Wildlife Wednesday: Snowshoe Hares
Name:
Wildlife Wednesday: Snowshoe Hares
Date:
February 26, 2025
Time:
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CST
Event Description:
Join us monthly for this FREE all-ages program series, and explore the natural history of each month's focus animal through presentations, interactive activities, guided walks, and/or specimen observation.
Each winter, snowshoe hares go through a fascinating transformation as their fur turns white to help them blend in! Keep your eyes peeled as we gear up with our own snowshoes and venture out on a naturalist-led snowshoe hike to some of Treehaven's best habitats for snowshoe hares, learning about their lifestyle as we go. Observe tracks, signs, and perhaps even a hare or two as you discover what makes them a key prey species in northern forest ecosystems. Warmer winters are proving especially difficult for the survival of snowshoe hares, which impacts their predators too—so what can we do to help?
Each winter, snowshoe hares go through a fascinating transformation as their fur turns white to help them blend in! Keep your eyes peeled as we gear up with our own snowshoes and venture out on a naturalist-led snowshoe hike to some of Treehaven's best habitats for snowshoe hares, learning about their lifestyle as we go. Observe tracks, signs, and perhaps even a hare or two as you discover what makes them a key prey species in northern forest ecosystems. Warmer winters are proving especially difficult for the survival of snowshoe hares, which impacts their predators too—so what can we do to help?
