Calendar of Events

Dig into Nature with us! Register below to attend virtual and on-preserve events. Watch recordings under "Past Events." For questions, contact Kerry Wininger. Let’s learn new skills and deepen our understanding of the earth together!

  • Building Resilience - Discussions to foster climate resilience collaboration
  • Deep Dives - Live and recorded lectures and panels with experts
  • Learn with a Naturalist - Informal chats and fun outdoors
  • Live from the Field - Conversations with field station researchers worldwide
  • Local Nature - Live presentations with nature explorations close to home
  • Naturalist Ed Series (At Osborn Preserve) - Hikes with local experts & a learning community of naturalist educators

 

Thursday, March 28, 2024

prescribed fire in a forest

Is Fire the Right Tool for Your Job?

5:00pm to 6:30pm
Online

Prescribed, or controlled, burning has been a primary tool for land management since nearly the beginning of time. Increased efforts at fire suppression in the 19th and 20th centuries eroded the popularity of the practice. Come explore with us whether fire might be the right tool for your land management job. 

Saturday, April 13, 2024

students in front of a rocky wall outside

Sonoma Mountain Geology Walk

2:30pm to 5:30pm
Fairfield Osborn Preserve

Sonoma Mountain is a part of a tectonic boundary we call The San Andreas. Deep Earth forces have uplifted the mountains & valleys of Sonoma County out of the ocean over millions of years, caused volcanic eruptions, and created topography at the intersection of countless faults. The land exists in its current form because of earthquakes, streams, landslides, fires, and human influence. Join Nicole Myers, lecturer at Sonoma State University, for a journey through geologic time and history in Sonoma County. We will observe how geology and climate have created the landscape features of Fairfield Osborn Preserve.