California Native Plant Society
Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Santa Clara Valley Chapter
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UC Berkeley’s Blue Oak Ranch Reserve is a nature reserve and biological field station located in one of California’s iconic landscapes: the oak savannah and woodlands of the Diablo Range. In this talk, Zac Harlow will discuss some of the flora and natural history that makes this region special; the interesting research, field courses and groups that utilize the reserve; and some of the challenges of managing for biodiversity in a changing climate. About half of the 3,280 acres of the reserve were burned in the 2020 SCU Lightning Complex fire and Zac will discuss these impacts as well as the surprising resiliency of this special landscape.
Zac Harlow is committed to the idea that field stations can bring communities and nature together in meaningful and important ways. He is the resident director of Blue Oak Ranch Reserve and has worked to grow and diversify the user base over the last five years. His love of field stations runs deep. He lived on a station in Grand Teton National Park for many summers during his teens and twenties and is familiar with many more. Since moving to California in 2007, he has worked for the San Diego Zoo’s Wildlife Alliance, received his Ph.D. from UCLA and taught classes at Cal State LA and Cal State East Bay.
| Thu Jan 01 @10:00AM - 02:00PM New Year’s walk to Franklin Point, part of Año Nuevo State Park (Hwy 1 coast, southern San Mateo County) |
| Fri Jan 02 @ 9:00AM - Edgewood Restoration |
| Sat Jan 03 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM Lake Cunningham Native Garden |
| Sat Jan 03 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM Cataldi Park Native Garden |
| Sat Jan 03 @ 9:00AM - 11:00AM Kirk Park Pollinator Garden |
| Mon Jan 05 @ 8:30AM - Alum Rock Park Restoration |
| Mon Jan 05 @ 7:00PM - 08:30PM Conservation Committee |
| Wed Jan 07 @ 8:30AM - Alum Rock Park Restoration |
| Fri Jan 09 @ 9:00AM - Edgewood Restoration |
| Sat Jan 10 @ 8:00AM - 10:00AM Lake Cunningham Native Garden |
