January 13th General Meeting: Virtual Field Trip The Nisqually River Watershed JEFF ANTONELIS-LAPP

Climb on the virtual bus leading from the Nisqually Glacier’s terminus through 78 river miles of natural history and restoration projects to the river’s runout into Puget Sound. After graduating from college, Jeff Antonelis-Lapp worked two summers at Mount Rainier National Park, igniting a connection to the mountain that endures today. He has summited the mountain, hiked all of its mapped trails, and completed the 93-mile Wonderland Trail five times. Jeff began writing Tahoma and Its People after being unable to find a current natural history for a course he planned to teach at The Evergreen State College in Olympia. He conducted over 250 days of fieldwork for the book, many of them in the company of park archaeologists, biologists, and geologists. While at Evergreen, he taught Native American Studies, natural history, environmental education, and served as the Library Dean before retiring in 2015.