{"id":904,"date":"2020-05-10T19:58:43","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T19:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/?page_id=904"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:01:37","slug":"storytelling-under-the-cottonwood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories Under the Cottonwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"904\" class=\"elementor elementor-904\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f330687 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f330687\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a39021a\" data-id=\"a39021a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5972b41 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5972b41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Join us for\u00a0<b><i>Stories Under the Cottonwood<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>at The Rio Grande Nature Center State Park.<u><\/u>\u00a0<\/h4><p><b><u><\/u><i>Stories Under the Cottonwood <\/i>is offered at 10:30am on the third Saturday of each month.<\/b><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a participatory story session filled with fun natural history facts, songs, poems, and stories for the tall and the small, especially for those aged 5 to 10 years old. Children should always bring their own adult, so they can enjoy the fun, too!<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aside from the Parking Fee, there is no additional charge for this program. The Parking Fee is $5.00 per vehicle exact cash (Friends of the RGNC permit holders enter free with valid permit displayed).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8a2b1a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8a2b1a0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18ef83d\" data-id=\"18ef83d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb19d1d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb19d1d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4245\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for\u00a0Stories Under the Cottonwood\u00a0at The Rio Grande Nature Center State Park.\u00a0 Stories Under the Cottonwood is offered at 10:30am on the third Saturday of each month. This is a participatory story session filled with fun natural history facts, songs, poems, and stories for the tall and the small, especially for those aged 5 to 10 years old. Children should always bring their own adult, so they can enjoy the fun, too!\u00a0 Aside from the Parking Fee, there is no additional charge for this program. The Parking Fee is $5.00 per vehicle exact cash (Friends of the RGNC permit holders enter free with valid permit displayed).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-904","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Stories Under the Cottonwood - Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Come and enjoy a different story the third Saturday of every month. This program is intended for 5 - 10 year olds, or anyone else who likes stories.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stories Under the Cottonwood - Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Come and enjoy a different story the third Saturday of every month. This program is intended for 5 - 10 year olds, or anyone else who likes stories.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-14T16:01:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/\",\"name\":\"Stories Under the Cottonwood - Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-10T19:58:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-14T16:01:37+00:00\",\"description\":\"Come and enjoy a different story the third Saturday of every month. This program is intended for 5 - 10 year olds, or anyone else who likes stories.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920,\"caption\":\"EW\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/index.php\\\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stories Under the Cottonwood\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center\",\"description\":\"Preserve, protect, and educate.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rgnc.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Stories Under the Cottonwood - Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center","description":"Come and enjoy a different story the third Saturday of every month. This program is intended for 5 - 10 year olds, or anyone else who likes stories.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Stories Under the Cottonwood - Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center","og_description":"Come and enjoy a different story the third Saturday of every month. This program is intended for 5 - 10 year olds, or anyone else who likes stories.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/","og_site_name":"Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center","article_modified_time":"2025-08-14T16:01:37+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/","name":"Stories Under the Cottonwood - Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2020-05-10T19:58:43+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-14T16:01:37+00:00","description":"Come and enjoy a different story the third Saturday of every month. This program is intended for 5 - 10 year olds, or anyone else who likes stories.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20191021_170225-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1920,"caption":"EW"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/storytelling-under-the-cottonwood\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Stories Under the Cottonwood"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/","name":"Friends of the Rio Grande Nature Center","description":"Preserve, protect, and educate.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4248,"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/904\/revisions\/4248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rgnc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}