http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events.htm This feed provides updates informing subscribers about events at Point Reyes National Seashore. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:05:00 PDT http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_sciencelectures.htm#brownbaglectures http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_sciencelectures.htm#brownbaglectures Please join us for a lunchtime presentation sponsored by the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center. Offered on many Thursdays throughout the year from noon to 12:45 p.m. in the Red Barn Classroom at Point Reyes National Seashore. All are welcome and admission is free. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/indooractivities.htm#sos http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/indooractivities.htm#sos Join a Ranger to get a perspective of planet Earth that once was available only to astronauts. No program offered December 25. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#onshakyground http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#onshakyground Join a ranger for this 1 to 1.5 hour tour along the Earthquake Trail. No program offered December 25. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#kuleloklo http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#kuleloklo Join a ranger for this 1 to 1.5 hour tour to Kule Loklo--a replica Coast Miwok village--for a glimpse of life in pre-European California. No program offered December 25. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#journeyofthewhales http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#journeyofthewhales Join a Ranger to learn about gray whales as they migrate past Point Reyes. Learn about their habits and adaptations, and hope for a whale sighting from the Observation Deck. Program lasts 30 minutes. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#elephantseals http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#elephantseals View elephant seals through binoculars and scopes. Volunteer docents available to answer questions about elephant seals. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#graywhales http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#graywhales View gray whales through binoculars and scopes. Volunteer docents available to answer questions about gray whales. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/indooractivities.htm#redbarnart The San Francisco chapter of the California Art Club presents a selection of juried plein air landscape oil paintings in the Red Barn Classroom weekdays from January 13, 2012, through April 5, 2012, closed holidays. http://www.nps.gov/pore/supportyourpark/volunteer_opportunity_habitatrestoration.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/supportyourpark/volunteer_opportunity_habitatrestoration.htm Help protect and restore endangered plant and wildlife habitat at Abbott's Lagoon, the Lighthouse Bluffs and other high value habitat areas at Point Reyes National Seashore. No workdays in November or December of 2012. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#kulelokloworkday http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#kulelokloworkday Help maintain a recreated village that offers a glimpse of life in pre-European California. http://www.marin.edu/cnps/Volunteer.html http://www.marin.edu/cnps/Volunteer.html Join the "Third Thursday Weeders" to help tackle invasive weeds that threaten important plant habitat in the Point Reyes National Seashore. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#lookintothelens http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#lookintothelens See inside the Point Reyes Lighthouse and discover its history and function with a Park Ranger. No program offered on December 25. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_sciencelectures.htm#brownbaglectures Please join us for a lunchtime presentation sponsored by the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center. Offered on many Thursdays throughout the year from noon to 12:45 p.m. in the Red Barn Classroom at Point Reyes National Seashore. All are welcome and admission is free. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#illuminating http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#illuminating Experience the Point Reyes Lighthouse at sunset as many keepers have over the years. This program is offered on the first and third Saturdays of the month, mid-April through December. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_sciencelectures.htm#brownbaglectures Please join us for a lunchtime presentation sponsored by the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center. Offered on many Thursdays throughout the year from noon to 12:45 p.m. in the Red Barn Classroom at Point Reyes National Seashore. All are welcome and admission is free. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_memorialday.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_memorialday.htm Point Reyes National Seashore will be honoring America’s fallen on Memorial Day at the historic graveyard located at G Ranch. Join the National Park Service and the United States Coast Guard for services at the Historic Life-Saving Cemetery. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#summerdaily http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#summerdaily Come join a Park Ranger to learn more about Point Reyes National Seashore's natural and cultural history. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#tuleelk http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#tuleelk View tule elk through binoculars and scopes. Volunteer docents available to answer questions about tule elk and the elk rut. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_nightofnights.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_nightofnights.htm Night of Nights is an annual event held on July 12 by the Maritime Radio Historical Society to commemorate the history of maritime radio. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_bigtime.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_bigtime.htm Come attend a traditional Native American Trade Festival. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_amateurradioactivation.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_amateurradioactivation.htm Visitors to the Point Reyes Lighthouse are invited to view a temporary radio station from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_sandsculpturecontest.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_sandsculpturecontest.htm Point Reyes National Seashore invites you to the 31st Annual Sand Sculpture Contest at Drakes Beach. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_cacoastalcleanupday.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_cacoastalcleanupday.htm Help clean up the beaches at Point Reyes National Seashore. http://www.nps.gov/pore/supportyourpark/volunteer_opportunity_winterwildlifedocent.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/supportyourpark/volunteer_opportunity_winterwildlifedocent.htm In October and November of 2012, Point Reyes National Seashore will be recruiting and accepting applications for Winter Wildlife Docent Volunteers for the winter of 2012. Docents must attend a 3-day Winter Wildlife Docent training, the dates for which have yet to be determined. Training usually occurs on the third Saturday of November and the second weekend of December. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_holidaysopenhouse_111130.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_holidaysopenhouse_111130.htm You are invited to a Holiday Open House at the Bear Valley Visitor Center. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#seasonal http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/rangerprograms.htm#seasonal Come join a Park Ranger to learn more about Point Reyes National Seashore's natural and cultural history. http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_fungusfair.htm http://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_fungusfair.htm Join the Bay Area Mycological Society for a mushroom walk on Saturday. On Sunday, learn about the fungi gathered by volunteers who are helping to collect, identify and catalog the species of mushrooms at Point Reyes.