Dedicated to the study, exploration, and appreciation of natural history
in the Santa Ynez Valley region.

Carrizo Plain National Monument:  A Wild Life in California’s Largest Remaining Native GrasslandWednesday, Dec. 11, 2024

Free lecture with Chuck Graham
Co-Hosted by Solvang Library
The 250,000 acres of Carrizo Plain National Monument are quietly spectacular, as they encompass one of the highest concentrations of threatened and endangered species in a California protected space, comprise the largest protected habitat along migrating birds’ Pacific Flyway and, important to both of these, protect the largest remaining