Seattle Naturalists Committee
This location is devoted to all things of nature in the pacific northwest. Browse around and find fun facts. Delve deep and find a key to dragonflies. Flit and land at a place where you can feel connected with nature. The goal is to get out and experience for yourself.
Seattle Naturalists Study Group webpage
We offer year-round field trips, lectures, and courses to Mountaineer members and the general public. We are taking part in education out-reach programs led by Mountaineer staff members.
The Course: "Introduction to the Natural World" is offered in the spring of each year. The course consists of 4 lectures and 4 field trips. Visit the 2018 Introduction to the Natural World page.
The Trips: We offer trips that range from morning trips in local parks to multi-day outings in eastern Washington, Oregon, and Canada.
The Seminars: During the winter and early spring months, we sponsor presentations on the Natural World on a variety of topics, and given by local experts.
** Mount Rainier - Icon or Menace? (download slideshow) Mike Harrell, a lecturer in the UW Earth And Space Sciences department, traces our Northwest icon's geologic development from the subduction of tectonic plates through the various convulsions of growth that produced the Mountain as we know it today.
The Study Group: Graduates of the course, and those with some knowledge and experience, are invited to join The Study Group. A small one-time registration fee of $50 ($75 for non Mountaineer Members) gives you life-time membership.
Study Group activities include:
- Presentations by local plant and wildlife experts,
- Opportunities for advanced courses,
- Waived fees for talks in the lecture series,
- An invitation to sit in on the yearly Intro course, and
- Special Study Group Naturalists outings.
The Garden: The Naturalists are also sponsoring and creating the Magnuson Park Native Plant Garden, just south of the Mountaineer Program Center.
