This annual three-day event celebrates the Cordova region’s abundant crop of wild mushrooms with classes, art and handcraft sessions, expert talks, kid’s activities and daily-guided trips into the rain forest foothills and the Copper River Delta. Held the second weekend in September, it’s really Cordova’s version of a harvest festival, with the larger focus on gathering all manner of fungi, berries and wild foods, as well as the community’s all-important salmon catch.
Aimed at people who yearn to meander through the (sometimes soggy) September forest in search of goodies, the organizers invite participants to bring baskets, mushroom knives, notepads, cameras—and rain gear. Climaxed with a harvest feast.
