LEARN ABOUT CREATURES
(IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS)
this project is called LOCAL BIOLOGY (until we think of something better)
These are some events that have already passed. They related to learning about and helping the natural world.
These events included lectures, hikes, naturalist led tours, plant walks, restoration volunteer opportunities and nature observing events.
If you would like your event listed - join Local Biology and post it. Our rule of thumb--we list things we would, or can go to personally. We have no money, so we mostly post the free or cheap stuff.
NOTE: dates are all relative to greenwich mean time until we figure out how to deal with having times listed from multiple time zones.
Look out for Take a Child Outside Week!
Check out Take a Child Outside Week and the Children's Nature Network - some great programs that are part of the initiative to get kids back outside.
First Annual Save the Frogs Day
Some of us are aware the frogs are incredibly threatened right now (see why). Also, 2008 was the "Year of the Frog," in which many...
eloise butler wildflower garden opens
Talk: Lake Merced Natural Area
The largest coastal lagoon between Point Reyes and Pescadero, Lake Merced is an incomparable natural resource for San Francisco. A controversial preserve has been proposed for East Lake and some intact habitats, to protect wildlife and threatened...
Lecture: Iceland: Birds, People, and Conservation in a Land of Glaciers, Geysers, Volcanos, and Splendid Isolation
From the Golden Gate Audubon Society Website:
ECOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF PLANTS IN WINTER: SURVIVING THE BIG CHILL
From event listing:
East Bay Science Cafe
From the U.C. Berkeley Natural History Museums Website:
Salt Pond Restoration 101: An Introduction to the Project Environmental Education Center, Alviso
From their website:
Planetarium Show
Winterlight: Stars and Symbols of the Solstice
This seasonal program introduces the legends and lore of the winter solstice.
Christmas Bird Count - in Minnesota
From their website (check their website -- there's lots and lots more information on it)
Cafe Scientifique: Project BirdSafe
From Bell Museum's website
Pacifica Gardens Native Plant Sale
from yerba buena's calendar
by way of nature in the city's calendar
Minnesota Ornithologists' Union Annual Conference
From website
Building Blocks for Bison Ecological Restoration
from their website (may be out of date)
Red-headed Woodpecker Recovery Program
from their website -- " Jerry Bahls
Bird Bloggers meet at 15th Annual Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival
OK, I'm convinced! This sounds so cool!
RIVERBANK BUCKTHORN BUST
from Sue Rich, volunteer coordinator, Friends of the Mississippi River:
Minnesota School of Botanical Arts, Session 2
The Minnesota School of Botanical Art offers a range of wonderful fine art classes for learning to do traditional botanical, scientific illustrations. Sessions run from September through July - each session is about 6 weeks long. These are really...
Pine Bend, Flint Hills Restoration
From their website - "Here's your chance to see one of the largest and most diverse native ecosystems left in the metro area! Join Friends of the Mississippi River, Flint Hills Resources Great River Greening as we return to the Flint Hills...
Evening Garden Stroll
From their event pdf - "Sunday, October 19
QUAKING BOG TROT
The Quaking Bog is home to many unique plants with interesting adaptations for survival. Discover the characteristics that make a bog habitat what it is while you enjoy the fall colors starting to reveal themselves in this majestic habitat. Meet...
Vermillion Trout Survey
From their website -- "Come ready to explore the Vermillion River, the only trophy trout stream in the Twin Cities area. We will use nets and other tools to investigate aquatic life and learn about the importance of monitoring our local streams...
Full Hunter’s Moon Walk
From the website -- "Take a twilight tour of the Garden. We’ll look for bats, and listen for owls and
QUAKING BOG TROT
The Quaking Bog is home to many unique plants with interesting adaptations for survival. Discover the characteristics that make a bog habitat what it is while you enjoy the fall colors starting to reveal themselves in this majestic habitat. Meet...
Oak Savanna Seeding
from email, Sue Rich (Friends of Mississippi River volunteer coordinator):
Tree Identification Tour
From their website - "The Garden’s diverse woodland habitat offers a great opportunity to delve into the fascinating world of trees. You’ll learn what to look for when identifying trees, hear some tree lore, and discover where the Garden heritage...
Evening Garden Stroll
From their event pdf - "Sunday, October 19
Medicinal Roots and Barks of Autumn
"Join practicing herbalist Cynthia Thomas for a marvelous medicinal plant walk at the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden & Bird Sanctuary. Meander through the Wildflower Garden with Cynthia and learn about the history, medicinal uses and...
Birds and Beers
(birdchick) -- people getting together for beers to discuss birds. at a hawk themed bar. in longfellow!
Tarantula Trek
From the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association Website:
Evening Garden Stroll
From their event pdf - "Sunday, October 19
Panhandle Tree Tour
From the Friends of the Urban Forest Website:
Crosby Park Interpretive Walk & Talk
From their website - "Join FMR Restoration Ecologist Karen Schik and National Park Service Ranger Tom Ibsen for a free interpretive tour of St. Paul’s Crosby Farm Regional Park. Participants will learn about a new three-acre prairie restoration...
Autumn Wildflowers
From their website -- "Join us for an afternoon walk to find the flowering plants of autumn scattered throughout the 15 acres of prairie, woodland and wetland that lie within the Garden gates.
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Collect Prairie Seeds, Help Restore Native Prairie
The Three Rivers Park district has volunteer opportunities for people interested in getting involved with being a naturalist.
Guided Landscape Walk, Plant ID and Ecology Talk
From their website, 9/18/08 -- "Come and join us as we stroll the Helen Allison Savanna in East Bethel.
Seed collection training and gathering
from their website - "Enjoy a hands-on seed identification and collection training while enjoying a rare example of a sand gravel prairie. Previous seed collection is not required — all abilities and groups are welcome!
Early Birders
From their pdf of events listed for September --
Birds You Won't See in San Francisco
Join guest speaker Rudy Gelis for a grand journey across Ecuador, from Pacific Choco rainforest to deserts, to the Andes' high mountain landscapes and cloud forests, and to the Amazon Basin. Gelis explores and studies the diversity of Ecuador's...
South St. Paul Riverfront Trail (South St. Paul)
From their website: "Join the hiking group for a hike along a "rails-to-trails" trail along the Mississippi River in South St. Paul. Once, South St. Paul was home to the largest stockyards in the world. Alpheus B. Stickney, a prominent railroad...
Evening Wildflower Walk
From their event pdf -- "Early evening is a wonderful time to enjoy the spirit of autumn at the Garden. Relax and revel in the beauty of this short season as a Garden Naturalist leads you on a tour of the woodland trails and the wildflowers that...
Autumn Wildflowers
From their website -- "Join us for an afternoon walk to find the flowering plants of autumn scattered throughout the 15 acres of prairie, woodland and wetland that lie within the Garden gates.
"
Coastal Cleanup Day
Coastal Cleanup! Join more than 50,000 conservation advocates from across the state at the 24th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Since 1985, more than 750,000 Californians have turned out for what the Guinness Book of World Records calls “...
2008 Million Acorn Challenge Planting
from the website, 9/12/2008 -
Early Birders
From their pdf of events listed for September --
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