Fire Ecology Hike to the Summit of Figueroa Mountain
Saturday, April 18
Field trip with Matt Kay
Annual wildflowers such as sky lupine and tufted poppy (Lupinus nanus, Eschscholzia caespitosa) put on great displays in the burn zone on Figueroa last spring, and we may be lucky enough to see a similar profusion of blooms this year. Photo by John Evarts.
On this hike to the summit area of Figueroa Mountain, biologist Matt Kay will focus on the themes of recovery and resiliency in the plant life of this ecological sky island. Much of the mountain was burned during the Lake Fire of July 2024. Now, nearly two years after this wildfire, the Figueroa landscape is undergoing a transformation that provides a living classroom for the study of fire ecology. The trip
Sunday, April 21: Figueroa Mountain Spring Wildflowers
Field trip with John Evarts and Margie Popper
Figueroa Mountain is a celebrated spring wildflower destination known for poppies, lupines, chocolate lilies, mariposa lilies, and many other showy species of annuals and perennials. Naturalists Margie Popper and John Evarts will lead a hike on the mountain to take in some of this botanical diversity. The trailhead will be located on the upper portion of the mountain and will be picked from a number of possibilities based on where the blooms and trail conditions are best
Saturday, November 4: Trees of Figueroa Mountain: A Hike Down Fir Canyon
Field trip with John Evarts and Margie Popper Saturday, November 4, 2023, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Participation is limited to 20. Good physical condition and good balance are essential for this trip. Registration opens at 9 a.m. on October 5 for members and on October 15 for nonmembers at syvnhs@syvnature.org or 805/ 693-5683. Members […]
Figueroa Mountain Game Preserve — Lecture recording
Free illustrated lecture with Ken Doud This event occurred on Thursday, May 11, 2023 Co-sponsored by Solvang Library Solvang Library, 1745 Mission Drive This in-person talk was live-streamed via Zoom. To access the Zoom lecture, please follow this link: Figueroa Mountain Game Preserve. As recently as 10,000 years ago, in what is known as the […]