• Field trip, all day Saturday, to Olympic National Park, the site of the first reintroduction of fishers to the State of Washington , in December 2007, since their extirpation in the mid-20th Century.  Olympic National Park holds some of the most dramatic examples of temperate rain forest in the contiguous United States, with massive conifer trees and understories of ferns and cryptogams. The field trip is open to accompanying persons; however, space will be limited, so register early. The price will include a box lunch and entrance fee to Olympic National Park. Participants will depart campus early on Saturday, 12 September; travel by bus to the ferry terminal; travel across Puget Sound by ferry; and continue on to Olympic National Park, where agency representatives will describe fisher habitats and the reintroduction effort. Please register online ($55 per person).

• Field trip participants will view a demonstration of conservation detector dogs and their handlers from Dr. Sam Wasser's Conservation Canines Program. Scat-detecting dogs are used increasingly to conduct surveys for carnivores; Dr. Wasser and his team will demonstrate how trained dogs are used to detect fecal droppings and to conduct field surveys. Depending on interest, there may also be an opportunity for a small group of participants to visit the dog training facility near Mt. Rainier on Sunday.