Previous Programs
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Ice, penguins, and the cold comforts of living and working in Antarctica will be featured in a lively slide show by Oregon birder and author Noah Strycker, 25, at a special meeting of the Willapa Hills Audubon Society. The free one-hour “Among Penguins” event is scheduled for 7:00 pm on Thursday, December 1st at the Cowlitz PUD Auditorium, 961 12th Avenue in Longview.
Strycker spent three months during the Antarctic summer researching and photographing a quarter-million Adélie Penguins.
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Please join Willapa Hills Audubon Society and the Lower Columbia College Biological Society on Friday, November 18 at 7pm in room PSC 102 at Lower Columbia College in welcoming Columbia River Gorge Commissioner Judy Davis in celebration of the 25th anniversary this month of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area act. She'll discuss what has happened over the last 25 years due to the gorge's designation as a National Scenic Area.
This free program is sponsored by the Willapa Hills Audubon Society. Everyone is welcome.
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Please join the Willapa Hills Audubon Society in welcoming biologist Laura Guderyahn to Longview on Thursday, October 27th at 6:30 pm in the auditorium at the Longview Public Library, 1600 Louisiana Street.
Her talk will be "How Many Legs Does a Frog Really Need to Catch a Fly?". She'll be speaking on amphibian malformations and mutations based on her research on the topic, and will discuss what's causing these mutations and what they signify regarding the health of our environment.
The program is free, all are welcome and refreshments will be served.
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On Saturday October 8 at 1:00 pm at the Longview Library, the Willapa Hills Audubon Society will be showing another movie in the "Birds of Hollywood" series, namely "Animals are Beautiful People", a humorous, Golden Globe-winning documentary about wildlife in southern Africa. This is a great movie for adults and kids.
The movie and the popcorn are free and all are welcome.
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UPDATE: This program had to be rescheduled.
On Thursday, October 13th the Willapa Hills Audubon Society will be welcoming noted outdoor photographer and author Alan Bauer to Longview to discuss "Exploring the South Cascades and Mount Rainier."
The presentation will be at the Longview Library, 1600 Louisiana Street, at 6:30 pm. Alan will talk about his adventures exploring the mountains of our area, including the flora, fauna, geology and other natural history and show his fabulous photography.
The talk is free, all are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
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The Willapa Hills Audubon Society's final program of the spring will be an Audubon Kids Day! It'll be on Saturday June 11 at the Cowlitz PUD Auditorium from 1 to 3 pm. Lots of fun, bird-related activities for kids of all ages will be on the schedule. Snacks will be served.
Location: Cowlitz PUD Auditorium
Contact: Bob Arnsdorf
This free program is sponsored by the Willapa Hills Audubon Society. Everyone is welcome.
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Bob Stone, retired taxidermist, has graciously offered to lead a taxidermy workshop. Participants will learn how to prepare study skins and parts of birds and mammals. Bob will share the finer points of taxidermy as it applies to more technical mounts.
The May 14 workshop will last two hours (1-3 pm) and consist of Bob discussing the meaty details of the taxidermy process. The following Saturday will be a hands-on workshop lasting 4+ hours (10-2) where participants will have the opportunity to prepare a specimen.
Requirement for the second workshop is attending the first. Both events will take place at LCC. Send an
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Join WHAS and the LCC Biological Society for noted outdoor author Craig Romano, who will be discussing his new book and the observations he’s made while hiking extensively throughout the Gorge.
The program is free and all are welcome.
The talk will be held on Tuesday May 10th at 7pm in the Wollenberg Auditorium, in Lower Columbia College’s Rose Center, Longview.
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Willapa Hills Audubon Society invites you to learn about "Landscaping for Wildlife: Amphibians and Reptiles" presented by Ann Kastberg. The program will be on Saturday, March 19th at 7:30 pm. Find out what you can do in your own backyard to create healthy habitats for frogs, toads, newts, lizards, and snakes.
Location: St. Stephens Episcopal Church Parrish Hall, 1428 22nd Ave., Longview, WA, (parking in alley)
This free event is sponsored by the Willapa Hills Audubon Society and open to the public.
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Please join Willapa Hills Audubon Society in welcoming visiting Russian biologist Vasily Baranyuk, an expert on snow geese. He'll be talking about Wrangel Island, Russia, 2900 square miles of the remotest Arctic wilderness on the planet and its unique wildlife including snow geese, polar bears, Arctic fox and wolves, lemmings, walruses and snowy owls.
The talk will be Tuesday March 8th at 7:00 pm in the Wollenberg Auditorium at the Rose Center at Lower Columbia College in Longview.
This free event is sponsored by the Willapa Hills Audubon Society and open to the public.
- Wetland Conservation presented by Dr. Jim Hulbert
- Columbia Highlands: Washington's Last Wilderness Frontier
- Live Pelican and Owl at Presentation about Animal Rehabilitation
- WHAS introduces New Movie Series
- WHAS Annual Picnic
- Follow Arctic Scientist, George Divoky This Summer
- May Program - Falling Off the Edge: Four Decades of Environmental Change at the Top of the World
- Location update for the January 16 Amphibian Surveying Training
- Learn about local frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders
- Body snatchers and body invaders: Diversity and behavior of predatory and parasitic wasps