video
- Conversation on the Edge: Wildness, Reconciliation, and Love of the World Video
- Story and the Ecological Imagination Video
- Nature Journaling: The Art of Seeing and Recording the World Around You
- Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save The World Video
- Not Just Birds, Not Just Science, Not Just Politics Video
- The Mindfulness of Natural History, The Natural History of Mindfulness
- From Eye to Paper: Artists’ Insights
- Passion, Devotion, Intimacy: Art and Natural History Video
- Ecuador: Bright Islands, Deep Forest
- Seeing the Unseen
2019
- Woody Plants of the Mogollon Highlands Video
- Cuatro Ciénegas: An Oasis of Biodiversity in the Chihuahuan Desert Video
- Reciprocal Healing: Nature, Health, and Wild Vitality
- Ancient Arizona Video
- Gallery Exhibit Opening Reception/Artist Talk- Deborah Springstead Ford Video
- Alpenglow: The Practice of Art & Natural History in the Range Of Light Video
- Elizabeth Bernays: Six Legs Walking
- Natural History of Fire, Food, and Shelter in the Mogollon Highlands
- Fire History and Historical Stand Reconstruction of the Mogollon Highlands Ponderosa Pine
- Gwendolyn Waring: The Natural History of the San Francisco Peaks
- Love Runs Through It: In the Field with an Artist-Naturalist
- The Intersection of Art and Conservation Video
- 8th Annual High Sierra Natural History Celebration
- Gallery Exhibit Opening Reception – Walt Anderson
- Biomimicry: Observing and Learning from Nature’s Genius
- Diatremes and Anticlines, Cottonwoods and Songbirds: The Geology and Natural History of the San Juan River
- Where Have All the Turtles Gone, and Why Does It Matter? Video
- Mogollon Highlands Naturalist Certification Program
- Three Decades of Science on Polar Ice: A Personal Perspective Video
- Gulf of California, México: Wild Islands, Rich Desert
- A Tale of Two Pikas: From the Rockies to the Roof of the World Video
- Saving Seeds, Saving Ourselves, Saving the Earth Video
- Scalawags, Gloryhounds, Visionaries and Conservationists: Stories from the Arader Collection Video
- Frog Stories: Natural History as an Amphibian Decline Research Tool Video
- The Biocultural Riches of the Gulf of California Video
- Slave Raiding Ants of Prescott Natural History of the Ants, Their Slaves, and the Parasites That Attack Them Both Video
- Ecuador: Deep Forest, Bright Islands
- Honey Bee Natural History and Conservation Video
2018
- One Building, 90 Years, Many Stories The Natural History Institute of Prescott
- Acker Night featuring Candace Devine & Dylan Ludwig
- The Mindfulness of Natural History and the Natural History of Mindfulness
- Awe-some – A Buddhist look at Awe, Conservation, and the Natural World
- Within this Moment Experiencing Place
- Heartwood to Bedrock Artistic Intimacy with the Mogollon Highlands
- Gallery Exhibit Opening Reception – Roger Asay and Rebecca Davis
- Natural History, Healing and Reciprocity
- A Thinking Person’s Guide to America’s National Parks
- Food from the Radical Center Healing Our Land and Communities
- Tracking Wildlife in the Verde River Using Environmental DNA, A New Tool for Biodiversity Assessment
- Mogollon Highlands Exploration The Upper Verde River – A Verdant Secret (Hike #2)
- High Sierra Natural History Celebration
- Art and Science Open House
- Mogollon Highlands Exploration The Upper Verde River – A Verdant Secret (Hike #1)
- Gulf of California, México Wild Islands, Rich Desert
- Grand Canyon A Geologic Puzzle Extraordinaire
- Feathers and Beaks: Bars and Streaks Form and Pattern in Birds
- Your Public Lands Natural History of Sedona and the Edge of the Colorado Plateau
- The Mogollon Highlands A Frontier of Field Ornithology
- Panel Discussion Artistic Practice and Attentiveness to Nature: Creating Intimacy with Disappearance
- Restoration Ecology Goal Setting, Climate Change, and the Significance of History
- Drawing from the Collections The Art of Natural History Illustration
- Lighting the Fire A Natural History of Story
- The Gulf of California A Natural History Treasure
- Panel Discussion Healing with Nature
- Ladybugs and Big Data Tracking Harmonia axyridis in Space and Time
- Ecuador Bright Islands, Deep Forest
2017
