Community Calendar

"This is a life-changing course. It helped me move from … paralysis to empowerment and to action.” Thus commented a recent graduate of SOCAN’s Master Climate Protector course. Declining snowpack and summer rainfall, ongoing western drought, increasing wildfire risk. Are these dastardly Halloween tricks from Mother Nature or are we the culprit? If you would like to connect the dots, consider registering for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s Master Climate Protector course. The seventh annual offering will start on Wednesday, February 9th 2022 and run weekly for ten three-hour sessions from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Since it will be offered via ZOOM, registrants can join from anywhere on the globe but those in the western US will find it particularly relevant. Registration/Information: https://socanmcp.eco or contact Ellie; ellie@socan.eco.

Fire-Adapted Forests Workshop/Collins Forestry Field Day Series Oregon State University Extension is conducting a series of hands-on field days at the Collins Demonstration Forest near Gold Hill to spread knowledge and skills needed to create and maintain healthy forests. The first workshop, scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 27 will focus on fire-adapted forests. Participants will receive guided practice from local experts in tree health assessment, thinning methods, pruning, and pile burning. The workshop is well-suited to woodland owners, students, and other members of the public who are interested in forest stewardship and are looking for a fun, active, insightful day in the woods. The workshop is scheduled for 1-4 p.m. The cost is $10/person, and preregistration is required. The registration deadline is Jan. 24. Collins Forest Field Days that will be offered throughout the winter and spring. Upcoming field days include: • Fire-Adapted Forests (Feb. 12, repeat of Jan 27. Workshop) • Tree Planting (Feb. 24) • Forest Health Field Day (April 7) • Native Plants in the Woods: Trees & Shrubs (April 29) • Native Plants in the Woods: Wildflowers & Grasses (May 20) For more information about all of the Collins Forest Field Days, visit https://beav.es/UH6, or call the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center at 541-776-7371. About OSU Extension: The Oregon State University Extension Service shares research-based knowledge with people and communities in Oregon’s 36 counties. OSU Extension addresses issues that matter to urban and rural Oregonians. OSU Extension’s partnerships and programs contribute to a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future for Oregon.

"This is a life-changing course. It helped me move from … paralysis to empowerment and to action.” Thus commented a recent graduate of SOCAN’s Master Climate Protector course. Declining snowpack and summer rainfall, ongoing western drought, increasing wildfire risk. Are these dastardly Halloween tricks from Mother Nature or are we the culprit? If you would like to connect the dots, consider registering for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s Master Climate Protector course. The seventh annual offering will start on Wednesday, February 9th 2022 and run weekly for ten three-hour sessions from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Since it will be offered via ZOOM, registrants can join from anywhere on the globe but those in the western US will find it particularly relevant. Registration/Information: https://socanmcp.eco or contact Ellie; ellie@socan.eco.

Learn about community-based strategies, beaver-based solutions, and native food plants utilized at the Vesper Meadow Restoration Preserve and how they can be applied to lands across the region. A local movement for native habitat restoration has started in Southwest Oregon, led by a new wave of conservation organizations, forward-thinking landowners, and Tribal partnerships. Now, after 200 years of land use mis-management, this work is critical to address the widespread impacts of climate changes on our shared landscape, natural resources, and water supply. Jeanine Moy will discuss ongoing projects with the Southwest Oregon Indigenous Gardens Network, local endangered species habitat restoration and monitoring, and examples of local edible and medicinal native plants that anyone can grow in their yard. Founder and Director of the Vesper Meadow Education Program, Jeanine Moy draws on a diverse background as a naturalist, educator, creative, activist, and backcountry adventurer. She has devoted the last two decades to the study of natural ecosystems and serving as an educator. She graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Applied Ecology, and from Southern Oregon University with a M.S. in Environmental Education. Her range of experiences include managing an agroforestry research and demonstration site in upstate New York, conducting plant field studies in the greater Yellowstone region, guiding rock climbing in Colorado, and teaching outdoor science to youth in Oregon.

"This is a life-changing course. It helped me move from … paralysis to empowerment and to action.” Thus commented a recent graduate of SOCAN’s Master Climate Protector course. Declining snowpack and summer rainfall, ongoing western drought, increasing wildfire risk. Are these dastardly Halloween tricks from Mother Nature or are we the culprit? If you would like to connect the dots, consider registering for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s Master Climate Protector course. The seventh annual offering will start on Wednesday, February 9th 2022 and run weekly for ten three-hour sessions from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Since it will be offered via ZOOM, registrants can join from anywhere on the globe but those in the western US will find it particularly relevant. Registration/Information: https://socanmcp.eco or contact Ellie; ellie@socan.eco.

"This is a life-changing course. It helped me move from … paralysis to empowerment and to action.” Thus commented a recent graduate of SOCAN’s Master Climate Protector course. Declining snowpack and summer rainfall, ongoing western drought, increasing wildfire risk. Are these dastardly Halloween tricks from Mother Nature or are we the culprit? If you would like to connect the dots, consider registering for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s Master Climate Protector course. The seventh annual offering will start on Wednesday, February 9th 2022 and run weekly for ten three-hour sessions from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Since it will be offered via ZOOM, registrants can join from anywhere on the globe but those in the western US will find it particularly relevant. Registration/Information: https://socanmcp.eco or contact Ellie; ellie@socan.eco.

"This is a life-changing course. It helped me move from … paralysis to empowerment and to action.” Thus commented a recent graduate of SOCAN’s Master Climate Protector course. Declining snowpack and summer rainfall, ongoing western drought, increasing wildfire risk. Are these dastardly Halloween tricks from Mother Nature or are we the culprit? If you would like to connect the dots, consider registering for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s Master Climate Protector course. The seventh annual offering will start on Wednesday, February 9th 2022 and run weekly for ten three-hour sessions from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Since it will be offered via ZOOM, registrants can join from anywhere on the globe but those in the western US will find it particularly relevant. Registration/Information: https://socanmcp.eco or contact Ellie; ellie@socan.eco.

"This is a life-changing course. It helped me move from … paralysis to empowerment and to action.” Thus commented a recent graduate of SOCAN’s Master Climate Protector course. Declining snowpack and summer rainfall, ongoing western drought, increasing wildfire risk. Are these dastardly Halloween tricks from Mother Nature or are we the culprit? If you would like to connect the dots, consider registering for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s Master Climate Protector course. The seventh annual offering will start on Wednesday, February 9th 2022 and run weekly for ten three-hour sessions from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Since it will be offered via ZOOM, registrants can join from anywhere on the globe but those in the western US will find it particularly relevant. Registration/Information: https://socanmcp.eco or contact Ellie; ellie@socan.eco.

"This is a life-changing course. It helped me move from … paralysis to empowerment and to action.” Thus commented a recent graduate of SOCAN’s Master Climate Protector course. Declining snowpack and summer rainfall, ongoing western drought, increasing wildfire risk. Are these dastardly Halloween tricks from Mother Nature or are we the culprit? If you would like to connect the dots, consider registering for Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s Master Climate Protector course. The seventh annual offering will start on Wednesday, February 9th 2022 and run weekly for ten three-hour sessions from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Since it will be offered via ZOOM, registrants can join from anywhere on the globe but those in the western US will find it particularly relevant. Registration/Information: https://socanmcp.eco or contact Ellie; ellie@socan.eco.

Bestselling “Letting Go” author Guy Finley will speak on The Wisdom to Let Go and Outgrow Negative Reactions via livestream on Sunday, January 30 at 9:30 am. Pre-register at www.guyfinley.org/webinar. Finley says this talk will focus on the origin of negative reactions and why they are not the power we think they are. With this new understanding, when unwanted moments give rise to negative reactions, we can deal with them in a productive way and learn powerful methods to become free of their false authority. Guy Finley is an internationally renowned spiritual teacher and author of The Secret of Letting Go and 45 other books and audio programs that have sold over 2 million copies in 26 languages He is the Founder and Director of Life of Learning Foundation, a nonprofit center for spiritual discovery located in Merlin, Oregon. For more information about Guy and his classes visit www.guyfinley.org.