Meghan Walla-Murphy
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One Outcome of the Great Covid Pause is that I have begun mentoring individuals from across California and the country to further their tracking, plant medicine and natural history skills. Each mentorship 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 in 2025

North Bay Bear Collaborative partnering with CIMCC on a Tribal Youth Bear Project
January 2025-December 2025
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n 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-December, 2025
Closed to the public
Butaqa- Kashia Pomo Tribal Youth Bear Project
January-December 2025
Closed to the public
Santa Rosa Junior College- Intro to Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation- NRM 84
January 16th-May 22nd, 2025
Open to the public
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!
University of California Naturalist Certification Program hosted by Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
January 17th- January 26th, 2025
Open to the public
University of California Naturalist Certification Program w/Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods
February 18th-April 23rd, 2025
Open to the public
Sea Otter Workshop XIV
March 20th-23rd, 2025 at the Seattle Aquarium
Open to the public
Buckeye Gathering
April 27th- May 5th, 2025
Open to the public
Women Tracking Conference
Stay tuned for opportunities to track in South Africa in July and August, 2025!
Open to the public

Past Events

Private instruction in Yellowstone National Park and Surrounding Ecosystems
March 15-21st, 2024
Closed 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
Lecture and Discussion with M. Kat Anderson at Santa Rosa Junior College
I will be hosting Kat Anderson as she discusses her journey with Tending of the Wild and her upcoming interests.
May 2nd,  9am-12pm, 2024
Attendance by request as space is limited, please email me if you are interested.
Wildlife Tracking at Wildlake Dunn Preserve with Land Trust of Napa County
May 5th, 2024
Open to the public
Working with Nikki Hill, Grow with Trees and Liberty Utility Company to steward healthy habitats for wildlife in the Tahoe Basin
June 10-14th, 2024
Closed to the public
Spirit Weavers Gathering
June 20-24th, 2024
Open to the public
Being with Bears: A Deep Dive into Tracking Bear Behavior, Culture, and Sign
SFSU
, Sierra Nevada Field Campus
July 26-28th, 2024
Open to the public
Renewing Kinship, Nature's Path to Self Discovery
Join Meghan  and Koelle for 5 nights in remote Centennial Valley, Montana. Through tracking wildlife across a simultaneously rugged and gentle landscape, we will learn how to build relationships with both the non-human world and ourselves.
August 7-12th, 2024
Open to the public
Wildlife Tracking Class at Pepperwood Preserve
December 2nd, 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
Join 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
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
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
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
May 24th-28th, 2022
Open to the public
Black Bear Training for Sonoma County Regional Parks
March 9th, 2021     Field Days TBD
Closed 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
Women's Herbal Symposium
Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA
September 1st - 4th, 2017
Open to public - women and children only space
20th Annual Coho Confab
​Mattole Grange in Petrolia, CA
August 24th - 26th, 2017
Open to the public
2nd Annual Four Corners Earth Skills Gathering
EarthStar Retreat Center in Norwood, CO
August 6th - 12th, 2017
Open to the public
Women's Tracking Conference,  Cuyama Valley
May 18th - May 21st, 2017
Open to the public
The Buckeye Gathering
April 30th - May 6th, 2017
May 10th - 16th, 2017
Open to the public
Pt. Reyes National Seashore - Learning on the Land
​April 26th - 28th, 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
Pt. Reyes National Seashore - Tracking Workshop
March 26th, 2017
Open to the public
Russian River Confluence
March 24th, 2017
Open to the public
Trek Sonoma and Inspired Forward with LandPaths
March 20th - 23rd, 2017
Not 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
LandPaths Staff Training
February 13th, 2017
Not open to the public
Pt. Reyes National Seashore - Learning on the Land
Feb 2nd - 5th, 2017
Open to the public 
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
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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

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​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
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