The purpose of my visit is to continue with work on my ForestSong art project. The project investigates grief, beauty, and interconnection; shares images and science; invokes the sacred; bears witness; and invites action. My work at the Field Station centers on painting prayer flags in nearby forests to deepen appreciation of and connection to forests, address environmental despair, and celebrate biophilia. During this trip I also plan to attend the Sierra Nevada Science Symposium at UC Merced and the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition meeting at Tenaya Lodge to share what I am doing with Sierra scientists and invite their collaboration with my project. The ForestSong project also shares contemporary wildfire and forest ecology, and suggests actionable steps to foster environmental stewardship for individuals and communities.

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