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One Outcome of the Great Covid Pause is that I have begun mentoring individuals from a across California and the country to further their tracking skills, plant medicine and natural history. Each session is customized to the skill level, passions and intentions of the individual, allowing us both to expand and grow in our tracking practices. If you are curious and would like more details, please contact me here.
Upcoming Classes & Workshops
Butaqa- Kashia Pomo Tribal Youth Bear Project- YEAR TWO!
February 2023- December 2023 Closed to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Watershed Ecology and Restoration- NRM 88
August 15th- December 12th, 2023 Open to the public Wildlife Tracking and Natural History of South Carolina's Barrier Islands- Come join Caitlin Williams and me for four days of tracking the marshes, wetlands and coastal beaches of South Carolina this November. Save the date and more details will be coming soon.
November 9th - 12th, 2023- class is full Open to the public A New Program! Join David Berman and me for a UC Naturalist Certification intensive at Bodega Marine Lab. Food, lodging, and all instruction is included as we wander the Sonoma coastline, learn from marine experts, and geek out on all the ocean has to offer. Please reach out to Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods for registration! Space is limited so inquire soon.
University of California Naturalist Certification Program hosted by Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods Jan 12th- January 21st 2024 Open to the public North Bay Bear Collaborative partnering with CIMCC and Regional Parks to work with Tribal Youth-
YEAR THREE! In this program, Tribal youth California Indian Museum and Cultural Center will learn about bears and wildlife conservation while learning from tribal members and elders about how bears are deeply intertwined with culture and food. January- June, 2024 Closed to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Intro to Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation- NRM 84
February - May, 2024- Specific Dates TBD Open to the public University of California Naturalist Certification Program w/Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
Feb 20th - April 23rd, 2024 Open to the public Big Sur Wildlife Tracking Class with Wildtender
April 4-7th, 2024 in The Big Cree Big Sur Reserve (Please note this program is still in creation, check back for confirmation) Open to the public Past EventsJoin a night of story telling as Meghan shares about her years spent learning from the KomaniSan Bushmen of the Kalahari- Come join Caitlin Williams and me for four days of tracking the marshes, wetlands and coastal beaches of South Carolina this November. Save the date and more details will be coming soon.
Sept 18th, 2023- 6-8:00 pm Open to the public BEAR SAFARI FUNDRAISER
Come support your bear neighbors and the North Bay Bear Collaborative through this unique fundraising event. We will meet in the morning at Pepperwood Preserve and begin with a short slide show and chat about the North Bay's local bears. From there we will head out on the land to enter the lands black bears call home. During this time we will learn their track and sign: tracks, feeding sign, scat, beds, bear marking trees, and more. To end this great day, we will head back to Peppwerwood's Dwight Center for a local and wild foraged meal. For more information, please reach out to Meghan here. September 17th, 2023 Open to the public Bears at the Barracks- NBBC AND California State Parks
Come support your bear neighbors and the North Bay Bear Collaborative in the town of Sonoma, where we will be sharing stories and chatting about how to live with black bears. The talk will be held in the Barracks AV room at Sonoma State Historic Park in Sonoma: 36 East Spain Street. Admission is $10.00 for adults, and free for 17 and under. Proceeds benefit the North Bay Bear Collaborative. Note: Seating is limited. Contact California State Park Interpretive Specialist: Dave Duplantier at 707.938-9550 or david.duplantier@parks.ca.gov with any questions about the program. September 14th, 2023- 7:00pm Open to the public Volunteer Training for Black Bear DNA Project- North Bay Bear Collaborative (NBBC)
During this training you will learn protocols to collect bear scat and hair for DNA analysis. The training is free and will be three hours. Times still TBD. If you are interested please reach out to Meghan here. July 29th, 2023 at Sugarloaf State Park, Sonoma County (Time TBD) Open to the public Renewing Kinship- Come join us for five days of wildlife tracking, riding trails on horseback, diving into the natural history of Western Montana, and learning to read your internal and external landscapes.
May 31st- June 5th, 2023 Open to the public Wildlife Tracking class at UC Hopland Research and Extension Center
May 13th and 14th, 2023 Open to the public Wildlife Tracking at Wildlake Dunn Preserve with Land Trust of Napa County
April 22nd, 2023 Open to the public Wildlife Tracking for Vilda Nature Staff and public in Fairfax, Marin County
April 1st, 2023 Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Watershed Ecology and Resources- NRM 86
March 28th - May 23rd 2023 Open to the public Tracking Black Bears with Matt Nelson and Meghan Walla-Murphy
Meghan and Matt are teaming up on the fly to offer two days of tracking black bears in Sonoma County. We don't have many details yet, but if you are interested, please reach out to Meghan here. March 14th and 15th, 2023 Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Intro to Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation- NRM 84
February 23- May 26th, 2023 Open to the public North Bay Bear Collaborative partnering with CIMCC and Regional Parks to work with Tribal Youth
In this program, youth will learn about bears and wildlife conservation while learning from tribal members and elders about how bears are deeply intertwined with culture and food. January 20- March 26th, 2022 Closed to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Intro to Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation- NRM 84
February 10- May 26th, 2022 Open to the public University of California Naturalist Certification Program w/Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
Feb 17th - April 21st, 2022 Open to the public Wildlife Tracking at Wildlake Dunn Preserve with Land Trust of Napa County
April 2nd, 2022 Open to the public Appreciation Dinner for Volunteers, Members, and Supporters of NBBC
April 8th, 2022 Open to NBBC volunteers, members and supporters Black Bears in the North Bay- A Webinar for Sonoma State University Biology Colloquim
April 11th, 2022- 12:00 pm Pacific Time Open to the public Bear Wisdom- A retreat to learn from the bears about our external and internal landscapes
(2 spots left!) May 24th-28th, 2022 Open to the public Being with Bears: Re-membering bear culture in the North Bay. A webinar with Audubon Canyon Ranch
April 20th, 2021 Open to the public Black Bear Training for Sonoma County Regional Parks
March 9th, 2021 Field Days TBD Closed to the public Observing our landscapes. How Tracking can assist in education, outreach and social justice challenges-
Staff training for Shakti Rising March 12th and 19th, 2021 Closed to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Watershed Ecology and Restoration- NRM 88
August 18- December 15, 2020 Open to the public Black Bear DNA Project- North Bay Bear Collaborative
CANCELLED DUE TO FIRES- Sadly we have had to put this project on pause until 2021. But for more information or to volunteer for our collaborative please check out our website- www.beingwithbears.org August- October, 2020 Open to the public Sonoma State University Webinar- Center for Environmental Inquiry
The Art and Science of Wildlife Tracking October 8th, 2020, 2:00pm PST Open to the public LandPaths TrekSonoma- Wild Tending and Foraging 3 day workshop
October 23-25th, 2020 Open to the public Pepperwood Preserve- Learning to See Your Landscape
Oct 29th, Nov 5th, Nov 12th, Nov 19th, 2020 Open to the public Seeing Bear, Fish, and Water from Beaver's Perspective- A Three Day Tracking Workshop
Let's learn about the amazing behavior of Beaver in their Sierra, South Lake Tahoe, and Alpine County habitats. By becoming more familiar with beaver, we will track and learn about their relationships with water, bear, and fish. ALL life needs water, so imagine what surprises we will encounter in high mountain country meadows, forests and riparian areas. Be aware there may be walking up to 6 miles and in elevations up to 7-8,000 feet. Dates: Oct 29-Nov 1st, 2020 Cost: $250 Open to the public- For more details and questions please contact Meghan Walla-Murphy or email Lydia Schindler at lschin3@yahoo.com (Lydia is responsible for all registration fess and lodging.) Santa Rosa Junior College- Intro to Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation-NRM 84
February 19th- May 23rd, 2020 Open to the public University of California Naturalist Certification Program w/Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
Feb 23rd - April 21st, 2020 Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Watershed Resource Management and Monitoring- NRM 86
March 10th- May 19th, 2020 Open to the public Western Women's Tracking Conference- Snow Tracking- registration opening soon
March 6-9th, 2020 Open to the public Napa County Youth Training on Tracking and Wildlife Conservation
May 9th, 2020 Closed to the public Western Women's Tracking Conference- 2019- Stewart' s Point, CA
August 1st-4th, 2019 Open to the public Kalahari Tracking Retreat- I will be learning from the San in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and then I will continue to get schooled as I visit the Tracker Academy in Tswalu as a guest and lecturer.
August 7th-September 4th, 2019 Not Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Watershed Ecology and Restoration- NRM 88
August 20th - Dec 17th, 2019 Open to the public Point Reyes National Seashore Tracking Weekend- CANCELLED DUE TO MEDICAL SABBATICAL MEGHAN WILL BE TAKING
Sept 6-8th, 2019 Open to the public Hopland UC Research and Extension Center- Wildlife Overnight Tracking Class
October 19th & 20th, 2019 Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College- Wildlife Conservation- NRM 84
January 16th - May 22nd, 2019 Open to the public The Art and Science of Wildlife Tracking- Learning to See Beautifully
The Foster Museum- Palo Alto January 22nd, 2019 Open to the public East Bay Tracking Series- Reading the Stories of Wildcat Canyon
January 28th, 2019 Not Open to the public- but if you are interested please contact Meghan directly University of California Naturalist Certification Program w/Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
Feb 21st - April 18th, 2019 Open to the public Wildlife Tracking: Seeing Patterns on a Landscape w/ Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
March 16th, 2019 Open to the public UC California Naturalist Tracking Class- Hopland Research and Extension Center
April 6th, 2019 Closed to the public Where the Wild Things Are: Animal Tracking and Reading the Signs of a Landscape
April 20th and 21st, 2019 Open to the public Fire, Pathways and the Buckeye Crew
Due to November Paradise/Camp Fire, Buckeye will look a bit differently this year, but we are hoping to tend the land and reciprocate back to the waters, soils, critters, fungus, and plants that have taught us so much. Please stay tuned for how this year's gathering will manifest... May 8 - 14th, 2019 Pt. Reyes National Seashore - Track and Sign Workshop
September 2nd, 2018 Open to the public Western Women's Tracking Conference September 6th-9t, 2018 Open to the public The Bear Necessities- Learning about bears in the North Bay
Napa RCD, Napa Library 7pm September 12th, 2018 Open to the public The Bear Necessities- Learning about bears in the North Bay
West County Herb, 7pm September 20th, 2018 Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College and LandPaths TrekSonoma
September 21-23rd, 2018 Not open to the public Trailing Cuyama Valley with Matt Nelson and Meghan Walla-Murphy
September 27th-30th 2018 Open to the public Tracking evaluator and hunter Matt Nelson and I will be offering a last-minute pop-up trailing class in the high desert of Cuyama, CA at Quail Springs Permaculture Retreat Center. From Thursday, September 27th thru Sunday September 30th, we will learn the art of trailing an animal as it moves through its daily routines. Deer, cougar, black bear, coyote, and all the little creatures of the desert provide ample learning opportunities as we explore the Dick Smith Wilderness, Chumash Wilderness and the Los Padres National Forest. Quail Springs offers a rustic, private, and secluded canyon for us to camp in, while providing nutritious, local and organic breakfasts and dinners. Participants will provide their own lunches and camping gear. We are looking for a minimum of 5 and a max of 8 people to join us for this adventure! Cost: $512.00 per person For registration contact Meghan Wildlife Tracking Class at UC Hopland Research and Extension Center
October 13-14th, 2018 Open to the public Tracking the Inner and Outer Landscapes: Big Sur Tracking Campout with Wildtender
October 19-21st, 2018 Open to the public Bear Aware - Understanding the Bear Necessities (a presentation at the Laguna Foundation)
March 8th, 7:00-8:30pm Open to the public Snow Tracking in South Lake Tahoe
March 2nd - 4th, 2018 Not open to the public University of California Naturalist Certification Program w/Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
Feb 11th - April 17th, 2018 Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College - Natural Resource Management Class: Wildlife Conservation, NRM 84
January 17th - May 23rd, 2018 Open to the public Santa Rosa Junior College - Wildlife Conservation (NRM 84)
Spring Semester 2018 (Dates still to be settled SRJC) Open to the public Natural Resource Management Class: Watershed Restoration - NRM 88
Santa Rosa Junior College August 22nd - December 19th, 2017 Open to the public - Class is full Russian River Deep Paddle with LandPaths' TrekSonoma
Forestville, CA October 7th - 9th, 2017 Open to the public Tracking Autumn and the Deer Rut
Bodega Dunes State Beach and Campground September 21st - 24th Open to the public Women's Herbal Symposium
Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA September 1st - 4th, 2017 Open to public - women and children only space 2nd Annual Four Corners Earth Skills Gathering
EarthStar Retreat Center in Norwood, CO August 6th - 12th, 2017 Open to the public UC Hopland Research and Extension Center - Wildlife and Tracking Workshop
April 22nd, 2017 Not open to the public Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods Tracking Workshop - Bodega Dunes
April 15th, 2017 Open to the public Napa Land Trust - Overnight Tracking Workshop
(more details coming soon) April 8th-9th, 2017 Open to the public University of California Naturalist Certification Program, Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
February 12th - April 12th, 2017 Open to the public - class full Santa Rosa Junior College - Natural Resource Management Class: Wildlife Conservation
Jan 18th - April 12th, 2017 Open to the public - class full Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods Tracking; Seeing Patterns on a Landscape
Bodega Dunes, CA June 12th, 2016 Open to the public Wild in the Wilderness Teacher Training Point Reyes National Seashore Association May 26th & 27th, 2016 Not open to the public Fundamentals of Animal Track and Sign Emerald Earth, Booneville, CA May 22nd, 2016 Open to the public Tracking and Wildlife at UC Hopland Reserve Hopland, CA May 21st, 2016 Not open to the public Bird Language Seminar Oakland, CA May 14th - 15th, 2016 Open to the public Buckeye Gathering - Instructor Lake Concow Campground, Butte County, CA May 1st-8th, 2016 Open to the public Fundamentals of Animal Tracking - Seeing Patterns on a Landscape Land Trust of Napa County April 16th Open to the public Wild in the Wilderness Teacher Training Point Reyes National Seashore Association April 7th/8th, 2016 Not open to the public UC California Naturalist Certification Program Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods March 29th-May 24th Open to the public Wildlife Conservation (NRM 84) Santa Rosa Junior College March 28th-June 1st, 2016 Open to the public - Registration closed TrekSonoma - Inspired Forward Trek from Bohemia Ecological Preserve to the Sea March 21st-24th, 2016 Not open to the public Landpaths' TrekSonoma Staff Training Bohemia Ecological Preserve; Occidental, CA March 7th-8th, 2016 Not open to the public Western Women's Tracking Conference - A Gathering of Women Trackers, Herbalists and Artists Sagehen Creek UC Preserve, Truckee, CA January 15th-18th, 2016 Open to the public Alliance Redwoods Naturalist Staff Training, Occidental, CA January 11th-12th, 2016 Not open to the public Snow Tracking in Jasper National Park Jasper, Alberta, Canada January 5th-9th, 2016 Open to the public Weekend Bird Language and Animal Tracking Class Pepperwood Preserve | Santa Rosa, CA November 7th-8th, 2015 Open to the public California Master Naturalist Certification University of California, Guerneville, CA Sept 30th - Nov 18th, 2015 (1-2 evenings/week, plus weekend field classes) Open to the public Russian River Landscape Connectivity and Kayaking Trip Trek Sonoma - LandPaths October 16th-18th, 2015 Open to the public Gaia Girls Summer Retreat | Gaia Girls Passages: Thriving Girls Become Whole Women Santa Cruz, CA August 4th - 9th Open to the public Introduction to Environmental Conservation Santa Rosa Junior College | Shone Farm Campus, Forestville, CA July 6th - July 23rd, 2015 (M,T,W Th, 9am-1pm) August 20th - December 17th, 2015 (Th, 2-5pm) Open to the public Aspen/Forest Ecology Data Collection with the PhD Candidate Trent Seager High Lonesome Ranch, CO June 10th - 25th Not open to the public The Buckeye Gathering April 25th - May 2nd, 2015 Open to the public Pepperwood Preserve March 28th, 2015 Open to the public 2015 One-Day Tracking Program - Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods March 14th, 2015 Open to the public UC California Naturalist Training Program With Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods February 24th - April 21st, 2015 Open to the public Wildlife Conservation Class at the Santa Rosa Junior College - NRM 12 Spring Semester, 2015 Open to the public Snow Tracking with Sagehen Creek UC Field Station January 9th - 11th, 2015 Open to the public 2015 Advanced Docent Training at Bouverie Preserve January 7th, 2015 Not open to the public UC Californian Naturalist Conference October 17th - 19th, 2014 Western Women's Tracking Conference October 2nd - 5th, 2014 Pepperwood Preserve: Animal Tracking and Bird Language September 14th, 2014 Women's Herbal Symposium August 29th - September 1, 2014 Santa Rosa Junior College | NRM 12: Introduction to Environmental Conservation July 7th - July 24th, 2014 | M-Th, 9am - 1pm A 3-week intensive class for a full-semester of credit UC California Naturalist Program with Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods May 6th - June 10th, 2014 | Six week program, 2 nights per week Hopland Research Station Naturalist Class May 10th, 2014 The Buckeye Gathering April 27th - May 3rd, 2014 Tracking and Trailing with South Africans, Cuyama March 28th - April 2nd, 2014 Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods - Tracking Class February 22nd, 2014 Santa Rosa High School - Field data collection, Armstrong February 13th and 20th, 2014 The Wildlife Society Citizen Science Conference, Reno, NV January 29th - 31st, 2014 Landpaths - Wildlife Camera Citizen Science Field Training January 25th, 2014 |