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Weekend 3, Summer Naturalist Immersion: Days of length, first steps and first flight


  • Raven's Roots Naturalist School Glacier, WA, 98244 United States (map)

Mount Baker / Artist Point Chain Lakes Trail & South Fork Park / Acme Bridge with camping at Silver Fir Campground

  • Opening circle - sensory exercise / Thanksgiving Address dialogue

  • Indigenous presence on Baker

  • Forest therapy session

  • Hike Chain Lake Loop trail & further out into Alpine Rock fields

  • species focus on Marmot, Pika, Mountain Goat, Snowshoe Hare

  • Sit spot in alpine scree fields - listening for Pika / look for Haystacks

  • Glacial ecology

  • Explore S Fork Park looking for tracks and sign in forest and along river

  • Possible track & sign mock eval session under Acme bridge

  • Fireside chats Friday and Saturday nights / topics of climate change & Bergmann's Rule / reading discussion

  • Introduce next book - Restoring the Kinship Worldview