2nd Annual Grebe Festival
August 18-20, 2017
Lake Almanor / Chester, CA
Planning for the 2017 Grebe Festival is underway! Thank you to everyone who came out to our inaugural festival: we had over 200 participants who enjoyed 25 different field trips, 13 of which were completely sold-out! This year we are planning lots of fun trips, talks, social events, boat outings and more! We hope to open online registration by the end of June. Stay tuned!
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Festival HeadquartersGrebe Festival Headquarters is located at the Almanor Recreation Center at 102 Meadowbrook Loop in Chester.
Join us at the headquarters for:
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Help make the Festival a Success: Volunteer at the Grebe Festival!
Become a Sponsor of the 2017 Festival!
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When you become a sponsor, you support a fun, engaging event that draws tourists from across California and showcases our region’s extraordinary natural beauty. Your donation helps pay for boat rentals, venue rental, catering costs, permit and insurance fees, printing costs, and more of the bits and pieces required to put on a great festival. Make your business or organization more visible during the festival while supporting wildlife education and conservation in our area, ecotourism in the Almanor Basin, and Plumas Audubon’s ongoing research into nesting grebe populations.
All sponsorships are tax-deductible contributions. Sponsorship Levels (Sponsor Perks are explained in our Form below)
Download Sponsor Form for more information. HERE 
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2017 Festival SponsorsClark's Grebe Sponsors
Western Grebe Sponsors
Horned Grebe Sponsors
Eared Grebe SponsorsTim O’brien Realty, Coldwell Banker
Pied-billed Grebe Sponsors |
Grebe Festival Student Art Contest Winners
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2nd Annual Grebe Festival Student Art Contest. The art was judged on Thursday, July 20, 2017 and after careful deliberation, judges Barbara MacArthur and Jacquie Cordova are ready to announce the winners!
Prizes will be awarded during the Grebe Festival at the Art Contest Award Ceremony on Sunday, August 20 at 2:00-3:00 PM with an ice cream social for all kids at the Festival Headquarters in the Almanor Recreation Center on Meadowbrook Loop in Chester. All student artwork will be on display at the Almanor Rec Center during the three-day Grebe Festival, August 18-20.
Prizes will be awarded during the Grebe Festival at the Art Contest Award Ceremony on Sunday, August 20 at 2:00-3:00 PM with an ice cream social for all kids at the Festival Headquarters in the Almanor Recreation Center on Meadowbrook Loop in Chester. All student artwork will be on display at the Almanor Rec Center during the three-day Grebe Festival, August 18-20.
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Kindergarten:
First Place: Autumn, Mrs. Bainbridge’s class, Chester Elementary Second Place: Zia Cressy, Plumas Charter School Third Place: Matthew, Mrs. Bainbridge’s class, Chester Elementary First Grade: First Place: Jace Bradile, Plumas Charter School Second Place: William Nelson, Plumas Charter School Third Place: Morgan Joseph, Plumas Charter School Second Grade: First Place: Samantha Hymas, Plumas Charter School Second Place: Tara O’Brien, Plumas Charter School Third Place: Lucy Joseph, Plumas Charter School Third Grade First Place: Oisin Gallegher, Plumas Charter School Fifth Grade: First Place: Julia Heng, Mrs. Tantardino’s class, Chester Elementary Second Place: Gianna Tantardino, Mrs. Tantardino’s class, Chester Elementary Third Place: Arron Garrett, Mrs. Tantardino’s class, Chester Elementary Seventh Grade: First Place: Elizabeth Higgins, Quincy High School |
Save the Grebes! Sign or download our petition today
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