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October 2015 – December 2023 Oct 2015 – Dec 2023
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Oct
18
Sun
Wild Mushroom Show @ Bloedel Donovan Park
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Oct 18 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Wild Mushroom Show @ Bloedel Donovan Park | Bellingham | Washington | United States

Bellingham’s 26th annual Wild Mushroom Show is Sunday, October 18, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Bloedel Donovan Community Building (2214 Electric Ave, Bellingham). Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students/seniors, and free for children under 12; sponsored by the Northwest Mushroomers Association.

“Give away all your mushroom secrets for $5? Are you crazy?”
-Migo Biciunas, Northwest Mushroomer

Every fall, Pacific Northwest forests and fields are filled with thousands of different kinds of mushrooms. You can experience hundreds of them at this fun, family event.

  • Study beautiful displays of locally collected mushrooms
  • Bring mushrooms from your own backyard for identification
  • Hear mushroom talks by local experts and surprise guests
  • Learn to identify common mushrooms, both edible and poisonous
  • Discover the fascinating lifestyles of mushrooms and other fungi
  • Taste safe and savory wild mushrooms
  • Visit the “touch and smell” table for hands-on fun with fungi
  • Enjoy coloring and crafts at a children’s activity table
  • View mushroom-related artwork by local artists and crafters.
  • Browse and purchase mushroom field guides and other books
  • Cultivate your own fungi with kits from local Cascadia Mushrooms

“If you treat mushrooms with discrimination and respect, you can learn to pick your own edible wild mushrooms without fear of confusing them with poisonous types — mushrooms which are nutritious, far more flavorful than the mass-produced cultivated variety, and best of all, free! It does, however, require time and effort — a willingness to plunge into the woods, to uncover their secrets, to learn their characteristics, to penetrate their haunts.”
-David Arora, author of Mushrooms Demystified

The Northwest Mushroomers Association promotes the understanding and appreciation of mushrooms and the study of mycology in Whatcom, Skagit, and Island counties. Yearlong NMA membership is $15 for families and $10 for students. Join us! northwestmushroomers.org

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Categories: Family Events Festivals, Expos & Parades Non-Profit Fundraising Events Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Biology cooking crafts education fall Foraging Fungi Lecture local Mushroom Mushrooms Mycology Nature Pacific Northwest science Wild
Nov
7
Sat
Workshop: Salmon on the Nooksack @ Glacier Public Service Center
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Nov 7 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Workshop: Salmon on the Nooksack @ Glacier Public Service Center | Deming | Washington | United States

Each year, Northwest rivers teem with life and death as salmon return to their home waters to complete their life journey. As Puget Sound’s northernmost and fourth-largest watershed, the Nooksack River Basin is home to salmonid species both thriving and struggling.

Join us as we step into waders and slip into the cool waters of the Nooksack River to explore its salmon-rich waters with aquatic biologist Brady Green. Together we will keep our eyes peeled for salmon and their redds as we learn about the fish species that call this watershed home.

Brady will describe the unique characteristics of the forks of the Nooksack River, the salmon’s interconnectedness to dynamic natural systems and how impacts to the greater and local landscape have altered the fish’s status.

We will meet at the Glacier Public Service Center on Highway 542 before heading to various locations along the Nooksack River including the Boyd Creek Interpretive Trail and the Old Nooksack Campground.

Boots and waders will be available to borrow if you don’t have them.

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Categories: Health & Wellness Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: Biology education Nature Nooksack River North Cascades Institute Northwest rivers teem with life and death as salmon return to their home waters to complete their life journey. As Puget Sound’s northernmost and fourth-largest watershed salmon science
Mar
23
Thu
Human Minds in Natural Spaces, Aesthetics and Perception – ONLINE @ ONLINE
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Mar 23 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Human Minds in Natural Spaces, Aesthetics and Perception - ONLINE @ ONLINE

What can one say of the prospect of the future in a world where increasing injury to the planet is a symptom of human psychopathology?

Through readings and discussions, participants will have an opportunity to recapitulate and then chart new ways of rethinking their own place on natural spaces in more integral and thus inclusive ways; eyes wide open!

This class is being taught by Dr. George Conesa, an interdisciplinary thinker with an academic and professional background in biology, philosophy, and experimental psychology. Dr. Conesa edits the International Journal of Ecopsychology (IJE) at CAL POLY Humboldt and has taught courses on animal behavior and cognition, in addition to many other pursuits.

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Categories: Outdoor Recreation Tags: Biology human Nature philosophy psychology
Dec
6
Wed
Ethnobotany of the PNW Coast: A Guided Plant Walk @ Point Whitehorn Park
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Dec 6 @ 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Ethnobotany of the PNW Coast: A Guided Plant Walk @ Point Whitehorn Park

Join Naturalist, Jazmen Yoder on a gentle walk through the forest of Point Whitehorn State Park to learn about traditional and modern uses of PNW native plants.

We will go over how to ID several native plants and what their uses are (food, fiber, medicine, and shelter).

Details on location will be provided to registered participants.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Education Family Events Local History Outdoor Recreation Workshops, Classes and Lectures Tags: #natureconnection #shopsmall adventures Biology botany camping coast education ethnobotany family friendly fire making hiking Nature outdoors plants pnw primitive skills Thanksgiving womenempowerment
October 2015 – December 2023 Oct 2015 – Dec 2023