BY KAREN BOSSICK

A special Nature Photography Workshop is being offered at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve to celebrate National Public Lands Day.

The workshop offered by the National Parks Service will be held from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Craters of the Moon east of Carey. It will be led by Doug Owen, who worked as a park ranger, park geologist, and education specialist for 19 years at Craters of the Moon and is also a professional photographer.

Workshop participants will gain ideas to take their nature and wildlife photography to a higher level, guided by Owen’s decades of experience in both land stewardship and nature photography. The workshop will start in a classroom setting in the Visitor Center, followed by shooting out in the park.

 “National Public Lands Day, which is held annually on the fourth Saturday of September, provides a great opportunity for people to connect with the natural spaces that belong to them,” said Catherine Orland, interpretive park ranger at Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve.

Those interested in participating should call the park Visitor Center at 208-527-1300 to reserve a spot.

Craters of the Moon is one of 430-plus national parks in America.