Events and tours from outside organizations.
As part of this year’s Santa Cruz River Dragonfly Festival, we are pleased to host our fifth annual Bugs & Bites at the Playground. Join Sonoran Institute’s Santa Cruz River team and local experts Scully Young, Julius Schlosburg, and Doug Danforth as they unveil the mesmerizing world of dragonflies, fireflies, and bee flies. Join us for a fun family-friendly […]
Join a Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources naturalist on Zoom for a monthly peek into the world of insects and other invertebrates. The 8th annual Santa Cruz River Dragonfly Festival is here and to celebrate we explore the pond damsel family, the largest damselfly family in the world. If you see a damselfly just […]
Join a Pima County Conservation Lands and Resources naturalist on Zoom for a monthly peek into the world of insects and other invertebrates. This bonus episode of Order Up investigates the skimmer family, the most likely group of dragonflies to be noticed by most people. Skimmers are a colorful and common group that can be […]
Join the Oro Valley Historical Society as we hear from retired CIA Intelligence Analyst, Lee Krsiean, an Oro Valley neighbor, talk about early communication way before texting! The presentation is free, and donations to the Oro Valley Historical Society are most welcome. Communication across long distance using reflected light signals, probably was used by pre-Columbian […]
Thanks to a donation by the Rotary Club of Oro Valley, on this day, the Club, the Oro Valley Historical Society, and members of the Oro Valley Town Council will dedicate a Peace Pole at Steam Pump Ranch. The Peace Pole Project is a global movement spreading the universal message “May Peace Prevail on Earth™.”With more […]