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22 012 012 THURSDAY – SUNDAY JANUARY 27-30 CHICO, CALIFORNIA • Free Events and Activities for the Whole Family • Tips for Navigating the Festival • 62 Field Trips to View Wildlife! • 18 Workshops & Presentations! • Art Exhibit & Reception • ‘Gathering of Wings’ Banquet • Silent Auction & Raffle January 26–29, 2012 OFFICIAL GUIDE PHOTO BY MIKE PETERS OFFICIAL GUIDE For more information on activities and events, and to register please visit www.snowgoosefestival.org SPECIAL PULL-OUT ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT pg01 SGF 2012 C M Y K We carry... SALES · SERVICE · PARTS/ACCESSORIES WELCOME SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL 1538 Park Ave · Chico · 345-5247 chicomotorsports.com WILD BIRDS STAY WARM OUT THERE! NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’S NATURAL RESOURCE Style * Comfort * Eco-Friendly THE TACKLE BOX HAS EVERYTHING FOR THE BIRD 100% Organic, Sustainable & Recycled WATCHER AND BIRD HUNTER. BINOCULARS • BIRD CALLS • CLOTHING • AMMO • INFORMATION • SERVING BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER EVERYDAY. • FULL BAR WITH LIVE MUSIC EVERY a Complete Environmentally Conscious Shop FRI. & SAT. American Made & Fair Trade 130 West 3rd Street - Chico • KARAOKE EVERY TUESDAY AND SUNDAY 530.343.3578 Find us on Facebook. 379 E. PARK AVE · 345-2277 2 SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL January 5, 2012 13th Annual Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway It's going to be a THANK YOU! BIG YEAR for the 2012 Snow Goose Festival Steering Committee and Snow Goose Festival! Subcommittees, Super Snow Goosers of the Festival Raeann Bossarte, Publicity Kathleen Huber, Administration Steve Overlock, Workshop Special Thanks To….. January 26-29, 2012 Cathy Carter, Art Reception Assistant Coordination All the businesses that support the Debbie Chakarun, Program & Ruth Kennedy, Registration Jennifer Patten, Festival festival with silent auction items, Youth Activities Aubrie Koeing, Art Reception, Youth Coordinator food & drink donations & other contributions illions of waterfowl migrating along the Pacific Flyway call the northern Sacramento Lollie DeYoung, Silent Activities Maria Phillips, Art Exhibit Valley their home during the winter months, and all of us here at the Snow Goose Auction/Banquet Chuck Lundgren, Website Master John Scott, Workshop Coordination Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve MFestival invite you to join us for an action-packed four days celebrating this annual Mike Fisher, Treasurer Sandy Makau, Silent Auction Sue Scott, Art Reception Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park phenomenon! Sheila Frisk, Exhibits and Vendors Mary Lou Martin, Registration Goodie Sweatt, Registration Chico Certified Farmers Market We have put together a BIG list of more than 70 field trips and workshops that cover six Marilyn Gamette, Exhibit Kathleen McPartland, Youth Kathy Trevino, Registration Chico Creek Nature Center counties, reaching out into the rice fields, wildlife refuges and river walks where mild winter Coordinator Activities Darah Votaw, Art Exhibit Chico Museum: A Far West Heritage weather, abundant food and lots of water draw our avian visitors. & Program Association Museum John Merz, Committee Chair Gayle Womack, Banquet In addition to numerous bird-watching field trips, you might choose to join an owl Liz Gardner, Publicity City of Chico Marvey Mueller, Publicity Chair & Mary Wrysinski, Art Reception radio-tracking team on the local ecological reserve, or try birding by ear, a snowshoe hike in Kathryn Hood, Art Reception Field Trip Coordination Lassen Park, a BIG day of birding, or hike the scenic Sutter Buttes in search of lofty views and resident wildlife. Our workshops offer something for everyone. Learn nature photography, sketching in nature, bird carving, how to record nature sounds, designing a garden for wildlife, (as well as armchair DIRECTIONS TO LOCATIONS adventures for the less hardy), and much more. Free nature activities are offered for youth. Greg Miller is joining our festival this year and causing some BIG excitement for everyone! Greg is one of the famed birders featured in the 2004 book,The Big Year, by Mark Obmascik and (AFU) All Fired Up! Ceramic Art Center to Holt Hall. A greeter will lead you to the Vertebrate Museum for the portrayed by Jack Black in the 2011 movie. Greg will lead several field trips and, as keynote 830 Broadway, Chico, CA 95928 (530) 894-5227 Raptor identification workshop. Between W 8th and W 9th Street, downtown Chico speaker, will be the highlight of our Gathering of Wings Banquet on Saturday night. (GMcDo) Gridley McDonalds Be sure to see the inspiring Uptown/Downtown Pacific Flyway Art Exhibit at two of our (A9) Avenue 9 Gallery & Art Guild 1513 State Hwy 99, Gridley, (530) 846-3222 local galleries: Avenue 9 Gallery and Chico Art Center. Although the exhibit is open Jan. 20 180 E. 9th Ave., Chico, (530) 879-1821 Directions from Chico: Take Hwy 99 South to Gridley McDonalds is in a There is ample free parking on the corner of 9th Avenue and shopping center on the west side of Hwy 99 in Gridley. Driving time and through Feb 12, you won't want to miss our special Welcome Reception on Friday, Jan. 27. This is Oleander for the Friday January 29 Art Reception. distance from Chico: 35 minutes, 29 miles. a special night for festival attendees to mix and mingle, admire art, meet the artists, and enjoy (BM) Bidwell Mansion Historic Park Lema Ranch The McConnell Foundation live music and refreshments. Bring a friend! 525 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95926, (530) 895-6144 800 Shasta View Drive, Redding, CA, (530) 226-6200 We have also partnered with The Chico Museum, whose exhibit, "Amazing Grains: The FROM HIGHWAY 99: Take East First Avenue exit and head west. Story of Rice and Beyond," beautifully tells the story of the relationship between rice farming (Palms) The Palms Turn Left on Esplanade. The park is located on the right hand side 2947 Nord Ave. Chico, CA 95973, (530) 894-8000 and migratory waterfowl along the Pacific Flyway. There are also lots of hands-on learning of the road at Memorial Way and Esplanade. FROM HIGHWAY 5: Right around the corner from the CMFC. Turn right onto East Ave. from the experiences, like walking through a rice field at dusk and examining a mosquito and rice mite Take Highway 32 exit at Orland east 20 miles to West Sacramento Chico Masonic Family Center. Take the 1st right, before the railroad tracks, through a microscope. Watch several rice and bird-related videos. Other themes include rice Avenue. Turn left (east) onto West Sacramento Avenue to The onto Nord Ave. The Palms will be on the left, 1/2 mile. Esplanade where you turn right (south). products, the history of rice in the region, the business and economics of rice framing, environ- (SNWR) Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge mental issues, rice around the world and its many uses, and rice and rice cultivation in artwork. (CAC) Chico Art Center 752 County Road 99W, Willows, (530) 934-2801 Museum admission will be free to registered festival attendees with name badges. 450 Orange Street, Suite 6, Chico, (530) 895-8726 Directions: Located south of Willows off Interstate 5. Please call the Refuge Between W 4th and W 5th Streets, near Chico Amtrak Station. Admission is free to the festival headquarters and various events on Saturday and Sunday, or the festival office for further details. January 28-29, located at the Masonic Family Center, 1110 W. East Ave. in Chico. Online registra- (CCNaC) Chico Creek Nature Center (SRDC) Sacramento River Discovery Center 1968 E. 8th Street, Chico, (530) 891-4671 tion is now open for all events, including field trips, workshops, the Uptown/Downtown 1000 Sale Lane, Red Bluff, (530) 527-1196 Directions from Chico: Take exit #385 toward Chester/Orland- Directions: South on Interstate 5, take Antelope Blvd. exit and turn east. Pacific Flyway Wildlife Art Exhibit and Gathering of Wings Banquet. Fees range from $5 to $45. Hwy. 32. Continue to follow hwy 32-east and take the first left So join us for our BIGGEST year ever, and let us share with you the incredible wonders of then turn right on Sale Lane and continue down the road where you will right after Hwy. overpass. Turn left at E. 8th St. see the center. the Pacific Flyway! (CMFC) Chico Masonic Family Center (WSLO) Waffle Shop Live Oak 1110 W. East Avenue, Chico, (530) 342-7143 10432 State Hwy 99 (Live Oak Blvd), Live Oak, (530) 695-1303 Directions from Chico: From Hwy 99, take the East Avenue exit. Directions from Chico: Take Hwy 99 South to Live Oak. WSLO is on west (This is two exits north of the East 1st Avenue exit.) Turn west on side of Hwy 99 at the north end of town. Driving time and distance from PROGRAM CONTENTS East Avenue. The CMFC is approximately 1.5 miles from the Hwy Chico: 45 minutes, 38 miles. 99 exit, on the right (north) side of East Avenue. If coming from Nord Avenue on Hwy 32, turn east at the W. East Avenue stoplight. Driving Directions. 3 The CMFC is on the left, approximately 2 miles from the Hwy 32 and East Avenue intersection. Thank You to Volunteers . 3 Chico Museum LEGEND: Thank You to Sponsors . 4 141 Salem Street, Chico, CA 95928, (530) 891-4336 Between W 1st and W 2nd Street, downtown Chico The following rating system for field trips will Navigating the Festival . 5 (CPR) Chico Park-n-Ride in Chico give you an idea for the rigors involved. Field Trips/ Workshops–Details. 6 Directions from Chico: Take the # 385 exit (Hwy 32 Chester/Orland) from Hwy 99 (in Chico). Park&Ride on eastside of 1 mostly birding by car and/or easy walking Hwy. 99. Park at first lot near Hwy. 32 exit. FREE Activities . 7 2 walking, could involve distance but largely flat (CSUC) CSU Chico Vertebrate Museum ”Gathering of Wings” Banquet. 9 525 Esplanade, Chico, CA 3 more vigorous hiking, some elevation gain/loss Field Guides & Presenters .