Saturday, December 3: Birds and Restoration of Devereux Slough

Field trip with Dan Fontaine and Darwin Richardson. Saturday, December 3, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Member registration begins: August 16. Non-member registration begins: August 26. Members free/non-members free. This trip will explore the Devereux Slough ecosystem, our western most large estuary […]

Sunday, December 11: Birds and Tide Pools of Morro Bay and Montaña de Oro

Field trip with Joan Lentz and Larry Ballard. Sunday, December 11,  9:00 a.m. to  4:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 805 693-5683. Member registration begins: August 16. Non-member registration begins: August 26. Members free/non-members $20. We’ll spend the morning looking for birds in the rich avian habitats around […]

Saturday, February 20: Planting Native Oaks

Free Workshop with John Evarts and Sedgwick Docents. Saturday, February 20, 10:00 a.m. to noon. UC Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Ynez. Participation is limited to 30. Advance registration required at synature@west.net 693-5683. What outdoor activity is fun, and in future years will help beautify any landscape, support wildlife, and combat global warming? Planting […]

Saturday, March 12: Coreopsis Hill and the Guadalupe Dunes

Field trip with Larry Ballard. Saturday, March 12, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 25. Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 693-5683. Members free/nonmembers $20. The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge lies within the largest coastal dune system in California. The hike takes us through dune scrub, a shrub-dominated habitat that includes […]

Sunday, March 20: Local Spring Wildflower Foray

Field trip with Liz Gaspar. Sunday, March 20, 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. As we go to press, the rains have just begun in earnest, and we can’t predict where the best wildflowers will be in late March. It may […]

Saturday, April 16: Volunteer Opportunity at Burton Mesa

Help pull thistles at beautiful Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve. Saturday April 16, 2016. 9:00-noon with optional after-lunch walk. Join the SYVNHS for a morning of weed abatement followed by a short trek into the beautiful Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve.  Tim Matthews, SYVNHS board member, will lead us in removing noxious Milk Thistle, Silybum marianum, and […]

Sunday, May 1: Blooms and Birds of Burton Mesa

Field trip to Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve with Tim Matthews and Christine Thompson. Sunday, May 1, 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 free. This trip will explore plants and birds of the unique ecosystem protected by Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve (BMER), and […]

Friday, July 15: Flora and Rock Paintings of Vandenberg Air Force Base

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 […]