Riverside local and regular park visitor Lamont Lewis holds a snake skeleton brought in from the park
Riverside Metropolitan Museum Director, Sarah, and a list of the museum’s partners who helped make this event and center possible
Ribbon cutting ceremony
Opening ceremonies
Opening ceremonies presentation with Mrs. Henrietta Moore and Mayor Rusty Bailey.
Nature center wall panels go up
Opening day with President of the Riverside Museum Associates (RMA) Jim Ferguson and Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey
Anonymous visitor submitted image of an adult male Granite spiny lizard
Anonymous visitor submitted image
Anonymous visitor submitted image
Anonymous visitor submitted image
Anonymous visitor submitted image
A hawk with prey taken by Cary “Adronicus” Mejia (see next image for close up of hawk)
Hawk with prey (close up) taken by visitor Cary “Adronicus” Mejia
Paw print plaster casts taken by Dave and Kathy Lehman in their back yard.
A group of cyclists were nice enough to pose for a picture after a morning ride.
Not tall enough? No problem! We’ll get you a chair.
Families are always welcome at the nature center!
Visitors enjoying the activities in the nature center.
Visitors enjoying fossil painting
Visitors painting plaster fossils
Visitor getting a closer look at insect wings
Examining a mountain lion skull
Oct 18 2014 C.C.C. Volunteer Day: Assemblyman Jose Medina addresses volunteers and C.C.C. workers at the start of the event
Volunteers and C.C.C. workers
Assemblyman Medina and C.C.C. workers
Two C.C.C. workers waiting for the digging to begin
C.C.C. Volunteer Day participants discover what an owl had for dinner
C.C.C. workers pose between informational talks
C.C.C. Volunteer Day planting
Nature center staff and the younger C.C.C. Volunteer Day participants explore the education collection
Participants of all ages were able to help plant on the C.C.C. Volunteer Day
Younger participants in the C.C.C. Volunteer Day discover a mountain lion’s skull
C.C.C. workers pose during planting
C.C.C. workers visited in the center at the end of the day
Every 1st and 3rd Saturdays the center leads a free guided hike!
Smokey the Bear, Mayor Rusty Bailey, Danny (UCR Science Ambassador), Kim Wilcox, and Alexander Friend plant a tree
Parks employees and Smokey the Bear (left to right) Alisa Sramala (PRCSD), Jacab Schwerdt (PCRSD Maintenance Supervisor), Darren Ramsey (PRCSD Landscape Inspector), and George Monsisvais (PCRSD CSD)
Eagle Scout, Tyler, drops off new sensory tables he made for the center
Arlanza Elementary School’s Garden Club came out for a visit. They took a short hike and learned about the plants that the canyon has.
The SISTERS group outside of the nature center
Visitors take a guided hike on a 1st or 3rd Saturday
Image taken by Jill Coumoutso before evening BioBlitz activities
Image of a Red Diamond Rattlesnake taken by visitor Walter Roth. The center would like to remind all visitors to not get close to snakes but to stay a respectful distance from all wildlife in the park.
Our park has roadrunners! Photo taken by Walter Roth.
The flowers are in bloom from the rain! Photo taken by Walter Roth.
My Sycamore Canyon
