Paul Cereghino, [4/16/2025 ] invitation to Restoration Field Station May 2-4 2025
Come spend time outside working with plants and soils and exploring ecosystem stewardship? Are you interested in our riverscape commons? Would you like to meet like-minded people through practical collaboration? Please join us.
Biocultural Restoration Field Stations are dispersed camps where we study ecosystems, restoration, agroforestry, and the social systems capable of stewardship. This spring camp will revolve around foraging greens, patch design, and site preparations for the next winter camp. The weather will be mysterious, and the river cold. Our campsite is in a 100-acre tribally-owned river forest. We assess and tend patches and work closely with tribal crews to restore biodiversity and increase the cultural value of the riparian zone. We aim to develop a stewardship system where people can gather, develop skills as part of a network of stewards on common lands.
The current site steward, Paul Cereghino has 35 years of experience in Salish Sea conservation, with a practical background in landscape construction, field ecology, and environmental horticulture, and professional work in cartography, regional restoration planning, river ecology, and salmon recovery. The Snohomish Conservation District is our sponsor. Teaching and learning are student-directed, organic, and often embodied. Participation is free in exchange for around four hours a day of your labor, tailored to your abilities.
Field Stations attract a unique and interesting crowd for learning and networking. The relaxed pace allows for the exploration of a range of practical and conceptual topics about the stewardship of our bioregion. Inhabiting a restoration site allows for a deeper connection with the place and deeper conversations about the meaning of ecological restoration in context. We hope you will join us.