Do you know of a bumble bee nest? Your valuable input is needed for a brief survey on bumble bee natural history. 
Serving Nature and Our Community
Welcome to the White Mountain Nature Center (WMNC) website!
WMNC is your gateway to enjoying and understanding the ecology of the beautiful White Mountains region of Arizona.
In the White Mountains, diversity abounds as you climb from grasslands that are home to speedy pronghorn, through the world’s largest stand of ponderosa pine teeming with forest-dependent wildlife to windswept alpine tundra atop Mount Baldy (Arizona's second-highest point at 11,420 ft).
Mount Baldy's slopes are the headwaters for four major rivers that nourish rich streamside riparian habitats, fisheries, and the state’s thirsty human population.
Established in 2005, we are rapidly gaining momentum in completing our vision. For more information about our organization, see About Us. For information about upcoming events, see our event calendar.
Now You Can Have Your Own Field Guide!
A Field Guide to Woodland Lake Park, an Introduction to Familiar Plants and Animals in the Area is your guide to 128 different plants and animals you will see on our Nature Center site, the Big Springs Environmental Study Area, the Park, and surrounding areas.
Containing illustrations, both common and scientific names, and a brief description, the guide is an invaluable resource to help you become familiar with the many species found in this very environmentally rich area.
The guide is laminated, will fit in your pocket, and contains sections on trees, shrubs, cacti, mushrooms, plants, aquatic and streamside plants, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, fish and crustacean, water insects, butterflies and moths, other insects, waterbirds, soaring birds/raptors/owls, and birds.
Only $10.00 (plus $1.00 shipping and handling)
WMNC T-Shirt Contest
WMNC is sponsoring an annual T-shirt design contest specifically for students in
grades 6–12.
T-Shirt Design Contest Rules
WHO:
This contest is open to any currently enrolled student in grades 6–12 in the White Mountains area.
WHAT:
This is an annual competition among all public, private, charter, home-schooled, and parochial school students to design the graphics for the next edition of the White Mountain Nature Center T-shirt.
Educators Workshop Rescheduled
NOTE: The Educators Workshop that was originally scheduled for Saturday, January 23, has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 13th.
Are you a teacher? Please join us for our Mountain Naturalists Educators Workshop on March 13, 2010, at the Pinetop AZ Game and Fish Dept. (click image to download flyer).
*Required field
Help Our Area Teachers!
Ms. Susie Jackson's 5th Grade Class at Blue Ridge Middle School
Dear Friends of White Mountain Mountain Nature Center:
Great news! Gil Alvidrez (6th grade teacher) and I are working with the Nature Center to create some exciting and experiential outdoor lessons to support our science and social studies curricula. We will be piloting a program this year that will eventually be available to all teachers and students in our mountain communities.