Recordings of many wonderful virtual presentations have been made during the Covid-19 pandemic. Here are a few of interest to our BWH community that you're free to watch at your convenience. If there's a program you'd like to view that isn't listed here, please email us for the link. May 20, 2020: Climate Resilience for Rural Properties webinar by Carrie Brausieck, Snohomish Conservation District. August 19, 2020: Camano Island’s Sound Habitats: In our Backyards and Beyond by Jerilyn Ritzman, Shore Stewards Coordinator November 18th, 2020: SEPTIC DRAIN FIELD PLANTING IDEAS - Attractive Landscaping Choices for your Septic Tank & Drain Field by Scott Chase, Sound Water Stewards February 17, 2021: Swans of Northwest Washington by Martha Jordan. Email Martha for links to her Snow Goose and Swans of Winter program links.
A wide variety (beavers, residential gardening, rainwater harvesting, sustainable food gardening) of great presentations are available on the Snohomish Conservation District YouTube channel. WSU Extension Forestry Webinars and Online Events (added 9.25.20) http://forestry.wsu.edu/webinars/ include Forest Stewardship Webinars, wildfires, mushroom farming, and more. - “The Secret Life of Beavers” by Ben Goldfarb presented on August 11, 2020 is available at: https://youtu.be/VpxZThhwcVM - "Midway Atoll Annual Albatross Nesting Census" by Jan Loomis on July 14, 2020 is available at: https://youtu.be/eouVPSCXC8Q ***Please note that no distribution or duplication of this video is allowed, and is for personal use only unless express permission is granted by the author, janetteloomis@hotmail.com*** - "Leque Island Estuary Restoration Project" by Loren Brokaw, WDFW on August 14th: https://www.pilchuckaudubon.org/monthly-programs Native Plant Webinars and other Resources from the WA Native Plant SocietyThe
Washington Native Plant Society planned to celebrate April, Native
Plant Appreciation Month, with a long list of special events. Although
the meetings had to be cancelled, the society quickly adapted and
triumphed with a number of Zoom-based webinars that were recorded and
are now available on YouTube. Check out the full list on the WNPS Virtual Events page. Of particular interest to our BWH members may be Gardening with Native Plants by Marcia Rivers Smith, and photographic tours of the wildflowers of the Olympic Peninsula, Mt. Rainier, the Columbia Gorge. Sunnyside Nursery |