This is our annual planning meeting when members will choose dates for the year and plan hikes.  Snacks and refreshments will be provided, followed by a short business meeting. Any cost:  free Backpackers and Dayhikers is an organization for active adults. They typically schedule two or three dayhikes and one weekend backpacking trip each month, as well as…

  Whooo likes owls? Come to The Wilderness Center for this nighttime program to learn about these intriguing nocturnal birds. Learn how owls thrive in the night, the different owl calls, and signs that owls are around. Out on the trails, channel your inner owl with some activities as we try to spot some owls…

Are you fascinated by the ability to take a nondescript block of wood and transform it into something useful or a work of art? If so, join TWC’s Woodcarvers. The club meets on the second and fourth Saturdays each month. Members share their expertise and a little project each month. These monthly projects give us…

We’ll be discussing An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong.  The author encourages us to move beyond our human senses to explore the experience of non-human perception.  This book is likely to be mind-opening as well as eye-opening.  Yong is a Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist.  Guests are…

The night sky is a place of wonders! Be inspired by constellations, craters on the Moon, the rings of Saturn, stellar nurseries, galaxies filled with stars, and more! Come to our monthly, first Friday Star Watch hosted by the Wilderness Center’s Astronomy Club. Star Watch is free and fun for the whole family.  Explore our…

Are you fascinated by the ability to take a nondescript block of wood and transform it into something useful or a work of art? If so, join TWC’s Woodcarvers. The club meets on the second and fourth Saturdays each month. Members share their expertise and a little project each month. These monthly projects give us…

The night sky is a place of wonders! Be inspired by constellations, craters on the Moon, the rings of Saturn, stellar nurseries, galaxies filled with stars, and more! Come to our monthly, first Friday Star Watch hosted by the Wilderness Center’s Astronomy Club. Star Watch is free and fun for the whole family. Explore our…

Come join members of the Wilderness Center Astronomy Club as member Alex McCarthy presents “Solar Synoptic Observation and Analysis.” This is a tool for predicting how solar activity will affect the Earth. He will discuss various features on the Sun that are of concern to space weather forecasters and how they are observed. He will…

Join us for the regular club meeting and presentation.  All are welcome! Program: The Wonderful World of Ohio Owls Presenter: Judy Semroc Shooting Topic: Turkey’s (your bad shot)

Program is OREGON ROAD TRIP and will be presented by member Kim McCarthy.  “Ride along” for more than 1,300 miles over ten days and stop to hike at the most incredible places, including the Columbia River, Mt. Hood, Smith Rock, Crater Lake, the Redwoods, and the Oregon Coast. Backpackers and Dayhikers is an organization for…