Postponed to late spring or fall:

Field Trips, lectures, children’s activities, and a picnic

9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
UC Sedgwick Reserve, Tipton House
Advance registration (required) begins March 4 at synature@west.net or 805/ 693-5683
Free event open to the public, and all ages are welcome

 

 

 

 

 

Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Society! The founding meeting of the Society was held in the Studio at Sedgwick Reserve on April 16, 2000. More than 35 individuals gathered on a cool spring day to share their ideas for a new organization devoted to natural history in the Santa Ynez Valley region. After the meeting, the group took a long ramble through the oak woodlands, which were especially verdant after that year’s winter rains. Before the end of 2000, the Society became a nonprofit California corporation and had sponsored two field trips, three lectures, a workshop, and our first award for a student project.

 

Join us to look back — and look forward. Come for the morning hikes, lectures, or children’s activities (generously provided by NatureTrack), and stay for a picnic lunch. Bring your own meal or pre-purchase a box lunch (via our website) that will be waiting for you at the Reserve. We’ll provide a delicious cake for dessert and extra refreshments. We have planned both indoor and outdoor activities, and a full schedule of events will be sent to all registrants.

 

Short field trips, leaving from the Tipton House, will begin at 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

Our SYVNHS board members and others will be leading easy walks, including the following: birding (Fred Emerson), botany (Liz Gaspar), oak ecology (John Evarts and Margie Popper). Inside Tipton House, there will be talks by board members at 9:00 a.m., ”Monarchs — Facts and Fate” (Marion Schlinger) and at 10:00 a.m., “Corvids of the Santa Ynez Valley” (Dennis Beebe). Throughout the morning, NatureTrack docents will provide several activities that are popular with children.