Volunteers

This follow-up to the 2016 Mt. Tam Science Summit will feature an afternoon focused on the mountain‰ЫЄs wildlife. We‰ЫЄll share results from the Wildlife Picture Index Project‰ЫЄs first three years‰ЫЄ of data collection, as well as updates on other wildlife studies (such as bats and pollinators) coming out of last years‰ЫЄ Health of Mt. Tam report.

Come join us at Muir Woods to learn about bat ecology! We will have a brief discussion about bats and demonstrate how they are safely caught as part of an exciting bat monitoring and inventorying program.

Join Marin County Parks and One Tam at the scenic Gary Giacomini and French Ranch Preserves as we try to identify and document every living species we see! Hone your naturalist skills, learn to use the iNaturalist smartphone app, and contribute valuable data about Mt. Tam's biodiversity.

Join Marin County Parks and One Tam at the scenic Roy's Redwoods Preserve as we try to identify and document every living species we see! Hone your naturalist skills, learned to use the iNaturalist smartphone app, and contribute valuable data about our region's biodiversity.

Stretch your legs and get out your hand lens! Explore 32 acres of Mori Point on a botany-oriented hike examining several plant families and genera.

Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop to learn how to quickly (and accurately) fill in the details of brids after sketching the basic form (the topic of last month's workshop). This will be a fun draw along lecture so bring your sketchbook and pencils!

Join the very knowledgeable Stephen Andrews (UC Berkeley Professor, specializing in soils) for this next class in his soil series. Come learn the fundamentals of soil biology and learn how to build a successful and thriving compost!

Stretch your legs and get out your hand lens! Spend the morning in old growth redwoods and on the banks of Redwood Creek for a botany-oriented hike examining several plant families and genera.

Did you ever draw a cow that looked like a dog? Learn the basic principles of drawing mammal heads and faces, which solve the most common problems artists encounter.

Hear Stephen Andrews (UC Berkeley Professor specializing in soils) discuss climate change and drought through a soils lens, and learn how soil depletion could be a greater human threat than diminished water supplies.