Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals: Trail Map, Geological Timeline, Activity Sheets, and Interpretive Signs

We are thrilled to share the launch of a major educational and interpretive project for Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals. Located in Hillsboro, Oregon, Rice NW Museum holds a major collection of rocks, gems, minerals, and fossils. The site, a 1952 home constructed by the Rice family, with more than 20 acres of forested land, is also on the National Register of Historic Places. This project included a family trail map for a new set of trails on the grounds, interpretative signs for the trails, a geological timeline, and activity sheets.

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Fall 2022, Map, Activity Guide Bryna Campbell Fall 2022, Map, Activity Guide Bryna Campbell

Field Guide: Vancouver Land Bridge

We are excited to share the launch of a family centered Field Guide for the Confluence Vancouver Land Bridge, as part of an ongoing partnership on educational material for Confluence art landscape sites along the Columbia River system.⁠ This Field Guide features the Land Bridge, designed by Johnpaul Jones, with sculptures by artist Lillian Pitt (Wasco, Yakima, Warm Springs), located in Vancouver, WA.

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Summer 2022, Map, Activity Guide Bryna Campbell Summer 2022, Map, Activity Guide Bryna Campbell

Field Guide: Confluence Story Circles

We are excited to share the launch of a family centered Field Guide for the Confluence Story Circles Site as part of an ongoing partnership on educational material for Confluence art landscape sites along the Columbia River system. Confluence is a nonprofit with the mission of connecting folks to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices. This Field Guides feature the Story Circles, by Maya Linn, at the confluence of the Snake snd Columbia Rivers, at Sacajawea State Park in Pasco, WA.

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Explore Salmon Creek Project

The “Explore Salmon Creek” project was commissioned by the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, a Vancouver, Washington, based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the Columbia River basin and educating the community, as part of the educational and volunteer programs there. This material focuses on themes of stewardship and environmental protection.

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Exploring Indigenous Plants with Cottonwood School

Learn about the Indigenous Plants map we created with the Cottonwood School of Civics and Science as part of a school learning partnership. This consulting and design project included classroom workshops with the students on map making and botanical drawing, and was supported by additional lessons and guidance about content and plant selections by Indigenous educators.

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Spring 2021, Map, Activity Guide Bryna Campbell Spring 2021, Map, Activity Guide Bryna Campbell

Field Guide: Confluence Bird Blind at Sandy River Delta

The family-centered Field Guide for the Confluence Bird Blind at the Sandy River Delta is a project completed for Confluence, a nonprofit with the mission of connecting you to the history, living cultures, and ecology of the Columbia River system through Indigenous voices. It is one of a series of several projects designed for hands on learning through engagement with Confluence art sites.

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