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Rangers offer new education programs for area classrooms, field trips

Montana-Dakotas
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FORT BENTON, Mont. – Rangers with the Bureau of Land Management’s Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center invite area educators and interested groups to reach out and schedule a FREE ranger-led presentation in either their classroom or as part of a field trip to the Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center.


“Our education programs comply with Montana and federal curriculum requirements, making a ranger-led program the perfect addition for teaching students about the local natural environment and history in a way that entertains young minds,” said Rhiannon Davis, Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument education specialist. 

Teachers from area schools, homeschool co-ops, and youth organizations can select from a wide variety of ranger-led programs:

Classroom Programs

Designed for grades 2-5, these programs fit into a 50-minute ranger visit to your classroom:

  • Meet the Missouri. Paddles up! Take a virtual float trip down remote stretches of the Upper Missouri River – places normally seen only on multi‑day expeditions.
  • All About Animals. Discover the animals that call the monument home, how they survive in this environment, and the signs they leave behind.
  • Adaptational Artistry. Investigate bird adaptations – how their bodies and skulls help them thrive – and use your new knowledge to design a bird of your own.
  • Sum of the Parts. Create a fictional riverfront property along the Missouri and explore how human actions shape the natural world.

School Field Trips

Based at the Missouri Breaks Interpretive Center, our two-hour-long field trips are designed for grades 2-5, with various expansion options:

  • Fire on the Monument. Explore how forest and grassland fires shape ecosystems in the monument and across Montana, and how fire specialists work to manage them.
  • Let’s Get Batty. Discover what makes bats unique among mammals and learn how disease threatens their populations.
  • Migration Headache. Spread your wings and examine the natural and human‑made hazards birds encounter during migration.
  • Must Cultures Collide? Compare the lifeways of the Nez Perce Tribe and Euro‑American homesteaders and soldiers in the 1800s. Briefly investigate the causes and impacts of the Nez Perce War within the monument’s boundaries.

Reach out to monument staff to schedule a classroom visit or field trip. Please, check the monument’s education page or call 406-622-4000 for more information.

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