Workshops and Courses

Below are course offerings for summer 2026. Stay tuned for our 2027 offerings.

ART 470: The Mobile Studio: Creative Research in the Outdoors
ASTR 216: Practical Observational Astronomy in the Sierra Nevada
Beginning Birding
BIOL 315: Ecology and Conservation of California Bats
BIOL 315: Insect Biology and Identification
BIOL 315: Spring Fungi of the Sierra Nevada
Birding by Ear in the Sierra
Birds of the Sierra Nevada
Bird Song and Wildlife Sound Recording
Botanical Printing
Butterflies and Moths of the Sierra Nevada
Climate Issues and Activism: DES 312, ENVS 312, and LS 312
Field Geology of the Haskell Peak-Sierra Buttes Area
Flora of the Northern Sierra Nevada
Fly Fishing in the North Yuba Watershed
Gathering Stones: Writing Poetry by the River
GEOG 632: Environmental Measurement and Monitoring in the Northern Sierra
High-Country Writing Retreat
Homesteading and Wild Foraging for Self-Reliance
Medicinal and Edible Wild Plants
Myxomycetes of the Sierra Nevada
Natural Dyes & Pigments of the Sierra Nevada
Natural History of Gold Lakes Basin: Stars, Geology and Plants
Natural History of the Sierra Nevada
Nature Sounds Society Annual Retreat
Night Photography
Observational Astronomy with the Naked Eye and Telescopes
Pastels and Natural Light
Perfecting Fly Fishing Presentations
Plant Uses of the Sierra: Medicine, Food & Utilitarian
Play of Light and Shadows: Oil Painting in the Sierra
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Sierra Nevada
Secrets Among the Oaks of the North Yuba Watershed
Songwriting in the High Sierra
Tai Chi for Longevity
Trees & Shrubs of Northern Sierra Nevada
Wander in Wonder: Nature Journaling for heartfelt connection to the natural world
Watercolor Outdoors: From Sublime to Majestic
Watercolors in the Wild: Sierra Forests
Wild Foraging and the Urban Homestead
Woodblocks: Design, Carve and Print in the Field