Resources and Links
Alicia Funk and The Living Wild Project
In November 2008 Alicia Funk and her associates offered a workshop with YWI as
a part of the Living Wild Project which offers a way to deepen our relationship
with the land we inhabit, support local biodiversity, and fundamentally shift
the way we eat, garden, and health. See the project’s website and database
for more information.
http://www.livingwild.org/wiki/Main_Page
John Muir Laws
Naturalist and Artist, Jack Laws, has been a guest instructor with YWI. See
below link to his website for information about his publications, research
and on-going workshops.
http://www.johnmuirlaws.com/sierranevada.html
David Lukas
David has long been associated with the Yuba Watershed Institute as an instructor
and author. He has been an avid birder for over 25 years, during which
time he has worked on field research projects in Borneo, Peru, Central
America, and every western state. As a professional naturalist he has led
hundreds of birding tours, classes, and programs. David is also the author
of Wild Birds of California, Watchable Birds of the Great Basin, and the
newly revised Sierra Nevada Natural History, as well as many magazine articles.
http://www.sierranaturalist.com/books_articles.html
Fungi Perfecti
Fungi Perfecti is a family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing
in using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms to improve the health of the planet
and its people. Founded by mycologist and author Paul Stamets they are
leaders in a new wave of technologies harnessing the inherent power of
mushrooms and fungal mycelium worldwide. YWI hosts the annual Fungus Foray
and welcomes many mycologists and mushroom enthusiasts alike to Yuba Watershed
each December. If you’d like to learn how to identify, cultivate
and utilize mushrooms, visit Fungi Perfecti.
www.fungi.com
The Sierra Nevada Alliance
The Sierra Nevada Alliance produces a variety of publications to inform the
public and help network conservation minded individuals and groups. See
following link for a full range of informative and useful publications
about the Sierra Nevada Bioregion.
http://www.sierranevadaalliance.org/publications/