Experience Life on Top of the World with the "Queen of Canopy Research"

Renowned forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni. © Courtesy Nalini Nadkarni

Overview:
Discover new connections to trees with forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni, who has spent two decades climbing trees in Costa Rica, Papua New
Guinea, the Amazon, and the Pacific Northwest uncovering animals and plants that live in the tree canopy and never come down.

Learn about Nalini’s ground-breaking research and see her world in the treetops through guided climbs up to a canopy platform.
 
Featured Speaker:
Nalini Nadkarni, Forest Ecologist
A professor at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, Nadkarni is known for using nontraditional pathways to raise awareness of nature’s importance, working with prisoners, artists, dancers, musicians, and even loggers. Her work has been featured in Glamour, National Geographic, on TV, and in a giant-screen film, as well as in traditional science publications. She’s the author of Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connection with Trees, which won the 2009 Spirituality Book of the Year Award.

Event Details:
PRESENTATION
“Our Intimate Connection to the Trees”
Tuesday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.
National Museum of Wildlife Art

FOREST CANOPY WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, June 23, 8-11 a.m. (open for educators, professionals and artists)
Tuesday, June 23, 12-3 p.m. (available for middle and high school students)
Wednesday, June 24, 8-11 a.m. or 12-3 p.m. (open to the public)

More Information/Registration:
The lecture and workshops are free and open to the public. Space is limited in the workshops and reservations are required. Please call 734-0570.