Science Lectures - 2015

Please join Point Reyes National Seashore staff for Science Lectures, 45 minute presentations on scientific research being performed at Point Reyes and elsewhere in the California. Science Lectures are sponsored by the Pacific Coast Science and Learning Center at Point Reyes National Seashore. They usually occur at noon on many Thursdays throughout the year and are normally held at the Red Barn Classroom at Point Reyes National Seashore's Headquarters. All are welcome and admission is free.

Visit our Science Lectures page to learn about upcoming lectures.

Some of our Brown Bag Lectures in 2015 included:

 

Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria).

Date: Sunday, January 4, 2015
Title: 10th Annual Point Reyes Fungus Fair
Location: Bear Valley Visitor Center auditorium
Schedule of Speakers:

11:00 am "Forest Fires and Fungi: Losers, Winners, and Strategies" by Dr. Tom Bruns
12:30 pm "The Art and History of Mushroom Dyes" by Dorothy Beebee
2:00 pm "Zen and the Art of Mushroom Hunting" by Debbie Viess

More info: https://www.nps.gov/pore/planyourvisit/events_fungusfair.htm

 

Date: Thursday, January 8, 2015
Title: "The Study of Indigenous Landscape Management Practices in Central California: An Eco-Archaeological Approach."
Presenter: Dr. Kent Lightfoot, UC Berkeley
Time: Noon

 

Female Anna's hummingbird.

Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Title: "The Ins and Outs of Banding Hummingbirds and Potential Research Initiatives"
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Tell, from the Hummingbird Health and Conservation Program at UC Davis
Time: Noon

 

Top of Page

Date: Thursday, May 21, 2015
Topic: Patti Trimble, featured artist in the exhibition of women environmental artists, "Connections," will talk about her painting and study of endangered plants of California. Co-sponsored by ART Contemporary Marin.

Date: Thursday, May 28, 2015
Title: "Whales, Walruses, and Sea Cows: Paleontologic Investigations of the Purisima Formation at Point Reyes National Seashore"
Presenter: Robert W. Boessenecker, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Otago, New Zealand and Research Associate, University of California Museum of Paleontology

 

Date: Thursday, November 5, 2015
Title: "Viewing sea stars from the sky: High resolution aerial mapping of the rocky intertidal zone"
Presenter: Victoria Kentner, from the Point Reyes National Seashore Association

 

Date: Thursday, December 3, 2015
Title: "The North and South of it, Black Abalone Presence in the California National Parks"
Presenter: Kari Eckdahl, M.S., California State University, Fullerton (Former PRNSA Intern)

 

For more information about the Brown Bag Lectures, contact Ben Becker at 415-464-5187 or by email.

Top of Page