The WILD series has migrated UpValley!
When: Thursday, August 16 – 6:30 pm
Where: St. Helena Public Library
Cost: Free. Please note that voluntary donations are solicited via a donation basket. All donations gathered at WILD lectures go towards speaker fees and coordination time associated with the WILD series.
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Falconry
Presented By Rebecca Rosen Founder of Authentic Abatement
Photo courtesy Napa Valley Register/J.L. Sousa
Sponsors: RCD, Napa County Watershed Information & Conservation Council, St. Helena Public Library, St. Helena Public Library Friends and Foundation, Friends of the Napa River, Napa Valley Vintners,
Previous WILD Series Lectures:
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WILD St. Helena~
March 14 – Salmon and Trout
Jonathan Koehler, Napa RCD
April 13 – Beavers
Brock Dolman & Kate Lundquist Co-Directors at Occidental Arts & Ecology Center WATER Institute
May 11 – Raptors in Rehab
Carol Poole, Napa Wildlife Rescue
July 18 – Living with Mt. lions
Zara McDonald, FELIDAE Conservation Fund
September 14 – Native Bats
Corky Quirk, Northern California Bats
2018 ~
Feb 27 – Skunks
Jennifer Hunter PhD, University of California Berkeley
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WILD American Canyon ~
July 20, 2016 – Endangered Species of San Pablo Bay
Melisa Amato & Meg Marriott, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
November 2, 2016 – Raptors in Rehab
Carol Poole, Napa Wildlife Rescue
March 15, 2017 – Edible Plants
Alex Greene, Napa-Solano Audubon
June 21, 2017 – Mountain lions
Zara McDonald, FELIDAE Conservation Fund
October 25 – Bats
Corky Quirk, NorCal Bats
January 31 – Mushrooms
George Riner, Sonoma County Mycological Society
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WILD Napa ~
2015~
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
2016~
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
July 13 – California Native Bees
Gordon Frankie, Urban Bee Lab, UC Berkeley
August 10 – Iconic Cats
Quinton Martins, Audubon Canyon Ranch
September 14 – Napa River Wildlife & Restoration
Shaun Horne & Jeremy Sarrow, Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
October 12 – The World of Lichens
Shelly Bensen, California Lichen Society
November 9 – Dragonflies
Kathy Biggs, Southwest Dragonflies
December 14 – Lampreys
Dr. Stewart Reid, Western Fishes ~ Lamprey Program
2017 ~
January 11 – Living with Coyotes
Keli Hendricks, Project Coyote
February 8 – Salmon and Trout
Jonathan Koehler, Napa RCD
March 8 – CA Freshwater Shrimp
Scott Cressey, Fisheries Biologist
April 12 – Local Mushrooms
George Riner, Sonoma Mycological Association
May 10 – Gray Fox
Bill Leikam
June 14 – ‘Tales’ of Napa’s Past
Shari Gardner, Friends of the Napa River
July 12 – Raptors in Rehab
Carol Poole, Napa Wildlife Rescue
August 9 – Skunks
Jennifer Hunter PhD, University of California Berkeley
September 13 Serpentine, Rare Plants, and Fire
Mike Palladini, Land Trust of Napa County
October 11, Tales from a Recovered Arachnophobe
Gwen Heistand, Audubon Canyon Ranch
November 8 – American badger
Susan Kirks, Naturalist
December 13 – Climate, Forests, and Wildlife
Lisa Micheli, President & CEO of Pepperwood Preserve
2018~
January 10 – Sensitive Aquatic Species
Jonathan Koehler, Napa Resource Conservation District