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Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project
To celebrate the second phase of the Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Project, Point Reyes National Seashore Association and the National Park Service are hosting a series of free field seminars. The seminars are open to the public at no cost and last about an hour. Click here for timeline.
Saturday, 23 August 2008
Construction Methods and challenges in constructing wetland restoration projects
Instructor: Mark Cedarborg, Project Manager, Hanford ARC
Saturday, 27 September 2008
Challenges and opportunites in restoring estuarine wetlands and changes expected with the restoration project
Instructor: Lorraine Parsons, Project Manager/Wetland Ecologist, NPS
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project: Dynamics of Bird Use
Instructor: Jules Evens, Principal, Avocet Research Associates
Saturday, 22 November 2008
Changing flow patterns and fish use in the Giacomini Restoration Area
Instructors: Brannon Ketcham, Hydrologist/Water Resource Chief, and Michael Reichmuth, Fisheries Biologist, NPS
Saturday, August 30, 2008
12:30 p.m. at the Bear Valley Visitor Center
Point Reyes invites you to join us in celebration of the "Point Reyes and the San Andreas Fault Zone", with aerial photographer and author Robert Campbell. Slideshow presentation with discussion and book signing to follow. Get your copy at one of three PRNSA bookstores, found within the Park, and your purchase goes back into protecting and perserving this unique place for future generations. Members get a 15% discount off all merchandise in our stores or by phone.
Book Description
You may already know this special place. Millions visit every year – drawn by the beauty of 80 miles of unspoiled coastline, the pastoral vistas of historic ranchlands and the inspiring grandeur of ancient forests; the chance to experience a personal connection with a hillside of wildflowers, a herd of magnificent elk, a mother whale and her calf breaching just beyond the surf line.
Many of us return to the Point Reyes peninsula time and time again, discovering new wonders on each visit. This especially holds true for aerial photographer Robert Campbell. For over 37 years he has made repeated flights over the peninsula and the adjacent San Andreas Fault Zone, capturing the landscape in unique compositions as the weather and seasons change. Winter storms clear the haze, summer fog softens the sunlight, spring flowers illuminate the meadows. This book is an invitation to experience the peninsula’s inspiring terrain from a perspective seldom available to the ordinary visitor.
Some of Campbell’s photographs reveal recognizable landmarks in views beyond our land-bound experience – a stunning panorama of the Point Reyes Headland and Lighthouse, for example, taken from a seabird’s perspective. Other images, no less powerful, frame small details and patterns on the ground that speak to us with their abstract beauty.
Campbell uses his airplane the way ground-based photographers use a tall tripod or a mountaintop vista point – as a means to expand the possibilities of vision and composition. His advantage, however, is that his tripod can elevate from the ground to 20,000 feet, and he can move his mountain-height vantage point to places where there are no mountains. The result is this breathtaking collection of aerial vistas that express an artist’s love for the natural and cultural treasures of one of America’s last wild coastal areas, a remarkable landscape that remains little changed since the days of Miwok Indians, Mexican dons and Gold Rush pioneers.
Enjoy the tour!
Frank Binney
Member and Co-Author
Questions about this event? Contact the PRNSA Bookstore at 415.663.1200 ext. 309 or e-mail bookstore@ptreyes.org.
National Park Service: Point Reyes National Seashore Events 2008 Calendar
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