nature book clubBook club meets online
Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm. Next meeting: March 11 Book club will meets every 2nd Wednesday of the month. March's book: Becoming Earth: Wading for Bugs: Exploring streams with the experts by Judith Li and Michael Barbour |
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Next meeting: March 22
Monthly, usually last Sunday of the month 9am-12pm at Oxbow Regional Park 3010 SE Oxbow Pkwy, Gresham, OR 97080 Meet at the Floodplain, which is the first parking lot on the left after you enter the park. Cost: Free - but $5 entrance fee to Oxbow Park per vehicle. |
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Join us as we explore along the Sandy River for signs of wildlife!
Led by Cascadia Wild Tracking Leaders, this is an informal gathering where you can practice your tracking skills and learn from each other. It is a space for people to get together, learn and share knowledge, encourage each other along our journey, and have fun. The terrain at Oxbow is relatively flat and is a mix of sand and grass floodplain, with a few (usually dry) channels to walk across. The shore of the river is sloped and has some river rocks in the wet sand or mud. There is a bathroom facility at the meeting area. Wear sturdy shoes if you need them and always dress for the weather. The floodplain at Oxbow Park hosts a diversity of wildlife. Some of the tracks and signs we've encountered there have been left by cougar, coyote, bear, deer, toad(!), mink, beaver, otter, and more! You never know who you might find. Meet at the Floodplain, which is the first parking lot on the left after you enter the park. Cost: Free - but $5 entrance fee to Oxbow Regional Park per vehicle. Tracking club is open to everyone, whether you're an experienced tracker, completely new, or somewhere in between.
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MONTH |
TRACKING CLUB THEME |
NATURE BOOK CLUB TITLE |
JANUARY |
TBD |
A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings: A Year of Keeping Bees by Helen Jukes |
FEBRUARY |
Our Animal Minds: Interpreting animal behavior from track and sign |
Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life by Ferris Jabr |
MARCH |
Cybertracker method: Brief mock evaluation to practice making an ID independently and then discussing as a group to learn together |
Wading for Bugs: Exploring Streams With the Experts edited by Judith Li and Michael Barbour |
APRIL |
Feeding Sign: who is eating what, and where do we look for the evidence? |
The Ocean's Menagerie: How Earth's Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life by Drew Harvell |
MAY |
Show and Tell: Bring your favorite nature item or two to share |
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth by Zoe Schlanger |
JUNE |
Rodents and Rabbits: Noticing track details |
TBD |
JULY |
Squirrels: How many different kinds of track and sign can we find? |
TBD |
AUGUST |
Beavers and Sign Aging: What track and sign can we find, and when was it made? |
TBD |
SEPTEMBER |
Spiders and Invertebrates |
TBD |
VOLUNTEERS |
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