Community Calendar

The Kachemak Ski Club invites you to celebrate World Telemark Day this coming Saturday at the homer rope tow.
The tow will go around beginning at 12 noon and stop at 3pm.

Riding is free to all comers thanks to a generous donation from the Homer Foundation.

Some say the snow conditions are not superb, so making a beautiful telemark turns may not be so easy

This free event is in addition to the usual sunday rope tow opening

Wynnter Sundays are a FREE weekly event with rotating themes for families to creatively explore the winter season. Join Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies naturalists every Sunday through March from 1pm-3pm at the Carl E. Wynn Visitor Center for campfires, watercolors, winter forest ecology, storytelling, and more!

Activities rotate weekly:

Feb 1st: Wynnter Crafts - Cozy up with some craft time.
Feb 8th: Wynnter Olympics - Compete in winter games!
Feb 15th: Great Backyard Bird Count - Participate in the global phenomenon.
Feb 22nd: Snow Shelters - Learn how to build a top-tier snow shelter.
Mar 1st: Snow Science - What can we learn from snow?
Mar 8th: Iditarod Celebration - Learn about Alaska's iconic race and participate in sled activities.

While your leashed dogs are welcome on the Wynn trails in the winter, Wynnter Sundays is a pet-free event. Leave your furry friends at home please!

Homer geologist Ed Berg will present a narrative hike along the beach from the Anchor River to the Homer Spit. The illustrated talk will lead the viewers along the floor of Glacial Lake Cook to Diamond Creek, scramble up the Diamond Creek Canyon, and then survey the Bluff Point Landslide.
Along the way, the viewers will examine far-traveled glacial boulders on the beach, bacteria-generated concretions, and petrified and coalified stumps.
The Homer Spit will be the final theme, looking at evidence that the Spit is a product of longshore-current deposition during a period of rising sea level during the past 6,000–8,000 years, rather than a glacial moraine as originally proposed. The future of the Spit with accelerated rising sea level will conclude the talk.
The talk will be at 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, at the Kachemak Bay Campus. For more in formation, call 907-2992766.

Please come to the Kachemak Bay State Park Citizen Advisory Board meeting. It meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Islands and Oceans Visitor Center in Homer, at 530 pm. We need your ideas and input regarding all that is happening with Kachemak Bay State Park.

Sacredness of Place: Raku Clay Pit Fire @ Bishop’s Beach (meet at the pavilion)
Thursday, March 26 | 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Observe the National Climate Artists Collective team at work or even lend them a helping hand with the firing!
for Questions or to RSVP by March 16 contact
Sharlene Cline at 907-299-7664 or clinehomer@gmail.com
You can also visit https://climateartists.net/sacredness-of-place/ to learn more!
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BRING A RAKU RELIEF SCULPTURE
Create an approximately 12”x12”x ½” raku clay slab sculpture that reflects something that is sacred to you about our Alaskan natural environment.
- Using a mold or newspaper armature, create a piece that is somewhat concave or convex
- Add bold textures and raised details visible from a distance
- Sign the back
- Make two holes at the top for hanging
- Bisque fire to cone 06
- Paint or sprinkle surface colorants such as iron oxide, cobalt carbonate, copper sulfate, dried coffee grounds, banana peels, seaweed, ground dry dog food, sugar, or rock salt on the surface of your work.
- Wrap clay sculpture in tinfoil, and using a permanent marker write “front” on the foil
If you’re interested, sign up for a 2-hour pit firing shift with Sharlene! 907-299-7664 or clinehomer@gmail.com

Please come to the Kachemak Bay State Park Citizen Advisory Board meeting. It meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Islands and Oceans Visitor Center in Homer, at 530 pm. We need your ideas and input regarding all that is happening with Kachemak Bay State Park.

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival is Alaska's largest wildlife festival! Each May, thousands of shorebirds stop in Homer as they move north. The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival marks this passage with four days of guided walks, boat trips, talks, art, and youth activities. Events take place across town and along the bay. The festival offers many chances to see birds up close, learn from local experts, and spend time on the shoreline. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Join us as we mark the spring migration on Kachemak Bay.

Please come to the Kachemak Bay State Park Citizen Advisory Board meeting. It meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Islands and Oceans Visitor Center in Homer, at 530 pm. We need your ideas and input regarding all that is happening with Kachemak Bay State Park.

Taking place on the first Saturday in June, National Trails Day® is a day of public events aimed at advocacy and trail service. This held as a one-day or weekend event where the Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park and Alaska State Parks Rangers will lead groups of volunteers to repair and improve trails and facilities within Kachemak Bay State Park. This nationally recognized day is just one opportunity to help and serves as the main kickoff event for the volunteer trail work season here in Kachemak Bay.

If you want to participate in Trails Day, we need your Volunteer Application well in advance of the event. We will continue to need volunteers throughout the summer, so whether or not you are available for Trails Day, we could use your help throughout the summer! Once we receive your application, you will be added to our contact list for future volunteer opportunities.

Please come to the Kachemak Bay State Park Citizen Advisory Board meeting. It meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Islands and Oceans Visitor Center in Homer, at 530 pm. We need your ideas and input regarding all that is happening with Kachemak Bay State Park.