Weather Policy: For the safety and enjoyment of our visitors, all programs are subject to cancellation due to inclement weather, including rain, wind, and severe weather warnings and advisories.

Freshwater Mussels of Kentucky: A Floracliff Field Studies Workshop

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY, United States

This introductory workshop will focus on the amazing group of animals known as freshwater mussels. Participants will learn about the life history, ecology, diversity, and conservation of mussels.

$75

Spiders of Kentucky: A Floracliff Field Studies Workshop

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY, United States

Spiders are one of the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates yet most people only seem to know of black widows, brown recluses, and wolf spiders. This workshop is designed to introduce you to the great diversity in spider forms and behaviors and train you to identify some of the common families of spiders.

$65

Learning the Language of Trees – Canceled

Floracliff Nature Sanctuary 8000 Elk Lick Falls Road, Lexington, KY, United States

Instructor: Dr. Neil Pederson

Tree rings provide precise annual and seasonal information on climate, ecology, and competition over several centuries. In this dendro-ecology workshop, participants will learn the methods that tree ring scientists use to learn the language of trees. By the end of the day, participants will learn how to interpret the information we get from tree rings over the long lives of trees and have experience coring a tree.

$75
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