Columbia National Wildlife Refuge / Moses Lake / Crab Creek / Hanford Reach with camping at Lyle lake
Opening circle - sensory exercise / Animist gratitude / which landscape do you belong to?
Introduce Indigenous presence and Wanapum history
Introduction to Sage-Brush Steppe ecosystem / Missoula floods / visit River Otter latrine site / Muskrat lodge / Rattlesnake hibernaculum
Continue wildlife track & sign, gaits & kinetics / Bird track families
Forest therapy / belonging exercise in the Sagebrush
Discuss Cryptobiotic Crusts
Species focus on Badger, Coyote, River Otter, Rattlesnake, & Quail
Dawn Chorus sit
Observe Beaver, Muskrat, Birds on Lyle Lake / Talk Rattlesnake Hibernaculum / Badger Burrows
Plastic Cast exercise and instruction either along Hanford Reach sand road or Moses Lake Dunes or at Crab Creek in Salt Flats / under bridge. Everyone gets plaster and a chance to cast tracks of choice and bring home a treasure.
Look for sign of Kangaroo Rat, Beaver, Otter, and Porcupine / listen for
Optional fireside chats both Friday & Saturday evenings / book discussion
Introduce next book reading - Coyote America
Possible stop at Whiskey Dick on the way home Sunday for Mountain birds, wildflowers and Horned Lizards / recommend visiting Ginko Petrified Forest visitor center
