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February
18-March 18, 2009
Elizabeth Kolbert is coming to Chico as part of CSU Chico's "On
the Creek Lecture Series." Her book, Field
Notes on a Catastophe: Man Nature and Climate Change will
be the topic of discussion each Wednesday from February 18-March
18*
(*Excluding March 11, the day of Kolbert's Lecture).
The discussions will take place at
Barnes
and Noble Booksellers. See below for specific dates,
times, and ticket information.
-----March 11 7:30 pm- CSU Chico's "On the Creek Lecture
Series" presents Elizabeth Kolbert.
Environmental author Elizabeth Kolbert will speak in Laxson
Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Author of the book
Field Notes from a Catastrophe — Man, Nature, and Climate
Change, Kolbert was a political reporter for the New York Times
for 14 years before she became a staff writer for The New Yorker
in 1999.
Tickets are $15 Adult, $13 Senior, and $10 Student/Child. To purchase
tickets, please refer to The
University Box Office
-----March 18, 7-8 pm- Renewable Energy: What It Can Do
For You
With Dr Cristina Archer, Geological and Environmental Sciences
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February
28 - September 12, 2009
The CSU Chico Herbarium Workshops:
--March 21 , 2009 -- Soils Ecology.
by Sherry Yarnell and Andrew Conlin.
Category: General Interest/Technical
Life begins with soil. From nitrogen-fixing
bacteria and their symbiotic associations with the roots of lupines
and alders to the rock-weathering properties of lichens in their
role in soil formation. A healthy, biodynamic soil supports plant
growth, protects air and water quality and ensures human and animal
health. Soils vary from place to place. This is an opportunity
to observe and understand the components of soil diversity.
Click
here for more details and registration form (pdf).
--March 28 , 2009 -- Name That
Wildflower.
by Linnea Hanson, Jenny Marr, and others.
Category: General Interest
What is that flower? …want to identify it without resorting
to Latin names? Don’t care about the difference between hispid
and hirsute?....Then this workshop is for you! Join us at an herbarium
classroom and Bidwell Park foothills to learn a simple and systematic
way to identify wildflowers. Learn common and easily observed
features, such as color and number of petals. Instructors will
demonstrate wildflower anatomy using models and live material.
Botany mentors will assist students in classroom and field sessions.
Receive the book, Peterson’s Field Guide to Pacific States
Wildflowers. Gain experience with this reference guide and be
able to apply these new skills to many of California’s wildflowers.
Click
here for more details and registration form (pdf).
--April 18, 2009 -- Vernal Pool
Floristics.
by John Dittes..
Category: Technical
Details coming soon.
--April 18, 2009 -- How to Lead a Successful Natural
History Field Trip.
by Tanya Heaston and Linnea Hanson.
Category: Especially for Teachers
Have you wondered how to lead a field trip? What natural history features you should highlight to students? This half day workshop will cover the basics of leading a successful natural history field trip.
We plan to talk about the different aspects of planning a field trip and then will be involved
in a short field trip. We will discuss leading children in the field – what to do before
the field trip, techniques for during the trip, and after the trip. The short field trip is focused
on the elementary school age group. We will visit the Maidu cave on the ridge above Horseshoe
Lake on our short field trip.
Click here for more details and registration form (pdf).
--April 25, 2009 --Introduction
to Rare Plant Monitoring.
by Kyle Merriam.
Category: Technical
Rare plants are exciting to find and identify, but sometimes we
want to know more. Are their populations stable over time? How
do they vary in cover or density from year to year? How are they
affected by different kinds of management? This one day workshop
will cover the basic principles of monitoring rare plant populations.
Click
here for more details and registration form (pdf).
--May 9 , 2009 -- Health and
Safety in the Field.
by Josephine Guardino.
Category: Technical/General Interest
Details coming soon.
--May 16, 2009 -- Botanical Illustration.
by Judy McCrary.
Category: General Interest/Technical
Want to draw plants and flowers? Here’s your chance! Local
illustrator and teacher, Judy McCrary, will lead this one day
workshop on botanical illustration. The workshop will concentrate
on pencil and ink techniques, although other media may be explored
depending on the interests of the participants. Please bring a
2B or a regular #2 pencil. If you already have a crow-quill pen
base and nib, and black ink, bring those, too. You are welcome
to borrow pencils, pens, ink, and paper if you want to try things
out before making any purchases. You can find everything you could
want at Ellis Art & Engineering Supplies in downtown Chico,
a few blocks from the class. Let’s all bring plant cuttings
and flowers to share and draw. Please also bring a lunch.
Click here for more details and registration form (pdf)
--June 22-28, 2009 -- Flora of the western Great Basin.
To be held at the Eagle
Lake Field Station.
by Mike Williams.
Category: Technical/General Interest
Details coming soon.
--August 15, 2009 -- Ethnoecology
of California Wetland Plants.
by Michelle Stevens, Judy & Pete Bunting,
and friends.
Category: General Interest/Technical
Details coming soon.
--September
12, 2009 -- Asteraceae.
by John Dittes.
Category: Technical
Details coming soon.
--October 10, 2009-- Oak Woodland
Ecology and Management
by Doug McCreary
Category: General Interest/Technical
Oak woodlands are an integral and conspicuous part of the California
landscape. This workshop, led by Doug McCreary, will cover such
topics as the importance of native California oaks, benefits of
oaks to property owners and to the environment, threats to native
oaks, methods for growing oaks and restoring woodlands, insects,
diseases, and other pests of oaks, legal protection of oaks, and
oak management in the urban landscape.
The workshop will meet for the morning in the CSU Chico Herbarium,
followed by an afternoon field visit to the oak woodlands in Upper
Bidwell Park, Chico.
Click
here for more details and registration form (pdf)
*Workshops sponsored by The
Friends of the Herbarium. *
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April
2009
Museum Without Walls Spring 2009 Series
"Water, Water Everywhere, But..."
The programs are offered Wednesday nights and begin at 7:30 PM
at the Chico
Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave, Chico.
A donation of $3 per adult is requested. Students with ID are
free. A question and answer period will follow each program.
Apr. 1st-- North Fork Feather: Rebuilding a River by
Dave Steindorf, American Whitewater Association.
Apr. 8th--Chico's Groundwater: Problems and Progress
by Karin Hoover, CSU Chico, Department of Geological and Environmental
Sciences.
Apr 15th-- The Last Best Run of Wild Salmon by
Allen Harthorn, Friends of Butte Creek.
Apr 22nd-- Protecting and Restoring the Sacramento
River by John Carlon, River Partners.
April 29-- Northern Sacramento Valley Groundwater &
Surface Conditions by Dan McManus, Senior Engineering Geologist.
Department of Water Resources
MWOW Spring 2009 is supported by the following sponsors:
Creative Composition
Diane Anderson
John and Renee McAmis
Dr. Marcia Moore
Public Radio KCHO 91.7 FM/KFPR 88.9 FM
Peggy Steel
Gary and Judy Sitton
Joan Stewart
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