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The UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System is excited to offer a Fall 2020 Seminar Series: “From The First Humans To Forest Fires: Scientific Discoveries Spanning UC Santa Barbara’s Seven Spectacular Natural Reserves” Please join us this fall for a series of presentations focused on some of the latest research and findings from across UCSB’s seven natural reserve sites. UCSB’s Reserves are part of the 41-site University of California Natural Reserve System, one of the largest and most unique networks of protected lands in the world, supporting the university mission of research, university-level education and public service. UCSB operates 7 of these Reserves in unique ecosystems ranging from coastal (Coal Oil Point Reserve, Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve, Santa Cruz Island Reserve and K.S.N. Rancho Marino Reserve) to inland valleys (Sedgwick Reserve) to Great Basin (Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory; SNARL) and montane forest (Valentine Reserve). Each week will provide a brief introduction to the Reserve site by the Reserve Director, followed by an engaging presentation by one of the Reserve’s expert scientists focused on the highlights of their research. Registration is free! Join us every Thursday evening, from October 8 – November 19, from 7 – 8 PM, in this virtual tour of research highlights from across the state. Registration opens one week prior to each seminar at nrs.ucsb.edu/events. Fall 2020 Schedule |
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October 8 | Santa Cruz Island Reserve Small Island, Big Impact: Santa Cruz Island and its Contribution to Understanding Initial Human Occupation of the New World Dr. Amy Gusick,Associate Curator, Anthropology, LA Museum of Natural History |
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October 15 | Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve Do parasites run the natural reserve system? Dr. Kevin Lafferty,Marine Ecologist, Western Ecological Research Center, US Geological Survey Principal Investigator, Marine Science Institute, UCSB |
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October 22 | Rancho Marino Reserve Oaks by the sea? Tracking demographic shifts and bracing for potential climate-change induced forest type conversions Dr. Sarah Bisbing Assistant Professor, University of Nevada Reno |
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October 29 | Sedgwick Reserve The recent past and projected future of oak savannas of the Santa Ynez Valley Dr. Frank Davis, Professor and Director of La Kretz Center for Research at Sedgwick Reserve UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management |
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November 5 | Coal Oil Point Reserve Vector-borne disease in a changing world: Identifying ecological levers for health Dr. Andy MacDonald,Assistant Researcher, UCSB Bren School of Environmental Science and Management |
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November 12 | Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory Think globally, act locally: how a pandemic challenges conservation of a California frog, and how scientists and managers can respond Dr. Tom Smith,Assistant Researcher. UCSB Earth Research Institute |
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November 19 | Valentine Reserve Fuels management and forest restoration in the Sierra Nevada: the case for active forest management on the Valentine Reserve Dr. Hugh Safford.Regional Ecologist, USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region Ashley Grupenhoff,Doctoral Student, UC Davis If you have questions, please contact Ashlyn Cavaletto at ashlyncavaletto@ucsb.edu |
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