BirdFest Banquet – Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain, Stories and Images of the Olympic Peninsula
Saturday, April 13, 2024 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Dungeness River Nature Center – Rainshadow Hall
*Doors open at 5:30 PM
Price: $75.00 (casual dress)
Enjoy a delicious buffet dinner, from appetizer to dessert, at Dungeness River Nature Center’s Rainshadow Hall.
Kokopelli Grill will cater the event again this year, providing entree options of Salmon Filet with an ancho light butter or Pasta La Casa in a luscious cream sauce with sun-dried tomatoes. Both will be served with generous helpings of accompanying sides.
Please register for this event by choosing either the salmon option or vegetarian option.
This event always sells out so register early to save your seat. Limited to 100.
Saturday Night’s Banquet Speakers: John Gussman, Loni Grinnell-Greninger, Tim McNulty
John, Loni, and Tim will share stories, excerpts and images from their new book, Salmon Cedar Rock and Rain: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. A truly collaborative project from Mountaineers Books, Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain is a celebration of this remarkable place, its wild birds and animals, and the peoples who for untold centuries have called it home. The authors will share personal perspectives on the Peninsula’s natural, cultural and conservation history combined with readings and a sampling of the gorgeous photographs that bring the Olympic Peninsula to life. The Center is honored to bring together these authors for you, to convey the grandeur of our unique place.
Loni Grinnell-Greninger currently serves her people as the Vice Chairwoman at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Pacific Lutheran University in 2012, and her Masters of Public Administration degree with an emphasis in Tribal Governance from The Evergreen State College in 2016. In 2017 she came home to serve her Tribe, taking on the roles of Deputy Director, and then Director of Social & Community Services. In her Council and Director roles, she works closely with federal, state, and local governments, as well as numerous tribal and non-tribal organizations to engage in policy and cultural work for her Tribe and on behalf of Indian Country.
Tim McNulty is a poet, essayist, and natural history writer. He is the author of three poetry collections and twelve books on natural history, including Salmon, Cedar, Rock & Rain: Washington’s Olympic Peninsula (Braided River/Mountaineers Books) and Olympic National Park: A Natural History (University of Washington Press). Tim has received the Washington State Book Award and the National Outdoor Book Award, among other honors. He has lived most of his life in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains and serves as vice president of the conservation organization, Olympic Park Advocates.
John Gussman became interested in photography to share the natural beauty of the places he traveled. He earned a degree in photography, and moved to Sequim in 1979 to be close to wilderness. With Olympic National Park as his backyard, he began to photograph this ancient natural region. In 1982 he began his own business, Doubleclick Productions, and found he had a talent and interest for photographing landscapes, people, adventures, wildlife, and outdoor lifestyles. John created an extensive collection of stock images and videos centered around the Olympic Peninsula as well as other natural areas. John accepts contracts for an array of projects to tell the stories of individuals, companies, non-profits, and environmental organizations demonstrating the relationship between humans and the natural world. A 45 year resident of the Olympic Peninsula, John considers it one of the most biodiverse places in the USA. Here nature still rules, and humans feel small in its presence.
Past BirdFest Banquet images at Red Cedar Room:
