OUTDOORSORIENTEERING CLUB. Greasewood Park. Greasewood Road south of Speedway. Become "lost proof" at this beginners event with the Tucson Orienteering Club, starting at 8 a.m. Sunday, June 16. Learn the basics of map and compass reading, then practice your new skill on an orienteering course until 11 a.m. Cost is $4 per person or $6 per team. Registration will be taken under the ramada. Call 628-8985 for information.HIGH STEPPIN'. U.S. Forest Service volunteers are offering free guided hikes in the Santa Catalina Mountains on Fridays through August. Hikes are under seven miles, with no more than a 1,500 foot elevation gain. All hikes leave at 9:30 a.m. Children under 18 need to bring a parent or guardian. Specific locations vary. Call 881-1309 or 322-0998 for information. SINGLE CAMPERS. The Single Campers of Tucson are looking for new members. If you're single and enjoy camping and the outdoors, this may be for you. Membership is $12. Call Chris at 326-5721 for information. ARCHAEOLOGY TOURS. The Center for Desert Archaeology offers half-day and full-day tours of the Romero Ruin in Catalina State Park, and rock art tours of sites near Tucson. Contact Connie Allen-Bacon a 881-2244 for more information on tours. Individual, group and corporate rates are available. DIG IT. Gain training and research experience by volunteering on projects with Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Call 798-1201 for information. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. 883-2702. The museum is part botanical garden, part geology museum and part zoological park. Naturalistic settings house 1,386 plant species and 317 animal species. Live animal visits, botanical and raptor interpretations are given daily. During the month of June live animal interpretations are offered at 7:30, 8:30, 9:30, 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Guided tours depart daily at 8 and 8:30 a.m. Early morning birdwalks meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Saguaro flowering interpretive demonstrations are at 10 a.m. daily. Museum hours are 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Friday, and 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday through September. Admission is $8.95 ages 13 and over, and $1.75 ages 6 through 12. Discount group rates are available. NATURE CONSERVANCY. Visit the Nature Conservancy's Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Visitor Center and enjoy bird watching, guided tours and hikes. Regular preserve hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Take Highway 82 to Patagonia, head west on Fourth Avenue, and south on Pennsylvania. Call (520) 394-2400 for information. TOHONO CHUL PARK. 7366 N. Paseo del Norte. 742-6455. Tohono Chul Park grounds are open from 7 a.m. to sunset daily. Exhibit hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2. The park presents Walk in the Park tours at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and 1 p.m. Sunday. Tours depart at 8 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, and last about one hour. Art in the Park tours, docent-guided looks at gallery exhibits, are offered at 11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The Tohono Chul Tea Room serves twilight dinners from 5 to 8 p.m. Call 797-1711 for dinner reservations. Cost is $2, free to members. Call 742-6455 for reservations and information. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists seek individuals who love nature, the outdoors and working with school children. Training begins in September. Call 298-4902 for information. |
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