Location: Mt. Baker (Horseshoe Bend Trail, Fire and Ice Trail, Bagley Lakes). Overnight camp.

Instructors: Elisha, Jeanette, Theo

• Introduction to the plants of the upper Nooksack River and Mt. Baker:

This weekend will include a plant walk in a riparian ecosystem, as well as the subalpine and alpine plant communities around Mt. Baker. River. As usual, we will share edible, medicinal, wildlife attracting, and utilitarian uses for the plants we meet along the way.

• Edible Berries

There will be opportunities to spend time harvesting the native blueberries of the region.

• Carnivorous plants 

This trip will offer the opportunity to meet some of the plants native to this region who obtain their nutrients by consuming insects.

·        Connections to plants and place:

In order to continue building relationships with the various plants and plant communities of Washington State, we will spend some time doing “sit-spots”.