Utah Master Naturalist Program

12/08/2025

Join us in Park City for the next event in our community forum series:
The Future of Utah Powder Skiing

🗓️Thursday, December 11th, 2025
⏰6:00 - 8:00 pm
📍Park City Museum Education & Collections Center
Address: 2079 Sidewinder Dr, Park City, UT 84060

Speakers:
Dr. Ben Abbott, BYU ecologist and executive director of Grow the Flow
Dr. Derek Mallia, atmospheric scientist at the University of Utah

Light refreshments and pizza provided.

Register at the link in our bio ❄️

11/07/2025

Save the date! Next Friday from 5:30-8:30 PM. Join Great Salt Lake Audubon and Great Salt Lake Institute for the 14th annual Fall Forum featuring Dr. Trish O'Kane, author of Birding to Change the World: A Memoir.

11/07/2025

Supporting Swaner supports Utah Master Naturalist 🪲🦇🦕🦫

11/06/2025

11/06/2025

11/04/2025

Did you know that as of a few years ago, the Utah Master Naturalist program is housed at Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter in Park City? This Friday, November 7th, is Park City’s annual giving event, Live PC Give PC—a day to come together to support the places that add value to our lives. Your commitment to our state’s natural wonders already means so much to Swaner and the UMN program. If you choose to give, it’s an incredible way to help magnify the future impact of our Utah Master Naturalist program.

Swaner brings the wonders of nature alive for all ages! Swaner Preserve permanently protects and provides educational programming on 1,200 acres of open space including trails, an historic farm, valuable wetlands, and hundreds of wildlife and bird species.

10/02/2025

We had a wonderful time (and all kinds of weather!) at our Dark Sky Observations field course at Antelope Island State Park! Thanks to all of the students who joined and our wonderful partners and field instructors.

This officially wraps up our 2025 season. We look forward to hosting an expanded lineup of field courses in 2026!

Photo by: Ryan Andreasen

09/29/2025

09/09/2025

07/16/2025

Last week, our Utah Master Naturalist: Watershed Investigations course with Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter explored our watershed from the Uinta Mountains down to the terminal Great Salt Lake. Thanks to our guest speakers from Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster University, Northwestern Band of the Shoshone, Antelope Island State Park, Sageland Collaborative and all who participated and shared in the natural wonder of Utah’s watersheds!e

07/01/2025

The DARK SKY OBSERVATIONS field course is officially happening!

Online registration opens this Saturday at 10 am

Visit our website for all the details!

05/06/2025

Meet our new program coordinator, Caroline Olson!

Caroline is a naturalist, writer, and long-time resident of Utah. She has formal training in outdoor education, natural history, and science writing. This summer's UMN course offerings will be fewer than in years' past, giving her time to settle in and begin the process of updating UMN's curriculum, to be launched in spring 2026. Her office is located at Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter.