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May 6, 2020 by Backcountry Press Leave a Comment

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3:00 pm – 12:00 pm, October 7, 2022 – October 9, 2022 – Weekend on the Smith River
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm, October 12, 2022 – Plant Communities of the Klamath Mountains
9:00 am – 10:00 am, October 24, 2022 – Garwood and Kauffmann on the Jefferson Exchange
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm, October 26, 2022 – Science on Tap - The Klamath Mountains

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Trivia Challenge: Wildflowers of the Klamath Mountains

Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 19:11 | Recorded on July 8, 2022

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NATURE NERD RETREAT + a Work Trade Opportunity for

NATURE NERD RETREAT + a Work Trade Opportunity for a Photo and Audio-savvy person!

YOU’RE INVITED.
We have a retreat planned for Oct. 7-9 at a 175 acre haven along northern California's Wild & Scenic South Fork of the Smith River (there may be some debate here, but this is perhaps the most beautiful river in the world) with many of the Co-authors of our new book "The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History."

🤩 This amazing collection of regional experts (including Michael Kauffmann and Justin Garwood, the book's lead editors) will be guiding hikes into the spectacular and storied Siskiyou Wilderness and offering up evening interpretive programs on Geology, Mammals, Plant Communities, River Ecology, Reptiles & Amphibians, Climate, and (fingers-crossed that it works with scheduling) Condors!

(This really is an exceedingly rare occurrence of so much Klamath Mountains Nature Nerding convening in one beautiful location.)

📸 We are in need of someone to document the weekend through photography, videography, and audio recording. Would you like to join us in exchange for taking pictures and videos? Let's chat!

⛺️ We do have a few spots left if you'd like to join the retreat as a participant. You arrive with your camping gear — and all your super delish meals and hardcover copy of the new book are included! Send us a DM for all the details.

#klamathmountains #smithriver #naturenerd #retreat #delnortecounty #delnorte #humboldt #humboldtcounty #southernoregon #northerncalifornia #californianativeplants #rareplants #carnivorousplants #darlingtonia #serpentine #wildandscenic #conifers

Perhaps my favorite collab to date is complete! A

Perhaps my favorite collab to date is complete!

A sign to discourage illegal dumping along a spectacular mountain road (Wildcat Mountain Rd. to be specific) created by our 10 yr old son Sylas and I has just been installed by #humboldtcounty Public Works!

Look for it next time you drive out to the #lostcoast. Hopefully it will last for years and those looking for a target practice subject will appreciate the kid artwork and go easy.

#ourforestisnotadumpster

#kidart #watercolor #petrolia #ferndale #sitkaspruce #flyingsquirrel #californianativeplants

📖 Here's a snippet about Mosses from Chapter 7

📖 Here's a snippet about Mosses from Chapter 7 of “The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History” on Cryptogams.

An astounding diversity of terrestrial cryptogams exists in the Klamath Mountains—
represented by mosses, liverworts, lichens, ferns, forest mushrooms, and algae.

Half of the 600+ mosses found in California are known from the Klamath Mountains.

Like the vascular flora, the moss diversity is also associated with the Klamath Mountains’ diverse geology, climate, topography, and plant communities.

👀 Isn’t this a cool photo? Moss producing oxygen captured by Ken DeCamp (author of Wildflowers of CA’s Klamath Mountains).

📘 Keep on reading about mosses and so much more in our new book! Pick yours up at backcountrypress.com or from your favorite bookstore around the region.

#klamathmountains #biodiversity #moss #cryptogams #bryophyte #californianativeplants #northerncalifornia #southernoregon #naturenerd #humboldt #humboldtcounty #arcata #eurekaca #trinitycounty #delnortecounty #shastacounty #siskiyoucounty #ashland

They’re here!!!
We’re elated. And relieved 😅

📬 Many thanks to all who supported this project by preordering your copy, which is probably in your mailbox right now! (Preorder sale ends today, 9/1, at backcountrypress.com)

Crafting this book was a monumental effort and represents the collaboration and contributions of so many fine folks. Experts in all aspects of the region’s natural history came together and are the first to tell the entire story—one where Traditional Ecology Knowledge crosses roots with Western Science.

To all who contributed: Thank you for your love, support, and generous sharing of your expertise over the last decade so that we may all better understand what makes the Klamath Mountains such a special region—so that we may in turn be better stewards.

🙏🥳🙌

#klamathmountains #independentpublishing

#biodiversity #trinitycounty #northerncalifornia #southernoregon #calpolyhumboldt #humboldtcounty #humboldt #delnortecounty #siskiyoucounty #josephinecounty #shastacounty #ashlandoregon #ashland #trinityalps #applegatevalley #grantspass #cavejunction #weavervilleca #reddingcalifornia #mtshasta #mtashland #yreka #medford @eurekabooks @northtownbooks @booklegger_eureka @calpolyhumboldtbiology @northwestnatureshop @tammiesbookstrinity @salmonriveroutpost @eurekanaturalfoods @northcoastcnps @northcoastcoop

📖 Listen to a snippet from Chapter 7 | Fire Eco

📖 Listen to a snippet from Chapter 7 | Fire Ecology in our new book “The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History” (🎉), written by @humboldtpolytechnic professor Jeff Kane @jefekane.

This excerpt is about how fire creates important habitat for animals such as salmonids and fishers.

📚 Want to read more? Order your book directly from the publisher at backcountrypress.com or find it at your favorite #northerncalifornia or #southernoregon bookstore by next week!

#fireecology #klamathmountains #rxburn #biodiversity #trinitycounty #humboldtcounty #humboldt #delnortecounty #siskiyoucounty #josephinecounty #shastacounty #ashlandoregon #ashland #trinityalps #applegatevalley #grantspass #cavejunction #weavervilleca #reddingcalifornia #mtshasta #mtashland #wildlifebiology

📖 An excerpt from Chapter 5 | Mountains of Wate

📖 An excerpt from Chapter 5 | Mountains of Water, by Tim Palmer and Justin Garwood, from The Klamath Mountains: A Natural History.

In a region of superlatives, this one is pretty darn special:

“Water in the Klamath Mountains creates a network of streams and rivers of extraordinary importance and natural wealth unlike any other in America.

From the Rogue River in the north to the Trinity River in the south, this suite of waterways is one of the premier assemblages of relatively undeveloped rivers nationwide.

Most of these have been designated in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System for a continuous north–south expanse of 260 miles (418 km)—the greatest such length anywhere.”

#mountainsofwater #klamathmountains #limnology #water #rivers #wildandscenic #naturalhistory #rogueriver #klamathriver #trinityriver #smithriver #chetcoriver #sacramentoriver #salmonriver #northerncalifornia #southernoregon #pnwonderland

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