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Animal tracking

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Scott Brinton from Cedar Root School is leading the Natural History Society in “Animal Tracking 101” on Saturday, October 5, from 10:00 am to noon.

Meet at East Beach, a county park on Marrowstone Island. Travel past the Nordland store, turn right on East Beach Rd., which ends at the Park. Meet at 9:30 am to carpool from PT’s Park & Ride across from Safeway.

This is our first outing with Scott, who founded Cedar Root School to foster natural history and rural skills education.

We will walk over uneven terrain. Be prepared for changing autumn weather.
RSVP to Pat:  pr@rothman.net

October Book Club Selection

October selection

October selection

The Natural History Society Reading Group will meet on Monday, October 28, from 3:30 to 5:00 to discuss Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.

“A vivid exploration of one man’s lifelong obsession with an idea . . .Egan’s spirited biography might just bring [Curtis] the recognition that eluded him in life.”—Washington Post
“A stunning portrait of Edward Curtis that captures every patina of his glory, brilliance, and pathos.”—Christian Science Monitor
“A stirring and affectionate portrait of an underknown figure.” —The New York Times Book Review

Please contact Wendy at wfeltham9@gmail.com for RSVPs and directions.

Mt. Townsend hike

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAJoin the Natural History Society for an autumn hike up Mt. Townsend on Wednesday, September 25.

Meet at the Port Townsend Park & Ride at 9:00 am, or at the Quilcene Ranger Station at 9:30 am.

This will be a fairly strenuous hike over uneven terrain and will take several hours. For more information, go to http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/olympic/recarea/?recid=47887

Bring lunch, water, layers of clothing, field guides, binoculars.

Contact Pat at pr@rothman.net for RSVPs and carpooling information.

September Book Club Selection

McNulty bookThe Natural History Society Reading Group will meet at 3:30 – 5:00 on Monday, September 30 to discuss Olympic National Park: A Natural History, by Tim McNulty.

In this thoroughly revised edition of a classic natural history, Tim McNulty returns his gaze to the Olympic National Park: 1,400 square miles of rugged mountains and wilderness in the heart of the Olympic Peninsula. By examining the effects of global warming and its rapid changes throughout the region alongside current archaeological discoveries that shed new light on the early people of the peninsula, McNulty brings together our past and future.

“Tim McNulty carries readers along with a combination of intimate knowledge and unbounded enthusiasm.” – Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Please contact Nan at nanswaltz@earthlink.net for RSVPs and directions.

Medicinal plant walk

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAJoin naturalist and herbalist Nicole Larson for a medicinal plant walk through her own back yard and at Fort Worden State Park on Friday, August 9, from 10:00 until 12:00 noon.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALearn how to safely identify, gather and prepare wild and native medicinal plants. You will walk away with knowledge on how to keep yourself and your loved ones healthy with plants that grow in your own back yard and beyond.

Please contact Pat at pr@rothman.net for RSVPs and directions.