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Habitat Restoration at Creekside Marsh - Hosted by Marin County Parks and One Tam
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Come join this community-based effort to install a diversity of native plants and improve animal habitat at a site once dominated by weeds! We will be mulching, planting, and/ or weeding next to a tidal marsh with a view of Mt. Tam.

Habitat Restoration at Easkoot Creek - Hosted by the National Park Service and One Tam
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Join One Tam at Easkoot Creek at Stinson Beach, where we are removing invasive Cape Ivy to allow native plants and animals to thrive! Easkoot Creek is a small stream flowing from Mt. Tam into Bolinas Lagoon.

John Muir Laws: Drawing Fundamentals - Gesture & Negative Shapes
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Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop on an important fundamental skill: using gesture sketching and negative shapes to quickly get information down in your nature journal.

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Herpetofauna Survey Scientist Training - Hosted by MMWD
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Come learn how to become a community scientist and monitor the changes in the Mt. Tam herpetofauna community.

John Muir Laws: Oil Sketching in Nature
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Sharing ways of observing and recording nature Laura Cunningham, author of A State of Change: Forgotten Landscapes off California (Heyday: 2010), will give a presentation about oil painting methods outdoors, easy field kits, some history of Plein Air painting (in the ‰ЫПopen air‰Ыќ), and how oil painting can be combined with nature journaling.

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Marin Pollinator Workshop
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Stemming from the Mt. Tam Science Summit held last fall, Marin Municipal Water District and San Francisco State University have begun inventorying pollinators, primarily bees. This is the first time this part of Marin has ever been surveyed for pollinators. Join us to learn how to collect, clean and prepare specimens. Ages 13 and up. RSVP required as space is limited.

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One Tam Event: Wildlife Picture Index Workshop
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During this event, we will teach you about the Wildlife Picture Index (WPI) and you will participate in the cataloging and identification of wildlife. By working in this group setting, an electric environment is created as people discover the many different beautiful and amazing wildlife that has been captured on these cameras. This session will be hosted by Marin Municipal Water District, a member of the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative.

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Botany Series: Basic Botany
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If it‰ЫЄs been way too long since that high school biology class, come join Annette Russell (Presidio Nursery Manager) to learn the basics of plant biology!

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How and Why We Control Invasives in the Park - Talk and Field Workshop!
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Join Chrissy Sullivan (Natural Resource Specialist, Tennessee Valley), for this informative and interesting class on something we should all be aware of: the threats posed to the parks by invasive plants. Class will start with a presentation, followed by a hands-on component in the field!

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One Tam Event: Wildlife Picture Index Volunteer Field Assistant Training
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Be a part of the Marin Wildlife Picture Index Project, a One Tam citizen science initiative aimed at studying wildlife on public lands around Mt. Tamalpais! As part of the project, trained volunteers assist agency staff as they hike to some of the most remote locations in Marin to service the cameras and download photos.

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