Park Events
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
Winter Special Events:
Celebrating Life on the Edge
© Galen Leeds
Winter is a wonderful
time to visit Point Reyes
National Seashore.
Join us as we celebrate
our winter wildlife and
maritime heritage!
Winter Special Events:
Celebrating Life on the Edge
January 16 – 24, 2010
SATURDAY, January 16
*9:00 am – 4:00 pm, PRNSA Field Seminar,
Drawing Nature’s Contours with Joan Hoffmann
SUNDAY, January 17
1:30 pm, Gray whale
interpretive talk & viewing
at Point Reyes Lighthouse
with rangers
MONDAY, January 18
*11:00 am - 3:00 pm,
Naturalist led kayak tour
of Giacomini Wetlands,
Blue Waters Kayak
4:00 pm, Slideshow on
marine protected areas
and film: A Sheltered Sea
(23 min) at Bear Valley Visitor Center
TUESDAY, January 19
11:00 am, Films: Acid Test (15 min)
and Our Synthetic Sea (22 min) at Bear
Valley Visitor Center
2:00 pm, Volunteer Event: Beach
Cleanup at Drakes Beach
*5:00 pm, Plate of
Brass historical
controversy talk with
Edward Von der
Porten and Dinner at
Drakes Beach Café
WEDNESDAY, January 20
11:00 am, Slideshow on the history of the Point Reyes
Peninsula with historic photos at Bear Valley Visitor Center
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm, Maritime Radio Historical Society open
house at North District Operations Center
7:30 pm, Talk on
using underwater
technology to
explore Cordell Bank
National Marine
Sanctuary at the Red
Barn Classroom;
coffee and dessert
provided
THURSDAY, January 21
1:00 pm, Talk by Ralph Shanks
on Life-Saving Service at
Historic Lifeboat Station
2:00 pm, Field trip, guided walk
by marine mammal biologist to
Elephant Seal viewing sites at
Chimney Rock
*6:00 pm, David McGuire’s
shark films and discussion
with dinner at the Farm
House Restaurant
FRIDAY, January 22
9:30 am – 2:30 pm, Hike to
Abbotts Lagoon & Habitat
Restoration. RSVP to Theo
Michaels, 415-464-5223,
theo_michaels@partner.nps.gov
3:30 – 5:00 pm, Talk and Film,
Setting aside the Marin coast:
Amy Meyer, conservationist & Nancy Ke