We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
- Walt Disney -
- Walt Disney -
The picture above is not new, but old. It is the remains of the rock wall lining the driveway entrance to the Lambert homestead. Come to this page to find out what's new to the Alpine Nature Center.
2 April 2020
What's in Bloom -
What's in Bloom -
- It's a new spring season and the blooms in Lambert Park are starting to happen - like the Shortstyle Bluebell! Stay in touch with what is blooming in the park by going to the What's in Bloom page.
1 April 2020
It's a Mystery Plant -
It's a Mystery Plant -
- And the winner is Sheldon Wimmer! He was the first to successfully identify the new sprout as the Death Camas. For more information on this deadly plant click here. Thanks to all that guessed and congratulations Sheldon!
- We had so much fun with the first Mystery Plant contest we thought we would do it again! Be the first to guess the plant and win an Alpine nature T-shirt! To enter your guess just click here. Each week we will update the photo - so the longer you wait the better chances you will have in getting it right, but someone may guess ahead of you if you wait too long! One guess is all that you get - make it count! To enter a guess just click here!
24 March 2020
It's a Mystery Plant -
It's a Mystery Plant -
- As spring is here there are more and more "sprouts" are happening in Lambert Park. Guess the mystery plant and win a Alpine Nature T-shirt! Each week we will update the photo - so the longer you wait the better chances you will have in getting it right, but someone may guess ahead of you if you wait too long! One guess is all that you get - make it count! To enter a guess just click here!
16 March 2020
What's in Bloom -
What's in Bloom -
- It's a not even spring and the blooms in Lambert Park are starting to happen! Stay in touch with what is blooming in the park by going to the What's in Bloom page.
20 August 2019
Wildlife and Stewardship -
Wildlife and Stewardship -
- Lights, cameras, action! See animals caught on camera using the animal guzzler in Lambert Park and the circle of life with a moose that died in the park. Find out more on the Deer Guzzler and Circle of Life pages of Open Spaces and Wildlife.
17 August 2019
Who Knew? -
Who Knew? -
- It's sunflower season! Have you been really looking at them as you hike in Lambert Park? Are the flower heads facing the sun as it moves across the sky from east to west? In general, it appears to be so, but there are always a few independent sunflowers that face in the opposite or sideways directions. Why is that? Find out more on the Sunflowers and the Sun page of Who Knew?.
9 August 2019
Miles of Trails -
Miles of Trails -
- Congratulations to Judi Pickell - the winner of our Miles of Trails contest! To find out how many miles of trails there are in Lambert Park and how many Judi guessed click here.
15 April 2019
What's in Bloom -
What's in Bloom -
- It's a new spring season and the blooms in Lambert Park are starting to happen! Stay in touch with what is blooming in the park by going to the What's in Bloom page.
12 April 2019
Who Knew? -
Who Knew? -
- One of the birds we have found in Lambert Park is a Cooper's Hawk. Another is a Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Sharpie). They are both medium sized hawks that are so similar that even experts have a hard time telling them apart! Find out more about them on the Cooper or Sharpie? page of Who Knew?
4 April 2019
Miles of Trails -
Miles of Trails -
- Ever wonder how many miles of trails are in Lambert Park? So have we! The Alpine Nature Center has made it its mission to count every mile of trail in the park using GPS mapping and walking each trail individually. We thought it might be fun to sponsor a contest to see who can most correctly estimate exactly how many miles of trails there are in the park. Click here for more info and to enter your guess as to how many miles of trails there are.
30 March 2019
Who Knew? -
Who Knew? -
- Does your yard feel like invasion of the robins? Ours does! Find out more about robins, how you can recognize male and females, and whether some are fat, pregnant or something else, on the Fat Robins in Spring page of Who Knew?.
28 March 2019
Who Knew? -
Who Knew? -
- Have you been waking up in the morning to the rat-a-tat-a-tat of a woodpecker on your roof, or siding? That would be the mating call of the Northern Flicker. Find out more about this woodpecker and hear its call on the Who's That Knocking page of Who Knew?.
5 March 2019
Who Knew? -
Who Knew? -
- There are 8 types of doves and pigeons in Utah. Two very prolific ones are the Mourning Dove and the Eurasian Collared Dove. One is native and one is alien - learn how they coexist on our Two Doves page in Who Knew?.