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Field trip with Chris Ryan Friday, July 15, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 693-5683. Members free/nonmembers free. South Vandenberg Air Force Base offers spectacular views of the Channel Islands and seldom-seen natural history displays. The base archeologist, Chris Ryan, will host our group to see the flora of Tranquillon …

Field Trip led by Larry Ballard. Reported by Larry Ballard and Len Fleckenstein. Photos and captions by John Evarts. THE DUNES OVERVIEW by Larry Ballard The Guadalupe dune sheet extends from Oso Flaco south to the Santa Maria River. It lies entirely on the Santa Maria River floodplain and represents two aeolian (wind-blown) Holocene dune-building episodes. The active dunes date from the present-day to about 2,000 …

We have an exciting series of field trips and lectures lined up for this fall. Save the dates! Further information, including registration information, will be sent soon via email, our Magpie Calls newsletter, and our website: www.syvnature.org. The featured image is of Devereux Slough, by Callie Bowdish Thursday, September 15, 7:00 p.m. Could Climate Change be Wrong? Free lecture and …