Jeff Antonelis-Lapp – A Virtual Tour of the Nisqually Watershed

Join naturalist and author Jeff Antonelis-Lapp for A Virtual Field Trip in the Nisqually Watershed. A Virtual Field Trip focuses on the natural history of the Nisqually watershed, beginning at the Nisqually Glacier’s terminus and covers 78 river miles to its runout at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. Along the way, viewers will see and hear some of the great natural history stories in the watershed, including innovative restoration projects.

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. At The Evergreen State College, he taught Native American Studies, natural history, environmental education, and served as the Library Dean before retiring in 2015.

Washington State University Press released Tahoma and Its People, his natural history of Mount Rainier National park, this spring. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the presence of Native Americans at the mountain for over 9,000 years, and the effects of climate change that extend far beyond the retreating glaciers. 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.

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