4th Annual Big Bend Nature Festival

September 13-15, 2007

This year's  Festival  will feature four days of jeep tours, nature hikes, evening socials, and afternoon lectures about birds, bugs, plants, mammals, geology,  paleontology, and reptiles. The Festival is being sponsored by the Big Bend Chamber of Commerce for the first time, but we are continuing many of the trips and leaders that have made this festival a success in previous years, while adding several exciting new tours and instructors.

Local outfitters will be offering discounted rates for participants who want to explore by horse, jeep, or canoe and local lodging and dining facilities and will be offering special deals. click on images for full size

Registration fee of $85 per person includes a welcome barbeque dinner on Thursday, guided trips on Friday and Saturday, plus a closing night banquet.  (Trips involving vehicles other than your own will cost extra). Click for registration form, please  include a check made out to Big Bend Nature Festival or credit card number and we will send you confirmation along with a list of tours for you to select from.

REGISTRATION  will open at noon on Thursday September 13 at  the party barns adjacent to Big Bend Motor Inn at the intersection of highways 118 and 170 in Study Butte,  just west of Big Bend National Park. (see map)

WHERE TO STAY:  Area lodging facilities are setting aside blocks of rooms and offering packages for Nature Festival participants.  That information will arrive with your registration confirmation.  You will need to make your arrangements directly with them. Click for more info

WHERE TO EAT: Your dinners on Thursday and Saturday are included; breakfasts, lunches, and Friday night meal is on your own.  Sack lunches will be available from area restaurants. Click for more info

Event sponsor is Big Bend Chamber of Commerce  call  (432) 371-2427 or e-mail for updates and info.