Get to know Napa County’s wild creatures with our monthly lecture series

When: 2nd Wednesdays, 7 pm

Where: Napa Main Library, 580 Coombs St, Napa 

Cost: Free. Please note that voluntary donations are solicited via a donation basket. All donation gathered at WILD NAPA go towards speaker fees and coordination time associated with WILD NAPA.

Sponsors: RCD, Friends of the Napa River, Watershed Information & Conservation Council, Napa Valley Vintners, Carolyn Parr Nature Center, and Napa County Library

July 13 – California Native Bees

 Gordon Frankie, Urban Bee Lab, UC Berkeley

Dr. Frankie will share intriguing stories about the relationships between bees, flowers, and people. He will address questions such as: Why should everyday people care about bees? How can we build habitat in garden’s and agricultural areas? What is causing the decline in honey bees and how can we help conserve them? Are native bees important to agriculture, and human food supplies? Beautiful, enlarged bee images by a local artist will be on display.

 

 

Up Next – 

August 10 Monitoring Mountain Lions at Audubon Canyon Ranch, with Quinton Martins

September 14  Napa River Restoration, with the Napa County Flood District

October 12  Lichen, California Lichen Society


Previous Lectures

August 12 – River otters

Megan Isadore, The River Otter Ecology Project

September 9 – Beavers

Kate Lundquist, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center

October 14 – Mountain Lions

Zara McDonald, Felidae Conservation Fund

November 18 – Raptors

Wildlife Rescue Center of Napa County

December 10 – Steelhead & Salmon

Jonathan Koehler, Napa County RCD

January 13 – Where the Wild Things Are

Michelle Halbur, Pepperwood Preserve 

February 10 – Manzanitas, Animals, and Fire

Tom Parker, San Francisco State University

March 9 – Big Year of Birding

Wendy Schackwitz, Napa-Solano Audubon 

April 13 – Owls

Trinka Marris, Hungry Owl Project

May 11 – Bats

Corky Quirk, NorCal Bats

June 8 – Western Pond Turtle

Matthew Bettelheim, (bio)accumulation