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