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Seasonal workshops highlight natural history, arts, and outdoor skills at the Sierra Nevada campus.

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Betsy Mathieson, a Field Campus course instructor, displays locally collected rock samples at a 2024 open house event.

Betsy Mathieson, a Field Campus course instructor, displays locally collected rock samples at a 2024 open house event.

BASSETTS — The San Francisco State Field Campus will be holding the following classes and workshops from May 31 through September 4. For detailed information about these events, the rates for meals and accommodations at the campus, and registration, visit https://sierra.sfsu.edu/2026-classes-workshops.

May 31 - June 5

  • Spring Fungi of the Sierra Nevada

  • Birds of the Sierra Nevada

June 6 - 13

  • Bird Song and Wildlife Sound Recording

  • Myxomycetes (slime molds) of the Sierra Nevada

June 14 - 19

  • Birding by Ear in the Sierra Nevada

  • Play of Light and Shadows: Oil Painting in the Sierra Nevada

  • Watercolors in the Wild: Sierra Forests

June 19 - 21

  • Nature Sounds Society Annual Retreat

June 21-26

  • Flora of the Northern Sierra

  • Natural History of the Sierra Nevada

  • Songwriting in the High Sierra

June 26 - 28

  • Trees and Shrubs of Northern Sierra Nevada

  • Homesteading and Wild Foraging for Self-Reliance

June 28 - July 3

  • The Mobile Studio: Creative Research in the Outdoors

  • Insect Biology and Identification

July 5 - 11

  • Butterflies and Moths of the Sierra Nevada

  • Field Geology of the Haskell Peak-Sierra Buttes Area

  • Climate Issues and Activism

July 12 - 17

Night Photography

  • Practical Observational Astronomy in the Sierra Nevada

  • Observational Astronomy with the Naked Eye and Telescopes

  • Ecology and Conservation of California Bats

July 19 - 24

  • Pastels and Natural Light

  • Gathering Stones: Writing Poetry by the River

  • Natural Dyes & Pigments of the Sierra Nevada

July 26 - 31

  • Fly Fishing in the North Yuba Watershed

  • Medicinal and Edible Plants

  • Reptiles and Amphibians of the Sierra Nevada

July 26 - 28

  • Perfecting Fly Fishing Presentations

August 1 - 7

  • High Country Writing Retreat

  • Watercolor Outdoors: From Sublime to Majestic

  • Environmental Measurement and Monitoring in the Northern Sierra

August 12 - 16

  • Plant Uses of the Sierra: Medicine, Food, and Utilitarian

  • Woodblocks: Design, Carve and Print in the Field

August 16 - 21

  • Natural History of the Sierra Nevada

  • Wander in Wonder: Nature Journaling for heartfelt connection to the natural world

  • Botanical Printing

August 23 - 28

  • Natural History of Gold Lakes Basin: Stars, Geology and Plants

  • Secrets Among the Oaks of the North Yuba Watershed

  • Tai Chi for Longevity

August 30 - September 4

  • Observational Astronomy with the Naked Eye and Telescopes