Events/Classes
Sunday, August 18, 2024
Naturalist Ed Series: Trail Activities & Planning Visits
11:00am to 4:00pm
Fairfield Osborn Preserve
Learn Osborn Preserve’s hiking trails, games to play with children on the trail and how to gain additional access to the preserve on your own! Are you curious about the flexible program requirements to become an Osborn Naturalist to gain amazing opportunities that SSU’s Osborn Preserve has to offer? This event is mandatory for those who would like to become an Osborn Naturalist and optional for those interested in learning more about becoming an Osborn Naturalist.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Naturalist Ed Series: Fish of Osborn Preserve
10:00am to 1:00pm
Fairfield Osborn Preserve
Join us to learn about Osborn Naturalists’ recent fish observations in Osborn Preserve’s Copeland Creek! We will explore a beautiful section of the perennial creek while we learn about new SSU research involving a special-status fish species that typically uses both fresh and saltwater to complete its lifecycle.
Sunday, August 25, 2024
Naturalist Ed Series: Plants of Sonoma Mountain
10:00am to 1:00pm
Fairfield Osborn Preserve
Explore the diversity of plant life of Sonoma Mountain during the winter! We will explore a variety of vegetation communities including oak woodland, riparian, grassland and more where we will observe plants through sight, touch and smell. Find out what different types of plants including mosses, ferns, cone-bearing plants and flowering plants are up to this fall season.
Naturalist Ed Series: Human Relations with the Osborn Preserve
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Fairfield Osborn Preserve
Visitors sometimes refer to SSU’s Fairfield Osborn Preserve as “pristine”, untouched by human hands. In fact, the preserve’s vegetation communities are deeply informed by pre-colonial land management practices, to the point that many of them could be considered “human made” until Europeans arrived with very different land management approaches. Join us to explore the Osborn Preserve landscape through a cultural lens.