Upcoming Classes, Workshops and Events
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 Past Events
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 |