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 […]
Tuesday, January 31, 7:00 p.m.: Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
Free lecture and book signing with Dan Flores. Tuesday, January 31, 7:00 p.m. Legion Wing, Veterans Memorial Hall. 1745 Mission Drive, Solvang. While frequently seen in Santa Barbara County, and increasingly found even in urban areas across the country, the coyote remains a mysterious animal with its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience. […]
Saturday, February 11, 7:00 p.m.: A Trilogy of California Oak Studies: Phylogeny, Phenology, and “Flow-ology”
Free lecture with Victoria Sork and Andy Lentz Saturday, February 11, 7:00 p.m. Tipton House, UC Sedgwick Reserve. 3566 Brinkerhoff Avenue, Santa Ynez. As oaks in California face ever-changing threats to their survival, this timely talk will deepen our understanding of their evolutionary history as well as their fragility and potential resilience. Victoria Sork and […]
Thursday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.: Harnessing Water & Harvesting Soil: 2,000 Years of Water Harvesting in the Petra Hinterlands
Free lecture with Erin Addison. Thursday, March 2, 7:30 p.m. Santa Ynez Valley Grange. 2374 Alamo Pintado Ave, Los Olivos. Erin Addison is an historian and landscape architect who has worked in Jordan since 1994. She began her work in the Middle East as a Fulbright scholar researching the water infrastructure and politics of the […]