Walking Box Ranch is open every first Saturday of the month for a tour of the ranch house and a special guest speaker or feature! Learn more about Avi Kwa Ame National Monument while also helping to restore, maintain and preserve the historic cattle ranch and desert home of silent film stars Rex Bell & Clara Bow.
more event and volunteering details below
This month’s special feature:
Wild Plants and Native Uses: An Ethnobotany of Southern Nevada with Springs Preserve archaeologist Ian Ford-Terry
Join us for Wild Plants and Native Uses: An Ethnobotany of Southern Nevada, a fascinating presentation by Ian Ford-Terry of the Springs Preserve. Discover how Indigenous communities and early inhabitants of Southern Nevada have long relied on native plants for food, tools, shelter, and medicine. Ian will also bring a selection of native plants for participants to see, touch, and sample, offering a hands-on experience with the flora that has shaped life in the Mojave Desert. Whether you're a plant enthusiast, a history buff, or simply curious about the natural world around you, this talk will provide valuable insight into the enduring relationship between humans and the plants of the Mojave Desert.
Due to the weather, we’ll start things off with a tour of the ranch house guided by our very own movie cowboy Ron Safran, followed by the talk.
Volunteering Details: ***no volunteering this month due to weather***
9:00 - Tour of Walking Box Ranch house
10:30 - Presentation