Mammoth in the Artichokes

On Tuesday, April 19th, 2022, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed back the very popular Mark Hylkema in the program entitled “Mammoth in the Artichokes.” He discussed the remains of an Ice Age mammal found near Castroville in 2011 and the research team that investigated and recovered these remains. He connected the lives and diet of the first Native Americans with the huge animals that roamed this area at the time of the Ice Age, and uncovered a completely different landscape and a fascinating natural history of the Monterey Bay region.