5th Annual Snow Goose Festival -  January 23–25, 2004 Chico Masonic Family Center,  Chico, CA

Friday night Reception at the Sierra Nevada Brewery, Saturday Banquet & Keynote Speaker at Chico Masonic Family Center. Activities include:

¨       Exciting Field Trips                       Informative Workshops

¨       Tours led by Birding Experts             Children’s Activities

¨       Naturalist led River Walks                Tour Lundberg Rice Farm

¨       And Book Family Farm                    Bird by Kayak

¨       Wildlife Refuge Tours                    Bird at Black Butte Lake

¨       Hike the Sutter Buttes                   Live Animal Workshops

¨       Owl Prowl in Bidwell Park

The keynote speaker for the Saturday night Banquet will Michael Denega.  He’ll present his photographs and wildlife studies of the controversial and environmentally-sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge:

Learn about arctic birds of the Yukon Flats and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from a dynamic traveling birder and photographer who just happens to make his living as a researcher and teacher of biological sciences! Workshop Leader: Michael Denega will share his knowledge through an exciting PowerPoint presentation of the Pacific Flyway's arctic birds, which he has studied as a college instructor, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service volunteer and biological researcher. His travels and studies have taken him from the northern-most regions of the flyway in Alaska, to the southern-most habitats of South America.

For a Schedule of Events & Registration:

    Website: www.sacrivertrust.org         Email: snowgoose@shocking.com          Phone: (530) 345-1865