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Pinnipeds On San Nicolas Island SamSpaulding Scaled

Thursday, January 25: Film: The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island

Introduction, film screening and Q&A with Paul Goldsmith Co-hosted by the Los Olivos Library. Thursday, January 25, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. Featured image of pinnipeds on San Nicolas Island by Sam Spaulding Please join us in welcoming filmmaker Paul Goldsmith, who will introduce and screen his newest documentary, “The Lone Woman of …

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Island Foxes. Photo Courtesy Chuck Graham

Thursday, February 8: Natural Resources of San Nicolas Island

Free lecture with William Hoyer Co-hosted by the Solvang Library. Thursday, February 8, 7:00 p.m. Solvang Library. 1745 Mission Drive in Solvang. Featured image of San Nicolas Island foxes by Charles Graham San Nicolas Island is the most remote and mysterious of the Channel Islands, and is filled with carefully managed and diverse natural resources.  This is an opportunity to …

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California Flag For Peter Alagona Event

Thursday, February 22: Bear Essential? The Past, Present, and Potential Future of Grizzlies in California

Free lecture with Dr. Peter Alagona. Co-hosted by Los Olivos Library. Thursday, February 22, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. Featured image is the California state flag Prior to the Gold Rush, California was home to as many as ten thousand grizzly bears. After 1849, the state’s grizzly population plummeted, and the last credible …

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Serpentine Landscape Near Fig Mt LizGaspar

Sunday, March 18: The Serpentine Landscape: Rocks, Soils, and Plants

Field Trip with Susie Bartz and Liz Gaspar. Saturday, March 3, 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Figueroa Mountain Area. Participation is limited to 20. Registration begins Wednesday, February 7 at synature@west.net or 805/ 693-5683. Members $10. / Non-members $25. / Children $5. Payment can be made via check or cash on the day of the field trip or in advance …

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Ribbon Gum Photo By Owen Duncan

Friday, March 30: Introducing the Trees of UCSB: Six Continents in Three Hours

Field Trip with Larry Ballard. Friday, March 30, 9:00 am to noon. Participation is limited to 25. Previously enrolled participants will receive priority registration. Advance registration begins February 28 at synature@west.net or 805/ 693-5683. This field trip is free to all, and there is no UCSB parking fee on this date. Featured image of Ribbon Gum tree by Owen Duncan …

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Plate Tectonic Graphic Tanya Atwater

Thursday, April 12: When the Plate Tectonic Revolution Met Coastal Southern California

Free lecture with Dr. Tanya Atwater Co-sponsored by the Solvang Library Thursday, April 12, 7:00 p.m. Legion Wing, Solvang Veterans Memorial Building 1745 Mission Drive in Solvang Featured graphic of plate tectonic action courtesy of Tanya Atwater Geoscience educator Dr. Tanya Atwater has concentrated her land research on the tectonic evolution of western North America. During the last 100 million …

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L. Citrinus Var. Citrinus StuartWilson

Saturday, April 21: The Lupines of California

Free lecture with Stuart Wilson Saturday, April 21, 7:00 p.m. UC Sedgwick Reserve, Tipton House Feature image of Orange Lupine, Lupinus citrinus var. citrinus is by Stuart Wilson Lupines appear in California from coasts to mountaintops, from humble roadsides to wildland hills, and in every floral color. Photographer Stuart Wilson has had a love of lupines for many years and …

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Devereux Slough By OwenDuncan

Reschedule pending due to rain cancellation: Devereux Slough Restoration Revisited

Field Trip with Lisa Stratton, Darwin Richardson, and Mark Holmgren. 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 20. Advance registration at synature@west.net or 805/ 693-5683. Members $10. / Non-members $25. / Children $5. Payment can be made via check or cash on the day of the field trip or in advance of the trip using a credit card …

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Agaves Lupines After Fire JEvarts

Saturday, April 28: Color After Ashes: Following the Fire-Followers

Field Trip with Larry Ballard. Saturday, April 28, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 20. Advance registration begins March 28 at synature@west.net or 805/ 693-5683. Members $10. / Non-members $25. / Children $5. Payment can be made via check or cash on the day of the field trip or in advance of the trip using a credit …

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Charles Hood DustJacket Square

Saturday, May 12: What Is a Perfect Field Guide, and Why Don’t We Already Have Them?

A free lecture and book-signing with Charles Hood. Saturday, May 12, 7:00 p.m. UC Sedgwick Reserve, Tipton House. Featured image of book cover courtesy of Charles Hood This informal talk and book-signing with California author and naturalist Charles Hood will take us on a tour of current field guide offerings and explore the pleasures and challenges of trying to write, …

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