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Field trip with Jan Dependahl. Saturday, October 1, 9:00 a.m. to about 5:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Member registration begins: August 16. Non-member registration begins: August 26. Members free/non-members $20. Do you ever look at Santa Barbara’s beautiful mountains–or islands offshore–and wonder how they got there? Do you wonder why …

Free lecture and book signing with William C. Tweed. Tuesday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. Legion Wing, Veterans Memorial Hall. 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang. Join us for a fascinating evening as one of California’s preeminent naturalists unspools a history that echoes across generations and continents. Former park ranger William C. Tweed will take us on a tour of the Big Trees …

Field trip to Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge with Joseph Brandt. Saturday, October 15, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Participation is limited 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Member registration begins: August 16. Non-member registration begins: August 26. Members free/non-members free. This is a rare opportunity to watch our largest land birds soar above the deep canyons, …

Free lecture with Richard W. Halsey. Thursday, Oct. 27, 7:00 p.m. Legion Wing, Veterans Memorial Hall. 1745 Mission Dr., Solvang. Once home to the California grizzly bear, and where the last California condors were able to hold off extinction, the chaparral remains one of the most misunderstood and under-appreciated ecosystems on earth. Chaparral is found in every county in the …

Free screening of documentary film. Saturday, November 5, 7:00 p.m. Little Theater, Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. 2975 East Highway 246. Santa Ynez, CA. The Little Theater at SY High School is located directly across from El Rancho Market in Santa Ynez. Join us for a free screening of  TIME TO CHOOSE, a timely exploration of one of the …

Free lecture with Kevin Lafferty. Saturday, November 19, 7:00 p.m. Tipton Meeting House, UC Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Ynez. Join us for an eye-opening talk about the hidden complexities of local aquatic ecosystems. California’s tidal estuaries like the Carpinteria Salt Marsh contain trematode parasites with complex life cycles hosted by both birds and snails. Within the snails (rendered …

Field trip with Dan Fontaine and Darwin Richardson. Saturday, December 3, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Member registration begins: August 16. Non-member registration begins: August 26. Members free/non-members free. This trip will explore the Devereux Slough ecosystem, our western most large estuary on the south coast. Lower …

Field trip with Joan Lentz and Larry Ballard. Sunday, December 11,  9:00 a.m. to  4:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Member registration begins: August 16. Non-member registration begins: August 26. Members free/non-members $20. We’ll spend the morning looking for birds in the rich avian habitats around the Morro Bay salt marsh, …

Free Lecture with Cathy Rose and Stephen Ingram. Wednesday, January 20, 7:00 p.m. Wildling Museum. 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, CA 93463. Author Cathy Rose and photographer Stephen Ingram will present their new book, Rock Creek Wildflowers, published by the California Native Plant Society.  Cathy will discuss the alpine and subalpine flora native to the eastern Sierra in a talk illuminated …

Free Workshop with John Evarts and Sedgwick Docents. Saturday, February 20, 10:00 a.m. to noon. UC Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Ynez. Participation is limited to 30. Advance registration required at synature@west.net 693-5683. What outdoor activity is fun, and in future years will help beautify any landscape, support wildlife, and combat global warming? Planting a native oak tree!! If …