Saturday, February 11, 6:45 p.m.: Annual Members’ Meeting at Sedgwick Reserve, preceding Oak Studies lecture
Annual Members’ Meeting Saturday, February 11, 6:45 p.m. Tipton House, UC Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Ynez. Immediately preceding the California Oak Studies lecture at Sedgwick Reserve, the annual Members’ meeting will be held at 6:45 p.m., to elect and introduce new board members for 2017, and hear a brief Treasurer’s report. Members, please join us in the Tipton …
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Saturday, February 11, 7:00 p.m.: A Trilogy of California Oak Studies: Phylogeny, Phenology, and “Flow-ology”
Free lecture with Victoria Sork and Andy Lentz Saturday, February 11, 7:00 p.m. Tipton House, UC Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Ynez. As oaks in California face ever-changing threats to their survival, this timely talk will deepen our understanding of their evolutionary history as well as their fragility and potential resilience. Victoria Sork and Andy Lentz will present three …
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Thursday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.: Harnessing Water & Harvesting Soil: 2,000 Years of Water Harvesting in the Petra Hinterlands
Free lecture with Erin Addison. Thursday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Ave, Los Olivos. Erin Addison is an historian and landscape architect who has worked in Jordan since 1994. She began her work in the Middle East as a Fulbright scholar researching the water infrastructure and politics of the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th …
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Saturday, March 4, 9:00 a.m.to 1:00 p.m.: Exploring Mount Dibblee
Field trip with Larry Ballard Saturday, March 4, 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Members free/non-members $20. Pre-registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. This infrequently used trail takes us through a large stand of chaparral on the upper west part of UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. The chaparral is entirely Buckbrush, Ceanothus cuneatus, one of the most widely distributed …
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Saturday, March 18, 9:00 a.m. to about 4:00 p.m.: Carrizo Plain National Monument
Field trip with Denis Kearns. Saturday, March 18, 9:00 a.m. to about 4:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Members free/non-members $20. Join us for an adventure in Carrizo Plain National Monument with BLM Botanist Denis Kearns, where we may (depending on rainfall) find acres of spring wildflowers, and will certainly explore …
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Sunday, April 9, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Local Spring Wildflower Foray
Field trip with Liz Gaspar. Sunday, April 9, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 20. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 693-5683. Members free/nonmembers $20. We’re leaving the location open for this spring wildflower foray; Liz Gaspar will decide our local destination based on the best blooms. Last year, she led us through stunning sheets of flowers …
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Saturday, April 22, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Quiota Creek Birds and Wildflowers
Field trip with Tim Matthews. Saturday, April 22, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 20. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Members free/nonmembers $20. Join Tim Matthews for a springtime field trip to Quiota Creek on the private Mitchell Ranch. Late April to early May is a great time to observe migrating passerines, who congregate …
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Thursday, May 11, 7:00 p.m.: Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne Disease in Santa Barbara County
Free lecture with David Chang. Thursday, May 11, 7:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Solvang Library. Solvang Library, 1745 Mission Drive. Bzzzzz! Are mosquitoes good for anything at all? Join us for a free lecture that will answer many questions, but perhaps not that one. Besides being a nuisance, mosquitoes are a public health pest that can spread diseases to you, your …
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Saturday, June 10: FILM SCREENING: “Gaviota, the End of Southern California”
Free documentary film screening Saturday, June 10, 7:00 p.m. Tipton Meeting House. UCSB Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue. Santa Ynez, CA. Join us for a free screening of Gaviota, the End of Southern California. The Gaviota Coast Conservancy says their film “. . . explores one of the most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the world. Filmed over five years, this …
Read MoreWinter & Spring 2017 Program: Field Trip Registration Opened January 9
We have an exciting series of field trips and lectures lined up for 2017. Full details are below and in the Magpie Calls newsletter. Registration for field trips began January 9, and all field trips are full. Lectures are open to all, they are free, and there is no registration.
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