Summer Institute for Teachers 2022
“Drought and Wildfire“
June 27th, 28th, 29th, 2022
Day 1: Sense of Place and Wildfires
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Climate Change Poetry – Kathleen Byrd, Professor of Creative Writing and Literature, South Puget Sound Community College
History of Chief Leschi and the Nisqually Tribe – Cynthia Iyall, Chief Leschi Foundation and Nisqually Tribe
Squaxin Youth Videos on Microaggressions
Making of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTg_TChiTqs
Microaggressions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQBYJ3jJBc
Braiding Sweetgrass and Memory Mapping Lesson – Rachel Stendahl, Chehalis Basin Education Consortium and Julia Fregonara, Nisqually River Education Project
Wildfires in Western Washington – Josh Halofsky, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Pacific Education Institute’s Multilingual Program – Lourdes Flores, Pacific Education Institute
PEI Multilingual and SOLS Resources PPT
Afternoon Rotations
- Pacific Education Institute’s “Solutions-Oriented Learning” Storyline, Lourdes Flores and Lara Tukarski
- MS Fire: Forest Management https://pacificeducationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Middle-School-Fire-Forest-Management-2.pdf
- HS Fire: Forest Management https://pacificeducationinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/High-School-Fire-Forest-Management-2.pdf
- Service Learning in the Teaching Garden – Stephanie Bishop, South Sound GREEN and Rachel Stendahl, CBEC
- Fireworks Educational Program – John Hayes, Mount Rainier Institute
- Industrial Farming Lessons – Layne Perkins, NREP
Day 2: Fire on the Prairies
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Joint Base Lewis McChord – Welcome to the Prairie- Dennis Buckingham, Conservation Ecologist & Internship Coordinator, JBLM Fish & Wildlife
Morning Stations
- What’s Green and Grows All Over: Biodiversity study – Sheila Wilson, Julia Fregonara, Nisqually River Education Project
- Scotch Broom Pull – Stephanie Bishop and Sam Nadell, South Sound GREEN; Rachel Stendahl, Chehalis Basin Education Consortium
Prairie Tour with featuring Dennis Buckingham, Kathryn Hill, Sarah Montero – Joint Base Lewis McChord Fish and Wildlife
- JBLM Fish and Wildlife Volunteering (Operation Wildlife)
- Fire Ecology, Prescribed fire, stormwater management, Taylor’s checkerspot conservation, captive breeding, and reintroductions
- “Streaked horned larks take advantage of JBLM’s open spaces”
- “Good fires prevent bad ones”
Day 3: Droughts and Hope
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Prairie Jeopardy Recap – Sam Nadell, SSG and Julia Fregonara, NREP
Update to Poetry Board prompts: Kathleen Byrd, Professor of Creative Writing and Literature, South Puget Sound Community College
Drought Forecasting in Washington State – Nick Bond, Climatologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Local streamflow and precipitation data
Nature’s Engineers: Beavers as Drought Mitigation – Shawn Behling and Leia Althauser, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Morning Break-out Sessions
- Beaver Lessons, Leia Althauser and Shawn Behling, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Wildfire and Smoke in Scientific Illustration Lara Tukarski, Pacific Education Institute
- Nisqually Language Resource Center, Nancy Bob & Co., Nisqually Indian Tribe
- NOAA Drought Curriculum Smorgasbord – Stephanie Bishop, SSG and Sheila Wilson, NREP
Listening to the Earth Speak: A Collaborative Poetry Workshop – Kathleen Byrd, Professor of Creative Writing and Literature, South Puget Sound Community College