Tongass Rainforest Festival – Tentative Schedule
Last updated September 2, 2010
Advance Events
Festival Art Show Opening
Friday, September 3
5-7pm
Clausen Memorial Museum
Show is open for viewing during museum hours September 3-11
Kid’s Art Share
At the Petersburg Public Library
September 1 - 30
Thursday, September 9
12-1 pm Brown Bag Talk: Coho Salmon in Southeast Alaska
City Council Chambers
Leon Shaul, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
2-4 pm Coho Life Cycle Streamside Walk
Meet at ANB Hall to Carpool (Ohmer Creek)
Leon Shaul, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
and Emil Tucker, USDA Forest Service
7-9 pm Opening Program
City Council Chambers
Talk: Rainforest Carbon Cycle
Rick Edwards, USDA Forest Service
Slideshow: Salmon in the Trees
Amy Gulick, award winning photographer
Friday, September 10
9:30 -10:30 am Forest Carbon Cycle Walk
Meet at Sandy Beach Park Shelter by the trailhead
Rick Edwards, USDA Forest Service
12-1 pm Brown Bag Talk: Invasive Species in SE
City Council Chambers
Barb Schrader, USDA Forest Service
2-3 pm Invasive Plant Walk
Begins at the ANB hall and ends at Mt View Manor
Barb Schrader, U.S. Forest Service
4-5 pm Kids’ Nature Walk: Leafing Through Diversity
Nature Boardwalk at Elementary School
Joni Johnson, Biology Teacher
Kids under 6 must be accompanied by an adult
7-9 pm Putting your Garden to Bed & finger food potluck
City Council Chambers
Bob Gorman, Cooperative Extension Service
Saturday, September 11
9am–noon Mitkof Mushroom Foray
Meet at the ANB Hall to carpool
Emil Tucker and Joe Stratman, Mushroom hunters
9-10am... Wood Burning Basics
ANB/ANS Hall
Bob Gorman, Cooperative Extension Service
10-11:30 am Nature Photography Workshop
City Council Chambers
Amy Gulick, award winning photographer
12-1 pm Brown Bag Talks: Petersburg High School Science Projects
City Council Chambers
Student presenters
1:30-2:30 pm Kids’ Nature Craft - Make a Fairy Garden
City Council Chambers
Kids under 6 must be accompanied by an adult
1-5 pm Trail Work Volunteer Time
Meet at Sandy Beach, new shelter
Donate an hour or two to help maintain a local trail. Refreshments provided.
1-4 pm Nature Photography Excursion
Library Conference Room
Amy Gulick, award winning photographer
Advance registration required. Fee $45. Class limited to 12.
3-4 pm Kids’ Rainforest Scavenger Hunt
Meet at Sandy Beach Park Shelter
Karisa Garner and Caddie Bergren, USDA Forest Service
6-9 pm Taste of the Rainforest Potluck and Wild Berry Cookoff
Featuring live music
ANB/ANS Hall
Bring a dish from your wild foraging, garden, hunting, or fishing – or the grocery store!
Help us save resources by bringing your own plates and eating utensils, if possible.
Cookoff entries should be made from local wild berries. Prizes for: Best jam or jelly,
best baked good, most original use of edible berries and best kid’s creation (16 and under)
Sunday, September 12
7-8 am Birding Walk
Hungry Point Trail near ballfield
Brad Hunter, birding enthusiast
8:30 - 9:30am Native Plants Walk
Meet at Sandy Beach, new shelter
Judy Hall Jacobson, author of Native Plants of Southeast Alaska
10am-3pm Mushroom I.D. Workshop & Fieldtrip
Meet at the ANB/ANS Hall
Steve Trudell, University of Washington
Bring a bag lunch and your outdoor gear
12-1pm Naturalist’s Tour of the Art Show
Clausen Memorial Museum
Sunny Rice, Art fan and amateur naturalist
3-4pm Kids! Make a Fish Print T-Shirt Sandy Beach, new shelter
Eric Castro, USDA Forest Service
Bring your own t-shirt / limited shirts available