Yosemite California Events

JULY

Saturday, July 13

The Fate of Yosemite's Melting Glaciers

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Slide presentation by Greg Stock, Park Geologist

Sunday July 14

Tongue River Stories

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Music and musings about place and belonging with

singer-songwriter Martha Scanlan

Saturday, July 20

Traveling the 38th Parallel, a Water Line around the World

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Slide presentation by David and Janet Carle, authors

and retired park rangers from Mono Lake

Sunday, July 21

Painting the High Mountains

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Slide presentation and discussion by Penny Otwell,

Yosemite landscape painter

High Sierra Natural History Celebration Weekend

Saturday, July 27

Gathering Moss: Lessons from Our Oldest Teachers

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Slide presentation and discussion with Robin Wall

Kimmerer, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor

of Environmental and Forest Biology, and Director,

Center for Native Peoples and the Environment,

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Sunday, July 28

Field Guide to the Future of the Earth

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Slide presentation and discussion with Craig Childs,

author, naturalist, and explorer

AUGUST

Saturday, August 3

Nature Journaling

9:00 a.m. – 12 noon

An adventure in art and writing outdoors with

Shauna Potocky, Park Ranger - bring a journal or

paper and pen. Other supplies will be provided.

Ooolation! Singers

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

A performance of nature-inspired music by young sing

ers led by hammer dulcimer player Malcolm Dalglish,

singers Luke Hoffman, Janiece Jaffe, Joshua Stephen

Kartes, Rachel Schlafer-Parton, and Liz Wu

Sunday, August 4

The New Science of Atmospheric Rivers: Understanding the

Biggest Storms and Floods, Sierra Nevada Style

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Slide presentation and discussion with Michael

Dettinger, Research Hydrologist, US Geological Survey,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA

Saturday, August 10

Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status,

and Distribution

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Slide presentation by authors Ted Beedy, Ed Pandolfino,

and illustrator Keith Hansen in celebration of their

new book

Sunday, August 11

Mountain Inspiration

10:00 a.m. – 12 noon

Writing and yoga with Heather Sullivan, Balanced Rock

co-founder and program director, and Kristin Ramsey,

musician - bring a yoga mat or blanket, pen and paper,

water, and appropriate layers of clothing.

Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Slide presentation and discussion about deep ecological

thought in ancient China and contemporary America

with David Hinton, writer and translator of ancient

Chinese poetry and philosophy

Saturday and Sunday, August 17 and 18

17th Annual Tuolumne Meadows Poetry Festival

Morning workshops and afternoon readings with music:

poets Mark Doty, Jane Hirshfield, Jay Leeming,

David Mas Masumoto, and musician Shira Kammen