Thursday, November 15: The Return of Gray Wolves to California
Free lecture with Pamela Flick Co-hosted by the Los Olivos Library Thursday, November 15, 7:30 p.m. Los Olivos Community Organization Hall (formerly Santa Ynez Valley Grange) 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos Featured photo of a wolf in the Shoshone National Forest. Photo by Amy Gerber Once common throughout much of North America, the gray […]
Wednesday, November 28: California Plants: A Look at our Iconic Flora
Free lecture and book signing with Matt Ritter Co-hosted by the Los Olivos Library and Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden Wednesday, November 28, 7:00 p.m. Los Olivos Community Organization Hall (formerly Santa Ynez Valley Grange) 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos Featured photo of woolly blue curls by Matt Ritter There are more than 5,000 […]
Thursday, January 25: Film: The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island
Introduction, film screening, and Q&A with Paul Goldsmith Co-hosted by the Los Olivos Library. Thursday, January 25, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. Featured image of pinnipeds on San Nicolas Island by Sam Spaulding Please join us in welcoming filmmaker Paul Goldsmith, who will introduce and screen his newest […]
Thursday, February 8: Natural Resources of San Nicolas Island
Free lecture with William Hoyer Co-hosted by the Solvang Library. Thursday, February 8, 7:00 p.m. Solvang Library. 1745 Mission Drive in Solvang. Featured image of San Nicolas Island foxes by Charles Graham San Nicolas Island is the most remote and mysterious of the Channel Islands, and is filled with carefully managed and diverse natural resources. […]
Thursday, February 22: Bear Essential? The Past, Present, and Potential Future of Grizzlies in California
Free lecture with Dr. Peter Alagona. Co-hosted by Los Olivos Library. Thursday, February 22, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Avenue, Los Olivos. Featured image is the California state flag Prior to the Gold Rush, California was home to as many as ten thousand grizzly bears. After 1849, the state’s grizzly population […]
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 […]