Wildflower Walk at Wagon Box Site on Thursday

On Monday, June 9, the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association announced that the annual Wildflower Walk will be held at the Wagon Box site on Thursday, June 12th, at 6 p.m.

The walk will be lead by Mae Smith of the Bighorn Native Plant Society, and Director of Agriculture, Sheridan College. The flowers are spectacular this year!

This is a free, family-friendly event that only happens once a year, at the Wagon Box site land that is only open to the public for this event.

At the 2024 walk over 30 people attended the event, and Smith said she found 31 different plants at the site.

The next upcoming program at Fort Phil Kearny is the Audubon Bird walk on June 20 at 9 a.m. at the new interpretive center, regular admission applies. On June 20, from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. there will be Printmaking on the Prairie, with Absaroka District Interpretive Ranger Mary Negri at the Wagon Box fight site, tickets are required. Email mary.negri@wyo.gov to register.