Classes and Events
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NEW CLASS!!
Mushrooms and Permaculture
Join us for an informative introduction to the world of mushrooms. We will learn about the role mushrooms play in nature, how we can incorporate them into our outdoor grow spaces, and basic mushroom taxonomy and terminology. You will receive a handout with resources, low-tech cultivation methods, and other mushroom- centric information.
Combining permaculture and mycology makes sense for people who are concerned about the quality of their food, medicine, and communities. One goal of this class is to help people transition from having a one-dimensional relationship with the world around them to a multi-dimensional relationship, through growing their own food and medicine with their friends and family and creating resilient communities.
Instructor: Jordan Weiss
Jordan Weiss has taught hundreds of people about low-tech methods of outdoor mushroom cultivation during the last few years. City Repair, the TLC Farm and the Oregon Mycological Society are several local non-profits that have hosted these low-tech workshops.
When: Tuesday, January 24
Time: 6-8pm
Cost: $10
Location: Cascadia Wild office, 1912 NE Killingsworth St
To register: Email us (info@cascadiawild.org) you name and phone number. Then mail a check, made out to Cascadia Wild, to the address below. Your spot will be reserved for 5 days before we receive your payment.
Send payment to:
Cascadia Wild, 1912 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97211
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Learn animal tracking while helping collect data to better manage our national forests.
This year's winter season starts in October.
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Second Mondays, Sept-May, 7-9pm
FREE classes on various aspects of nature.
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Cascadia Wild offers a variety of classes in wild edible plants, wilderness survival, and animal tracking. Our classes combine modern ecological knowledge with knowledge of the ancient ways of living with nature, blending the scientific and the intuitive. All of our classes are hands-on, reflecting our belief that the natural world is not just something to observe, it is something we participate in.
PLANT CLASSES
April 30 - Plant Identification and Use
May 21 - Plant Identification hike
Aug 20 - Tree Ecology
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL CLASSES
June 18 - Shelter
July 9 – Fire Without Matches
July 23 - Survival Trapping and Finding Food
Aug 13-14 - Survival Campout
MUSHROOM CLASSES:
Oct 1 - Getting to Know Mushrooms Hike
Oct 2 - Mushroom Identification: Demystifying the book "Mushrooms Demystified"
TRACKING CLUB:
Last Sunday of every month at Oxbow Park.
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Providing a place where people of all skill levels can come together to practice and share knowledge wild edible plants.
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CASCADIA WILD VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS ONLY EVENTS
TRACKING TRIP TO OREGON DUNES
May 6-8
Join some of our Wolverine Tracking Project trip leaders for a tracking trip to the Oregon Dunes. The Oregon Dunes has miles of sand, and is one of the best places to go animal tracking in Oregon. This trip is an informal event, providing us all with a chance to get in more dirt time practicing our tracking skills.
Who this trip is for: Wolverine Tracking Project participants, Cascadia Wild members and volunteers. Family and significant others are welcome as well.
When: May 6-8. Come for all or part of the weekend. Some people will be going down on Thursday as well.
Where: We will be staying at the Eel Creek Campground, located 10 miles south of Reedsport. The campground has trail access to the Dunes, and some campsites are actually located on a sand dune. It is a primitive campground, without electrical hookups or showers. Here's the campground's website, for more information. This early in the year, we are not expecting the campground to fill up, but if we are a very large group it would be nice to reserve some sites so we can be close together.
What to bring: Participants are responsible for their own food and camping gear.
RSVP: Please let us know if you are planning on coming so that we can arrange carpools and camping space.
CAMAS BAKE
May 14-5
Camas is one of the staple foods of the native Americans in this area, with a root that is both sweet and starchy when cooked. Join us as we experiment with harvesting the roots, pit baking them overnight in the traditional style, and then feasting.
When: May 14-15. The date is somewhat dependent on the weather and when the camas is flowering. We want to be harvesting it just after it finishes flowering and is still easily identified. We reserve the right to change the date at the last minute. We will be harvesting the first morning, starting the pit bake in the afternoon and evening, watching it all night, then eating the next day. Come for all or part of the weekend.
RSVP: Please let us know if plan to come.
SKILLS SHARE AND CELEBRATION
Sept 10-11
This is our chance to give back to all of you who have helped support us throughout the year. Please join us for a weekend of learning, sharing, and celebrating. This is your chance to ask questions about the primitive skills and naturalist skills that you have been working on, practice skills with others, meet our board members, and give us feedback about what you would like to see Cascadia Wild do in the future. We will be organizing workshops and games on such topics as increasing awareness, moving invisibly, trailing each other, edible plants, and more. Food will be potluck style.
When: September 10-11. Come for all or part of the weekend.
Where: TBD. Overnight camping facilities will be provided.
More details will be available soon.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SUPPORTERS!
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