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​2018 Grebe Festival
Field Trips and Activities


​Important Information Regarding trips

Please check the trip details for information on meeting place and time and refer to festival maps and directions.
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Please arrive 30 minutes prior to scheduled trip to ensure everyone is checked in and all trips leave on time.  Anyone arriving after the field trip leader has left will not be able to participate in the event and will not be eligible for a refund.  All field trips have a limited number of participants.  Walk-in registration for some trips may be available on the weekend of the Festival.  Walk-in registrants MUST register at the Grebe Festival headquarters: Almanor Recreation Center, 451 Meadowbrook Loop, Chester, California 96020.
 
Most trips will be conducted rain or shine.  Only unsafe weather will cancel the boat trips (high winds, thunderstorms, etc.)  Please bring the following on your trip: layered clothing and clothing appropriate to weather conditions, comfortable shoes suitable to walking on uneven ground, binoculars and field guide (if you have them, some will be provided for children’s events), camera, snacks, water, sun protection, hat, jacket.
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Tips & Etiquette 

Be courteous, pay attention to the leader, stay with the group, walk quietly and slowly, turn off electronic devices, do not disrupt the plants and animals that live where you are exploring, and always stay at least 300 feet away from nesting grebes.
 
Turn up your senses, look all around the sky and horizon including the tops of trees and the ground for traces of wildlife.  Remove litter and leave natural items where they belong.

Field Trip Descriptions

Click on the field trip/activity title links below for more details.  Check trip details for information on meeting place and time and refer to festival maps and directions.  Many trips will meet at Grebe Festival headquarters (Almanor Recreation Center), but not all trips.

^Activity Level

  1. Wheelchair accessible.
  2. Easy walking, fairly flat, two hours or under.      
  3. Moderate, uneven terrain, some distance involved, longer than two hours.
  4. Boat tour, water travel. Sun & wind protection needed.
  5. Kayak, ability to paddle with rests for two hours. Sun protection & water.

*Please note that certain trip prices will increase after August 9, 2018.  

FRIDAY, August 24, 2018
Trip #
Trip/Activity
Time
Leader
Activity Level^
Price*
Special Notes
1
NEW! Eagle Lake Boat Tour ​FULL
7:00am-11:00am
Val Aubrey
4
$100 >>
​$125*
   Eagle Lake is a     1-hour drive from Chester
2
Pontoon Boat Tour (#1)
8:00am-10:30am
Brad Graevs
1 and 4
$65
>>
​$70*
-
3
Photography Workshop: See the Picture, Take the Picture
8:00am-10:00am
Betty Bishop
2
$27
-
4
Botany and Birding at Willow Lake
8:30am-11:00am
​Kirsten Bovee
3
$27
-
5
Scoping from Shore
10:00am-12:00pm
Suzanne McDonald
1
FREE
-
6
Pontoon Boat Tour (#2) ​FULL
11:00am-1:30pm
Brad Graevs
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
7
Pontoon Boat Tour (#3)
2:00pm-4:30pm
Brad Graevs
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
8
Documentary screening: ALBATROSS
3:00pm-4:40pm
Mt. Lassen Theatre
1
FREE
We encourage donations which will be split between Plumas Audubon Society, Mt. Lassen Theatre, and ALBATROSS
35
Scoping from Shore
4:00pm-6:00pm
Kelly Cruce
1
FREE
-
36
NEW! Owls Around the Lake #2 
7:00pm-9:15pm
Dax Albrecht & Micah Silver
3
​$27
High profile/​4WD vehicles recommended
9
Owls Around the Lake #1 ​FULL
​​7:45pm-10:00pm
Rachel Bauer
3
$27
High profile/​4WD vehicles recommended

*Please note that certain trip prices will increase after August 9, 2018.  


​SATURDAY, August 25, 2018
Trip #
Trip/Activity
Time
Leader
Activity Level^
Price*
Special Notes
10
North Fork Feather River Riparian Bird Walk (#1)
7:00am-10:00am
Dan Lipp
3
$27
-
11
 Kayak Tour Northshore Lake Almanor (#1) ​FULL
7:30am-10:00am
Ryan Burnett
5
$45
>>
​$50*
2 double kayaks available by request; option to bring your own kayak
12
Tásmam Koyóm (Humbug Valley) Tour of Ancestral Lands of the Mountain Maidu
7:30am-2:30pm
Ken Holbrook and Shelton Douthit
3
$60
>>
​$65*
Half of this trip's proceeds benefits Maidu Summit Consortium and its traditional land management plans for Tásmam Koyóm
13
Birding in Lassen Volcanic National Park
7:00am-1:00pm
Scott Huber
3
$75
>>
​$80*
​Must carpool to Park entrance in 3 cars or pay park entrance fee for your own vehicle
14
Pontoon Boat Tour (#4)
8:00am-10:30am
David Hamilton
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
15
Pontoon Boat Tour (#5)
9:00am-11:30am
Brad Graevs
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
16
Scoping from Shore
10:00am-12:00pm
Terry & Jerry Williams
1
FREE
-
17
NEW! Learn to Paint a Grebe
10:00am-11:30am
Becky Compton
1
$27
Materials supplied
18
Olsen Barn Docent & Self-Guided Tour
10:00am-1:00pm
Feather River Land Trust
2
FREE
-
19
Pontoon Boat Tour (#6)
11:00am-1:30pm
David Hamilton
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
20
Pontoon Boat Tour (#7)
12:00pm-2:30pm
 Brad Graevs
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
21
​NEW! Wildlife Stamp Carving Workshop
2:00pm-3:30pm
Emily Robinson
1
$27
Materials supplied
22
Pontoon Boat Tour (#8)​ 
2:00pm-4:30pm
David Hamilton
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
23
Social Mixer, and Silent Auction
5:00pm-7:00pm
Plumas Audubon Society
1
FREE
Live music and local beer from Waganupa Brewery
24
NEW! Upper Feather River Region Conservation Presentations
7:00pm-9:30pm
Lorena Gorbet,  Colin Dillingham,
​Darla DeRuiter,
Ryan Burnett,
Shelton Douthit
1
$25
-

*Please note that certain trip prices will increase after August 9, 2018.  


​SUNDAY, August 26, 2018
Trip #
Trip/Activity
Time
Leader
Activity Level^
Price*
Special Notes
25
 Kayak Tour Northshore Lake Almanor (#2) ​FULL
7:30am-10:00am
David Hamilton
5
$45
​>>
​$50*
2 double kayaks available by request; option to bring your own kayak
26
North Fork Feather River Riparian Bird Walk (#2)
7:00am-10:00am
Colin Dillingham
3
$27
-
27
Pontoon Boat Tour (#9)
8:00am-10:30am
Suzanne McDonald
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
28
Pontoon Boat Tour (#10)
9:00am-11:30am
Brad Graevs
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
29
Scoping From Shore
10:00am-12:00pm
Kelly Cruce
1
FREE
-
30
Olsen Barn Docent & Self-Guided Tour
10:00am-1:00pm
Feather River Land Trust
2
FREE
-
31
Pontoon Boat Tour (#11)
11:00am-1:30pm
Suzanne McDonald
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-​
32
Intro to Dragonfly Odeing 
Intro CANCELED;
Trip (#33) still ON!
11:00am-12:00pm
Sandra Hunt-Von Arb
1
FREE
Intro CANCELED; Trip (#33) still ON!
33
Dragonfly Odeing at Willow Lake
12:00pm-4:30pm
Kathy Biggs
3
$40
-
34
Pontoon Boat Tour (#12)
12:00pm-2:30pm
Brad Graevs
1 and 4
$65
​>>
​$70*
-
*Please note that certain trip prices will increase after August 9, 2018.  

Free Activities

There is also free information, activities, vendors, artwork, and prize drawings all weekend at the Festival headquarters (Almanor Recreation Center) at 451 Meadowbrook Loop in Chester.
Trip #
Trip/Activity
Day
Time
Leader/Location
Activity Level^
Special Notes
5
Scoping from Shore
Friday
10:00am-12:00pm
Suzanne McDonald / causeway
1
-
8
Documentary Screening: ALBATROSS
Friday
3:00pm-4:40pm
Mt. Lassen Theatre
1
donations encouraged
35
Scoping from Shore
Friday
4:00pm-6:00pm
Kelly Cruce / causeway
1
-
16
Scoping from Shore
Saturday
​10:00am-12:00pm
Terry & Jerry Williams / causeway
1
-
18
​Olsen Barn Docent & Self-Guided Tour
Saturday
10:00am-1:00pm
​Feather River Land Trust / Olsen Barn
2
-
23
​Social Mixer and Silent Auction
Saturday
5:00pm-7:00pm
Almanor Recreation Center
1
​Live music and local beer from Waganupa Brewery
29
Scoping from Shore
Sunday
10:00am-1:00pm
causeway
1
-
30
Olsen Barn Docent & Self-Guided Tour
Sunday
10:00am-1:00pm
​Feather River Land Trust / Olsen Barn​
2
-


​Printable 2018 Schedule of Events Timetable

Waivers and Cancellation Policy