2018 Rainforest Festival
Schedule
Monday, September 3
Rainforest Run Half-marathon
13.1m walk (8am) or run (9am), call 518-4334 for details
Wednesday September 5 & Thursday September 6
12:00-4:30 Fungi Table – stop by to talk to a mycologist about local fungi
Forest Service Office downtown
Thursday, September 6
12:05 -12:55 Lunch Brown Bag Talk: Salmon Habitat in Rainforest Streams and Rivers
with Julianne Thompson, USFS Hydrologist
Public Library Community Room
3:30–4:30 Kids event: Fun with Fungi
Karen Dillman and Ron Hamill, US Forest Service
Forest Service Office downtown
7:00–9:00 Keynote Talk: “Why are salmon shrinking and what does it mean?”
Megan McPhee, UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
Keynote Film: Salmon Forest
The Salmon Forest is a 30 min documentary that explores the connection between wild
salmon and life in the Tongass. Film by The Sitka Conservation Society in collaboration with
the Tongass National Forest. Produced by Ben Hamilton
Wright Auditorium
Friday, September 7
SOLD OUT Field Trip: Stikine River with mycologist Ron Hamill
$140, Pre-register by August 31 at the Marine Advisory Office
Limit 11 Breakaway Adventures
Meet at Banana Point. Boat leaves at 10:00am (returns about 6pm)
10:00–11:30 Field Trip: Man Made Hole Salmon Spawning with Megan McPhee
Meet at the library parking lot at 9:30 to car pool to Man Made Hole
12:05–12:55 Lunch Brown Bag Talk: Salmon Hatcheries in Southeast Alaska
with Steve Reifenstuhl, Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association
Public Library Community Room
2:00-4:00 Field trip: Crystal Lake Hatchery with Loren Thompson, Crystal Lake Hatchery Manager Meet at library at 1:30 to carpool to hatchery
3:30-4:30 Kids’ event: Making Articulated Paper Fish with Christina Sargent & Chris Weiss
Ages 3rd grade and up, limit 15, Pre-registration required,
Registration begins August 24 @ psglib.org
Public Library Community Room
5:00–7:00 Annabelle Baker Memorial Art show “Stream to Sea” reception
Clausen Memorial Museum
Show will run from September 6-20. Regular museum hours M-Sat 10 am – 5 pm
Special festival hours on Sunday, September 9, 1-5pm
Saturday, September 8
SOLD OUT Field Trip: Thomas Bay, including Cascade Creek and Baird Glacier
Focus on mycology and botany with Ron Hamill
$140, Pre-register by August 31 at the Marine Advisory Office
limit 10 Skippers Scott Hursey and Dan O'Neil
Meet at Harbor Master office at 7:45 am
CANCELLED Workshop: Smoking and Preserving Your Salmon by Co-operative Extension Service (CES)
$40, pre-registration at the Petersburg Indian Association. Pre-payment required. Limit 20
John Hansen Sr. Community Hall (ANB/ANS Hall)
11:00-1:00 Kids event: Making Fairy and Troll Houses with Mandy Wood
Kids under age 7 should be accompanied by an adult
Public Library Community Room
12:30-1:30 Lunch Brown Bag Talk: Restoring Watersheds for Healthy Salmon Habitats
with Heath Whitacre, USFS fisheries biologist
Public Library Ruth Sandvik Room
2:00-4:00 Field Trip: Ohmer Creek Watershed Restoration
Meet at library at 1:30 to carpool to Ohmer Creek
2:00-4:00 Workshop: Felt fish ornament or garland with Marilyn Meucci
Ages 15 and up, limit 12. Pre-registration required. $10 supply fee.
Registration begins August 25 @ psglib.org
Public Library Community Room
6:30–9:00 Taste of the Rainforest wild foods dinner
$75/plate, SOLD OUT
limit 48
Sons of Norway Hall
Sunday, September 9
All day Field Trip: Plein air on the Stikine River with Joe Viechnicki
$140 Pre-register by August 31 at the Marine Advisory Office
limit 11 Breakaway Adventures
Meet at Banana Point. Boat leaves at 8:00am.
11:00–5:00 Field Trip: Salmon habitat on Petersburg Creek by kayak
Patrick Fowler, ADF&G fisheries biologist
bring your own kayak or rent one through Parks and Rec
12:00–12:45 Lunch Brown Bag Talk: Fungi of Prince of Wales Island by Ron Hamill, mycologist
Public Library Community Room
1:30-5:30 Workshop: Working with Salmon Skin with Jodie Banks
Ages 15 and up. Class limit 10, and $25 for supplies. Pre-registration required.
Registration begins August 26 @ psglib.org
Public Library Community Room