Drought and Wildfire
June 27th, 28th, 29th, 2022
Day 1: Sense of Place and Wildfires
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Climate Change Poetry – Kathleen Byrd, Professor of Creative Writing and Literature, South Puget Sound Community College
History of Chief Leschi and the Nisqually Tribe – Cynthia Iyall, Chief Leschi Foundation and Nisqually Tribe
Leschi Learning Legacy (email)
Squaxin Youth Videos on Microaggressions
Making of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTg_TChiTqs
Microaggressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQBYJ3jJBc
Braiding Sweetgrass and Memory Mapping Lesson – Rachel Stendahl, Chehalis Basin Education Consortium and Julia Fregonara, Nisqually River Education Project
Wildfires in Western Washington –Â Josh Halofsky, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Pacific Education Institute’s Multilingual Program – Lourdes Flores, Pacific Education Institute
PEI Multilingual and SOLS Resources PPT
Afternoon Rotations
- Pacific Education Institute’s “Solutions-Oriented Learning” Storyline, Lourdes Flores and Lara Tukarski
- MS Fire: Forest Management https://pacificeducationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Middle-School-Fire-Forest-Management-2.pdf
- HS Fire: Forest Management https://pacificeducationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/High-School-Fire-Forest-Management-2.pdf
- Service Learning in the Teaching Garden – Stephanie Bishop, South Sound GREEN and Rachel Stendahl, CBEC
- Fireworks Educational Program – John Hayes, Mount Rainier Institute
- Industrial Farming Lessons – Layne Perkins, NREP
Day 2: Fire on the Prairies
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Joint Base Lewis McChord – Welcome to the Prairie- Dennis Buckingham, Conservation Ecologist & Internship Coordinator, JBLM Fish & Wildlife
Morning Stations
- What’s Green and Grows All Over: Biodiversity study – Sheila Wilson, Julia Fregonara, Nisqually River Education Project
- Scotch Broom Pull – Stephanie Bishop and Sam Nadell, South Sound GREEN; Rachel Stendahl, Chehalis Basin Education Consortium
Prairie Tour with featuring Dennis Buckingham, Kathryn Hill, Sarah Montero – Joint Base Lewis McChord Fish and Wildlife
- JBLM Fish and Wildlife Volunteering (Operation Wildlife)
- Fire Ecology, Prescribed fire, stormwater management, Taylor’s checkerspot conservation, captive breeding, and reintroductions
- “Streaked horned larks take advantage of JBLM’s open spaces”
- “Good fires prevent bad ones”
Day 3: Droughts and Hope
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Jeopardy Recap – Sam Nadell, SSG and Julia Fregonara, NREP
Update to Poetry Board prompts: Kathleen Byrd, Professor of Creative Writing and Literature, South Puget Sound Community College
Drought Forecasting in Washington State – Nick Bond, Climatologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Local streamflow and precipitation data
Nature’s Engineers: Beavers as Drought Mitigation – Shawn Behling and Leia Althauser, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Morning Break-out Sessions
- Beaver Lessons, Leia Althauser and Shawn Behling, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Wildfire and Smoke in Scientific Illustration Lara Tukarski, Pacific Education Institute
- Nisqually Language Resource Center, Nancy Bob & Co., Nisqually Indian Tribe
- NOAA Drought Curriculum Smorgasbord – Stephanie Bishop, SSG and Sheila Wilson, NREP
Listening to the Earth Speak: A Collaborative Poetry Workshop – Kathleen Byrd, Professor of Creative Writing and Literature, South Puget Sound Community College