Amphitheater Speakers
hosted by Friends of Camano Island Parks

Summer 2017 schedule:
7:00 PM on Saturdays
Meet at the Amphitheater
Camano Island State Park
Friends of Camano Island Parks host this event and there's a different topic each week.
Please check the "Events Calendar" for details and any last minute updates.
2017
Topic
Speaker
May 27
Jun 3
​Jun 10
​Jun 17
Jun 24
Jul 1
Jul 8
Jul 15
Jul 22
Jul 29
Aug 5
Aug 12
Aug 19
Aug 26
Sept 2
Catching & Cooking Crab
Whales of Puget Sound
Eagles in our Camano Is Parks
Bats of the Northwest
Edible Wild Berries
The Hidden Lives of Owls
Bugs
Ice Age Mammoths & Mastodons
Washington's Watchable Wildlife
Nature Journaling
Oysters: amazing, yummy bivalves
Stargazing&Telescopes-8pm @ boat ramp
Painting Ducks & Carving Decoys
Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth?
​Camano Island Eagles
​Tom Eisenberg
Billy Hoppe
Pat Holmes
Kathleen Bander
Tina Dinzl-Pederson
Leigh Calvez
Holli Watne
Al Elliott
​Billy Hoppe
AudreyAnna Rabalais
Nicole Gilmore
Mark Simonson 
Kurt Benson
David Geo Gordon
​Pat Holmes
Be sure to bring your Discover Pass for parking.
​For info about the Discover Pass: www.discoverpass.wa.gov.
Last year topics included:
  • "Our Eagles-Cama Beach & Camano Is" by Pat Holmes
  • ​"Edible Wild Berries​" by ​Tina Dinzl-Pederson
  • ​"Photographing Wildlife of Camano" ​by Billy Hoppe
  • "Bats" by Meg Lunnum
  • ​"Nature Journaling" ​​by Audrey Anna Rabalais
  • ​"Catching and Cooking Crab" ​by Tom Eisenberg
  • "​Oysters" ​by Nicole Gilmore​
  • "Insects​" by Holli Watne
  • "Ice Age Animals: Mammoths & Mastodons" ​​by Al Elliott​
  • "Continental Glaciers & Their Legacy​" by ​Dr. ​Lawrence Baum
  • "Stargazing & Telescopes​" by Mark Simonson  
  • "Painting Duck Decoys" by Kurt Benson​
  • "T​ales from the Parks" by Russ Cahill
  • "The Hidden Lives of Owls" ​by Leigh Calvez
  • "Ripe for the Telling: Stories of WA Fruit" ​by Julia Harrison​
  • ​​"Eagles of Camano Island SP & Cama Beach SP​" ​by Pat Holmes​
Updated April 19, 2017