GREBE FESTIVAL
FREE EVENTS
Description: Welcome to the 2025 Lake Almanor Grebe Festival! Stop by Plumas Pines Resort anytime after Noon on Friday to check in or register for your adventures with PAS staff, purchase raffle tickets, and bid on silent auction items. The Bar and Grill will be open for dining.
At 6:00 PM, PAS Executive Director Elizabeth Ramsey will share PAS’s work with grebes throughout the county, focusing especially on the organization’s research at Lake Almanor. She will also lead a few rounds of bird-themed trivia with fun prizes!
Note: Our registration table will also be open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, August 9th. The raffle and silent auction winners will be announced at 5:15 PM on Saturday. You do not need to be present to win.
Name: FRLT’s Nature Journaling Club
Leader: Denise Battagin
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Olsen Barn Meadow (Map)
Price: FREE
Activity Level: 2
Description: Nature Journaling is a worldwide movement that integrates art, science, and nature exploration. Nature Journaling makes you a better observer, naturalist, and opens a world of beauty and discovery. You don’t have to be an artist to Nature Journal! You will learn how to keep your own Nature Journal and make using it a habit. As John Muir Laws, aka Jack, would say, we’ll be putting in some “pencil miles” and doing some guided/prompted drawing.
What to bring: A notebook or journal, graphite pencils, colored pencils, a clipboard, and any other preferred art materials, a water bottle, and sun protection. Dress in layers, and wear closed-toed, sturdy shoes.
This workshop is for adults only and is part of a series by our partners at the Feather River Land Trust. For our Kids Nature Journaling workshop, see below.
frlt.org/blog/nature-journaling-club
Name: Hummingbird Presentation
Leader: Leslie Larson
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Time: 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: Plumas Pines Resort (Map)
Price: FREE
Activity Level: 1
Description: Renowned local photographer Randy Robbins will present on camera trapping elusive Plumas County wildlife, including mountain lion, bears, bobcats, wolves, and foxes.
Trip Leader Biographies
Elizabeth Ramsey, PAS Executive Director
Elizabeth “Liz” Ramsey moved to Plumas County from Southwestern Michigan in the Fall of 2017 to begin her education at Feather River College, where in 2019 she obtained her Associate degree in Environmental Studies and a Biological Field Technician Certification. While studying at FRC, she received an interdisciplinary education around environmental topics and became fascinated by the Earth’s biodiversity and interconnectedness. She was the president of the Student Environmental Association at FRC and represented the student body on the Sustainability Action Team and the Associated Students of FRC. In Spring of 2022, she graduated from Humboldt State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies, emphasizing in Ecology & Conservation Science and Media Production.
Denise Battagin
Denise Battagin is a lifetime member of Plumas Audubon Society and has been an exceptional supporter of the Grebe Festival. She is also a board member of Friends of Plumas Wilderness, where you can read more about her: plumaswilderness.org/about-us/who-we-are
Randy Robbins
Randy Robbins was born in nearby Chester, California and now resides in Susanville. He is a six-time finalist in the California Wildlife Photo of the Year contest, winning it in 2019. You can read more about Randy on his website: athousandwindows.com/about-me
