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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Saturday, July 14: Tracking Sharks in the Waters off Southern California
Free Lecture with Dr. Chris Lowe Co-hosted with the Solvang Library Saturday, July 14, 7:00 p.m. St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church 2901 Nojoqui Avenue, Los Olivos Featured banner photo courtesy of the CSULB Shark Lab Join us for a timely summer presentation about underwater exploration and research into the natural history of sharks with Dr. Chris […]
Wednesday, Sept. 20: When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors
Free lecture and book signing with Beth Pratt-Bergstrom Co-Sponsored by Solvang Library. Wednesday, Sept. 20, 7:00 p.m. Legion Wing, Veterans Memorial Hall. 1745 Mission Drive, Solvang. Featured photo of Mountain Lion cubs in the Santa Monica Mountains, courtesy of National Park Service. In a rapidly urbanizing state with nearly 40 million residents, how do we […]
Thursday, October 12: Backpacking and Hiking in the San Rafael Wilderness
Free lecture with James Wapotich Co-sponsored by the Los Olivos Library. Thursday, October 12, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. Featured photo of San Rafael Wilderness by James Wapotich Join local author James Wapotich as he shares images and stories from his treks through our local backcountry. Ever changing, […]
Thursday, October 26: Cultural Markings in Blue Stone: A Story of the San Rafaels
Free lecture with Sam Spaulding Co-sponsored by the Los Olivos Library. Thursday, October 26, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. Featured image of cultural markings in serpentinite by Sam Spaulding. Pictographs are paintings on stone using natural materials, while petroglyphs are carvings or markings in stone. Chumash pictographs in […]
Thursday, December 7: Monarch Butterflies – Facts and Fate
Free lecture with Marion Schlinger Co-sponsored by the Los Olivos Library. Thursday, December 7, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. Featured photo of the Pismo Beach Monarch Butterby Grove by Joe Johnston/The Tribune. Marion Schlinger, a local entomologist and a board member of the Santa Ynez Valley Natural History […]