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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180113T150000
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SUMMARY:San Pedro Creek: Past\, Present\, and Future
DESCRIPTION:San Pedro Creek Watershed:  What we know about watershed from 20 years of research\nJerry Davis is a Professor of Geography and Environmental Science at San Francisco State University\, and a former president of the San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition.  He specializes in biogeomorphology\, and his research looks at the closely interlinked systems that interplay in the watershed:  its geology\, landforms\, soils\, and biotic environments\, as well as human impacts on the creek and its hillslopes.  These systems interact in multiple ways – there have also been significant impacts of the natural and built landscape on its residents\, including landslides taking out homes and backyards being undercut by slope failures and bank erosion. \nAlong with students and other faculty at San Francisco State University and members of the watershed coalition\, Jerry has been studying this creek and its watershed for about 20 years.  We’ve learned quite a lot about how the creek and its habitats work\, and how they relate to the natural and human environment they reside in.  But there’s still a lot to learn.  It’s time to take a look at where we are now\, and what we still need to do to understand and restore some of its ecological functions\, and in general to learn how we can best live with this unique and important landscape. \n 
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/san-pedro-creek-past-present-and-future/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171217T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171217T123000
DTSTAMP:20171102T205425Z
CREATED:20171102T205312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T205425Z
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SUMMARY:Mushrooms of San Pedro Valley Park
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nComb the trails with an expert on mushroom identification\, J.R. Blair. We will pluck a variety of mushrooms and then reassemble at the Visitor Center with Mr. Blair to identify and discuss them. \nMr. Blair is a long-time member & past president of the Mycological Society of SF. At present he is a UCSF biology lecturer & the director of its field campus in the Sierras. J.R. Blair received his Master’s degree in Conservation Biol. focusing on mushroom taxonomy in ‘99 within Sa Pedro Valley Park. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/669/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171202T170000
DTSTAMP:20171102T204801Z
CREATED:20171102T204801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T204801Z
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SUMMARY:Struggles of Steelhead Trout and the Value of San Pedro Creek
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nLenny Grimaldo will discuss the life history of the steelhead trout & show how our creek’s health is important to them. \nLenny leads a fisheries and aquatic re-search practice for a consulting firm in No. Calif. He has spent his career conducting research on fishes in California waters and is currently studying the role of estuarine marshes to support listed fish species such as delta smelt\, longfin smelt\, and Chinook salmon. \nHe also works on several steelhead smolt studies in the SF Bay/Delta\, aiming to determine the factors that affect their emigration to the ocean. Lenny earned this PhD from UC Davis in Ecology (emphasis Fisheries Biology)\, M.S. from SF State Rom-berg Tiburon in Marine Science\, and his B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Biology from U.C. Davis. Lenny resides in Pacifica with his wife and 2 boys.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/struggles-of-steelhead-trout-and-the-value-of-san-pedro-creek/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171118T170000
DTSTAMP:20171113T223032Z
CREATED:20170901T001506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171113T223032Z
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SUMMARY:The Live Bats program with Corky Quirk
DESCRIPTION:The Live Bats program with Corky Quirk \nThis coming Saturday\, November 18\, Corky Quirk is coming to SPVP at 3pm with her live bats\, and tales of the fascinating world of these fancy flyers.  Her little disabled bats will gobble up meal worms on site while you watch the action on our screen.  She is the leader of many family and school hikes in the Yolo bypass bridge locale by Davis\, and after getting her BS from Humboldt State (Natural Resources; Environmental Education) she became fascinated by bats and concerned about their future\, establishing NorCalBats\, in order to rescue\, rehabilitate them and to educate people as to their vital contribution to our ecosystems. \nBring yourself and your school age children\, grandchildren\, neighbor kids to our Visitor Center at 3 on the 18th! \nDue to the overwhelming success of  her past program that has enthralled our younger friends and adults alike\, Corky will return with her live bats to provide a close encounter with these fascinating creatures.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/the-live-bats-program-with-corky-quirk/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171115T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171115T150000
DTSTAMP:20171102T203803Z
CREATED:20171102T203224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T203803Z
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SUMMARY:Tick Training
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSan Mateo Parks will provide tick training at the San Pedro Valley Park visitors center on Nov 15th from  1:30-3: PM. \nEmail Laurel Finnegan to hold a spot lfinnegan@smcgov.org
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/tick-training/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171014T180000
DTSTAMP:20170901T000832Z
CREATED:20170901T000832Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170901T000832Z
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SUMMARY:Our Risk of Lyme Disease
DESCRIPTION:Jo Ellis is the head of Education Outreach for the Bay Area Lyme Foundation.  She is a native of the UK who was originally a Product Development Executive for BBC Education\, developing award-winning educational programs that are distributed worldwide. \n  \nHer direction changed as her passion led her to deep concerns about the effects of the disease on friends and acquaintances: \n  \n“I know too many people [here] whose lives have been derailed by Lyme…… I want to help educate everyone about this insidious disease so we can prevent more cases occurring.” \n \nThe tick that carries this disease has been found in SPVP\, though strangely\, the likelihood if its carrying the bacteria is lessened by the prevalence  of our fence lizard.  The infamous “deer tick” shown above is the carrier of the damaging bacteria\, Borrelia burgdorferi . \n  \n \n  \nMs. Ellis received her BA/MA from Cambridge University\, and a post-graduate high-school teaching certification from the University of London.  Jo holds the AMI middle school teaching certification\, and is a nationally recognized gifted and talented educator with Johns Hopkins University.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/our-risk-of-lyme-disease/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170914T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170914T203000
DTSTAMP:20170901T003330Z
CREATED:20170901T003330Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170901T003330Z
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SUMMARY:SMC Dog Management Committee Invites Review of Policy Recommendations
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nFor the past 11 months the San Mateo County Parks’ Dog Management Committee\, comprised of 10 community members appointed by the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Commission\, has been drafting policy recommendations to assist the Parks Department in developing dog management policies for all San Mateo County Parks. During the process\, the Committee has reviewed the dog management practices of other agencies in the Bay Area and other states\, received presentations by topic experts\, including water quality professionals and the Peninsula Humane Society\, and reviewed published material. The Committee has also received oral and written comments on dogs in parks at public meetings\, and through email and a survey. Committee meetings have been open to the public throughout the process. \nThe Committee invites the community to review its recommendations at three meetings: \nSeptember 6: Veterans Senior Memorial Center\, 1455 Madison Ave.\, Redwood City \nSeptember 7: Burlingame Park and Recreation Department\, 850 Burlingame Ave.\, Burlingame \nSeptember 14: San Pedro Valley Park\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica \nThe meetings will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude at 8:30 p.m. Each meeting will feature work stations in order to facilitate conversations about policy recommendations and obtain participant’s specific suggestions for changes. \nCommunity members who are not able to attend meetings\, may still review the recommendations and provide suggestions through our on-line survey. \nFor more information or take survey go to \nhttp://parks.smcgov.org/press-release/smc-dog-management-committee-invites-review-policy-recommendations
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/smc-dog-management-committee-invites-review-of-policy-recommendations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170826T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170826T200000
DTSTAMP:20170628T215327Z
CREATED:20170527T161157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170628T215327Z
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SUMMARY:Marine Mammals of the Farallones with Ryan Berger
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nRyan Berger talks to us about one of his most critical projects as Point Blue’s head biologist on the Farallone Islands: rescuing entangled whales. He also talks about his work on the response of the island’s marine pinnipeds\, seals and seal lions\, to environmental variation and climate change. \nRyan had an unlikely pathway into the harshly competitive world of marine biology. As a youth “the only real wildlife that was abundant were the cattle that escaped from the pasture a few miles away from my house in Central Illinois”. But sea life became something he couldn’t resist. \nThen after getting a B.S. from the U. of Illinois\, he followed his passion\, completing a thesis on seasonal Manatee behavior and distribution in Florida\, garnering an M.S. from Georgia Southern U. He then began working for the state of Florida as the lead marine mammal biologist for their Jacksonville field lab. There he polished his skills in understanding marine mammal behavior\, field necropsy & the ins and outs of running an effective field lab\, preparing him for the job offer on the Farallones Islands\, a job demanding all his expertise\, as you will see.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/marine-mammals-of-the-farallones-with-ryan-berger/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170715T200000
DTSTAMP:20170628T214125Z
CREATED:20170527T155941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170628T214125Z
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SUMMARY:Sea Otters with Ron Eby and Robert Scoles
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nRon Eby & Robert Scoles have spent 1000’s of hours observing\, documenting and photographing the sea otter. Ron\, a retired naval commander\, is a co-author of the study showing that the rebounding otter population resulted in the come-back of the eel-grass that offers a protected nursery for herring\, crabs\, and many other species and that  eating  tons of crabs by the otter  has brought back the eelgrass. Ron & Robert will tell you about this complex chain of feeding that defends the wildlife against the over-fertilization of the waters by agriculture. They also proved that the Slough otters often come on shore at night to sleep. \nThis pair began their productive collaboration when at a meeting of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary volunteers\, former law enforcement officer\, Robert\, asked if anyone would go kayaking with him at 2 am to check out some unusual sea otter behavior. Ron raised his hand and thus began their research kayaking thru the cold for years. providing new insights to the life of sea otters
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/sea-otters-with-ron-eby/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170610T200000
DTSTAMP:20170527T155311Z
CREATED:20170422T030321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170527T155311Z
UID:621-1497117600-1497124800@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Baja California's Amazing Diversity of Whales
DESCRIPTION:West Coast of Baja and the Gulf of California \nFor over 20 years\, Paul Jones has been leading boat trips that start in San Diego and run the length of the magnificent Baja Peninsula and proceed up into the lower Gulf of California. This presentation will discuss the wide variety of seabirds\, whales and dolphins\, seals and sea lions\, and the biota of the nearshore environment that are seen in Baja. The waters of Baja have the largest diversity of cetaceans in the world and are rich in overall biodiversity. Paul will talk about the experience in general\, showing photographs while discussing the biology of the species that are often seen on these trips. \nBiosketch \nPaul Jones has been leading natural history trips from the Gulf of the Farallones to Alaska to Mexico for over 35 years. He was a founding member of the San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition\, has been active in open space issues in Pacifica for years\, and recently retired from the US EPA where he worked in wetland and stream protection programs for 27 years.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/the-amazing-diversity-of-whales-in-baja-california/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T200000
DTSTAMP:20170422T035016Z
CREATED:20170422T035016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170422T035016Z
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SUMMARY:Birds of San Pedro Valley Park
DESCRIPTION:I will introduce people to the birds of San Pedro Valley Park\, their food habits\, nesting preferences and the timing of their stays in the park. Also because 90% of our encounters with birds are by song without a visual identification\, I will blend their songs along with their visual identification\, and provide a few tips on how to recognize bird songs. (There will also be a morning bird song walk on the 20th\, which will improve your song recognition if combined with the evening talk)
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/birds-of-san-pedro-valley-park/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170520T100000
DTSTAMP:20170422T034004Z
CREATED:20170422T033540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170422T034004Z
UID:629-1495267200-1495274400@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Bird Song Walk 2
DESCRIPTION:Take a gentle walk through the park and learn to identify which birds are filling the air with song. We are far more likely to hear a bird than to see it\, and a few tricks can help you begin identifying birds by their songs. Recordings of songs will be played to help identifications.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/bird-song-walk-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170513T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170513T100000
DTSTAMP:20170422T033415Z
CREATED:20170422T033415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170422T033415Z
UID:624-1494662400-1494669600@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Bird Song Walk
DESCRIPTION:Take a gentle walk through the park and learn to identify which birds are filling the air with song. We are far more likely to hear a bird than to see it\, and a few tricks can help you begin identifying birds by their songs. Recordings of songs will be played to help identifications. \n 
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/bird-song-walk-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170422T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170422T190000
DTSTAMP:20170325T203347Z
CREATED:20170325T203347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170325T203347Z
UID:617-1492884000-1492887600@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Shorebirds Along San Mateo County Coast
DESCRIPTION:Though he makes periodic scientific trips to the world’s largest tropical wetland\, the Pantanal of Brazil\, to research & photograph wildlife there\, when on San Mateo County’s Coast\, Paul’s eyes and mind are very much captured by these main families of waders:  the Plovers \, Sandpipers \, Avocet & Stilts \, & the Oystercatchers .  Look for Paul to tell you which of these waders can actually be found nesting in this area\, and get ready with your questions\, as Mr. Donahue’s knowledge in this area is deep.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/shorebirds-along-san-mateo-county-coast/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170325T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170325T180000
DTSTAMP:20170214T190258Z
CREATED:20170214T190159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170214T190258Z
UID:606-1490461200-1490464800@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Rare and Endemic Plants of San Bruno Mountain
DESCRIPTION:Doug Allshouse and David Nelson present an intriguing look at the striking diversity of plant life on much-praised San Bruno Mountain\, our neighbor. Find out just how different their herbs and shrubs are from San Pedro Valley Park\, even though there are definite similarities. For instance\, we both have the rare Montara Mt. manzanita and brittle leaf manzanita\, but they also have 3 other species of these red-barked plants\, two of which are endemic to “their” Mountain. \n  \n \nDoug\, who is self-taught\,  has been hiking and studying these “mountains” for 32 years\, and writes a natural history journal on this complex “range” for the Yerba Buena CNPS newsletter.  David has been an amateur naturalist since his college days\, at times teaching nature classes.  As an amateur photographer\, he has taken thousands of photos of life on San Bruno. \nDoug Allshouse and David Nelson are now writing a book on the natural history of this famous mountain\, which will be published by the CNPS. \n 
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/rare-and-endemic-plants-of-san-bruno-mountain/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170304T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170304T120000
DTSTAMP:20170227T230259Z
CREATED:20170227T214004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170227T230259Z
UID:611-1488625200-1488628800@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Take a Hike
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/take-a-hike/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170222T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170222T140000
DTSTAMP:20170214T184137Z
CREATED:20170214T183848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170214T184137Z
UID:602-1487768400-1487772000@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:“Spirits of the Rainforest”  for kids
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nA free presentation for kids by the Wildlife Associates\, “Spirits of the Rainforest” with an assortment of rain forest creatures that can no longer be released back into the wild.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/spirits-of-the-rainforest-for-kids/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170218T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170218T160000
DTSTAMP:20170214T182752Z
CREATED:20161117T190157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170214T182752Z
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SUMMARY:The Importance of Wildfires
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Winslow Briggs of Stanford University will speak on fire ecology  \n \n  \nIn this time of increasing severity of sweeping burns over large parts of the West in particular\, the threat of fire is an especially important topic for all Californians\, but particularly for those of us living adjacent to chaparral and coastal sage\, as here in Pacifica. \nWhile Dr. Briggs will concentrate on the devastating fire in September of 2007 that blackened about half of the 87\,000 acres of Henry Coe State Park\, just east of Gilroy\, many do not realize that at the time of the Gay’s Trout Farm\, there was a fire that blackened manzanita at the base of Montara Mt. here in Pacifica. We too are vulnerable. \nWe could also be forgiven if we didn’t think that a dedication to fire ecology was an unlikely path for Dr. Briggs\, who has long been an international leader in molecular biological research on the response of plants to light\, he and his post docs discovering and characterizing the molecule that perceives light direction and transmits a signal to the plant to grow toward the light\, allowing them to respond to environmental changes; A painstaking dedication to this basic research earned him the prestigious International prize for Biology from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science\, only one of many awards this inspired scientist has received. \nYes\, the man has long been a scholar: he is a Director Emeritus at the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Department of Plant Biology\, and yet he chose to volunteer at Henry Coe State Park\, southeast of San Jose\, about 30 years ago now. \nAs a uniformed volunteer he led ecological hikes; he gave evening programs for the public; he helped with the development of the trail systems and its maps and in fact wrote a book with useful details about all the trails in the park\, which includes some vivid natural history essays taken from his intimate knowledge of Henry Coe Park. But it was the Lick Fire 10 years ago that spurred his most scientific work as of late. \nDr. Briggs put a proposal to follow the comeback of the flora of Henry Coe to the Monterey District of California State Parks and “we received permission to train a cadre of volunteers in the sorts of observations we needed and the project was approved — the origin of the talk.” He and others observed that myriad flowers sprouted from the burned wreckage and ashes\, which lump of “charcoal” were really the regenerating bush\, chamise that oak trees could and did sprout from their burnt stumps. \nBut Dr. Briggs measured and documented the changes\, taking the research to his Stanford lab. He will bring vivid photos of this transformation\, explaining to you just how the reemergence and growth of the wildlife-sustaining plants occurred. His explanation is bound to be clear\, fascinating and informative. \nBut how did Dr. Briggs first get so involved in his life of science? He spent many summers accompanying his father in his assiduous effort to photograph every wildflower in Minnesota. And a young Winslow also attended camp as a sailing instructor in this virgin northern environment. \nHe took family canoe trips in the Superior National Forest\, and collected plants for a botanist at the University of Minnesota\, mountaineering and backpacking as time would allow. Winslow Briggs received his Bachelor’s\, Master’s and PhD from Harvard University\, where he was also a professor. \nThe SPVP Visitor Center is located at 600 Oddstad Blvd\, at its junction with Linda Mar. The Friends of SPVP are the sponsors of this free program\, which is part of its Saturday evening lecture series. A donation of five dollars is suggested.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/the-importance-of-wildfires/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170121T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170121T160000
DTSTAMP:20170119T024904Z
CREATED:20160601T005015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T024904Z
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SUMMARY:Why have amphibians suffered extinctions
DESCRIPTION:On January 21\, at 3pm\, Ms. Heidi “Newt” Rockney will introduce you to the world of the amphibians\, highlighting the diseases plaguing them and threat-ening their survival\, in particular the chytrid fungal pathogen\, which she has studied in the SFSU laboratory of Dr. Vance Vredenberg. \nNewt Rockney always had a dream of studying frogs in Costa Rica\, but that plan was waylaid when an accident put her in a wheel chair for a time; after a few years of tough recovery\, just as she was to enter her senior year at the UW\, she “won” the scholarship that took her not only towards her amphibian dream in Costa Rica’s Cloud Forest\, but gave her the chance to make a film of the miracles unfolding among its squirming\, watery green “jungle”. Then began the evolving set of inspira-tions that told her she could communicate the wonders of nature\, especially of the frog and salamander variety\, to audiences\, on the web via photos & films\, & as a speaker. \nHeidi received her BS in biology from the U. of Wash.\, where she was Phi Beta Kappa for 4 yrs; at present she is a graduate student at SFSU\, having re-ceived a SFSU Provost Scholar Award and a National Sci. Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship for 3 years. She is now a research student working in Dr. Vredenberg’s lab. (Wikipedia photo of Golden Frog \, a denizen of C.A.)
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/why-have-amphibians-suffered-extinctions/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161203T150000
DTSTAMP:20161117T182254Z
CREATED:20161117T181752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161117T182254Z
UID:586-1480755600-1480777200@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Bioblitz in the morning\, Mushroom presentation in Afternoon
DESCRIPTION:SPVP BIOBLITZ\, Especially for MUSHROOMS    Saturday\, December 3…………………..9am—1pm \nJ.R. BLAIR’S MUSHROOM TALK       Saturday\, December 3…………………………….2pm \n \nJ.R. Blair is a lecturer in Biology at S.F. State University & the Director of the SFSU Sierra Nevada Field Campus near Yuba Pass. He obtained his Masters de-gree in 1999 at SFSU studying under Dr. Dennis Desjardin. His thesis was Fungi Associated with Arctostaphylos in Central California. He has been a member of the Mycological Society of San Francisco since 1983. He was the president of the MSSF 2007-2009 and was the Fungus Fair chairperson for five fairs.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/bioblitz-in-the-morning-mushroom-presentation-in-afternoon/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161119T150000
DTSTAMP:20161117T154525Z
CREATED:20160601T002510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161117T154525Z
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SUMMARY:See Bats Upclose!
DESCRIPTION:Corky Quirk\, the Bat Lady from Norcal Bats\, will bring 3 disabled and hungry little bats to our Visitor Center\, so that you and your children can watch them munch live on meal worms on our big screen this Saturday afternoon\, November 19\, at 3pm.  She will also give a presentation about bats of the world\, so you can travel into their strange and acrobatically talented world. Corky has taught people of all ages about these sonar-equipped critters for many years\, giving field trips to the Yolo Bypass area near Davis\, where bats by the thousands emerge in the evening to gobble up insect pests threatening crops. \n  \nWe hope to see you and your school aged children at the V.C. of San Pedro Valley Park! \n 
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/see-some-bats-upclose/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161015T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161015T170000
DTSTAMP:20161011T041435Z
CREATED:20160531T223103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161011T041435Z
UID:563-1476547200-1476550800@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:From Aedes to Zika: understanding infectious diseases and where they come from and in doing so understanding how zoonoses jump from animals to humans
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Shannon Bennett of the Cal Academy will give a scholarly talk on ZOONOSES \, the transmission of diseases from animals to humans. The most well known example is rabies\, but there are many others that we should be aware.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/what-disseases-can-be-transmitted-from-animals-to-humans/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160924T170000
DTSTAMP:20160531T221721Z
CREATED:20160531T221721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160531T221721Z
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SUMMARY:Jon Harman presents the ancient Cave Paintings of Baja
DESCRIPTION:These cave painting are now competing with whale watching as the biggest draw to Bajaa dded to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 1993 \nFour rock-shelters record a total of 250 figures–humans\, deer\, mountain sheep\, rabbits\, birds\, and fish–most life size or larger. Animals were depicted life size or over\, but human figures could be few inches to more than ten feet.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/jon-harman-presents-the-ancient-cave-paintings-of-baja/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160820T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160820T190000
DTSTAMP:20160818T030456Z
CREATED:20160531T215556Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160818T030456Z
UID:555-1471716000-1471719600@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Cal Academy's Dr. Lauren Esposito talks about Scorpions
DESCRIPTION:Scorpion toxins and biodiversity are 2 of the passions of Dr. Lauren Esposito\, a young woman who co-founded the species-saving environmental organization “Islands and Seas” for our Western Hemisphere.  She’s energetic\, she loves her research and I know she will enjoy the challenge of your questions on her favorite group of Arthropods this Saturday\, Aug. 20\, at 6pm in our “new” museum of the Visitor Center at San Pedro Valley Park.  She will enchant and amaze you with the diversity of scorpion behavior and scorpion body chemicals\, some that will save the lives of brain cancer patients\, for instance\, in the near future.  Come and see this accomplished curator from the California Academy of Sciences\, and spread your new knowledge around
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/cal-academys-dr-lauren-esposito-talks-about-scorpions/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160523T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160731T170000
DTSTAMP:20160601T001930Z
CREATED:20160513T191509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160601T001930Z
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SUMMARY:No Summer Talks Due to Visitor Center Renovations
DESCRIPTION:There will be no talks during June and July 2016 during the refurbishment of the visitors center. The center will still be open on weekends \n \n 
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/no-summer-talks-due-to-visitor-center-renovations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160521T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160521T200000
DTSTAMP:20160513T190727Z
CREATED:20160513T190552Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160513T190727Z
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SUMMARY:Dr. Mike Vasey Explores S.F. Bay Estuary
DESCRIPTION:Tidal wetlands in the S.F. Estuary have declined by 85% and resulted in the endangerment of species such as the salt marsh harvest mouse and the California Clapper Rail\, as well as loss of vital ecosystem services\, since so much of this area serves as a nursery for fish\, crabs\, etc.\, one of its important functions. \naerial photograph\, San Rafael\, Marin County\, California\nAs the director of the San Francisco Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve\, Mike will discuss challenges facing the marvelous and complex estuary ecosystem of SF Bay. \nWe are restoring thousands of acres of tidal wetlands\, but we are also fighting against sea-level rise & extreme storms\, failing sediment supply & flooding. Will tidal marshes drown with a resulting lack of migration space\, sediment supply\, and disconnection from watershed processes? Or will this crisis help to bring our area together to take restoration & coastal management to the next step towards integrating tidal wetland dynamics into our urban shoreline environments? \nDr. Mike Vasey is not only a renowned expert on the manzanita\, but has taught conservation biology and environmental studies at SFSU. He lives in Pedro Point and has been active with the Pacifica Land Trust and on the San Pedro Creek Watershed Coalition. \nMike received his BA in History from Dartmouth College & an MA in Ecology &Systematic Biology from SFSU\, as well as his PhD from UCSC with a dissertation on the conservation of maritime chaparral\, especially as it is influenced by fog.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/dr-mike-vasey-discusses-s-f-bay-estuary-research/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160514T100000
DTSTAMP:20160421T174040Z
CREATED:20160421T173116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160421T174040Z
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SUMMARY:Bird Song Walk
DESCRIPTION:Jim Steele will lead a bird song walk through the park identifying all species within earshot. Playback is judiciously used to help identify each species. Jim will provide tips for learning bird songs as well as visual identification clues and natural history information. These walks are great for both the beginner and advanced birders who want to “hear” as well as see the great variety of birds in the park. For those who attended previous walks this is an opportunity to refresh your skills\, while new spring arrivals will add to the tapestry of songs not heard in April.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/bird-song-walk/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160507T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160507T120000
DTSTAMP:20160421T171736Z
CREATED:20160421T171736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160421T171736Z
UID:535-1462617000-1462622400@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:Montara Mountain Book Signing
DESCRIPTION:Barbara VanderWerf will be at the San Pedro Valley Park Visitor’s Center on May 7\, 10:30AM – !2:00PM signing her  guidebook  Montara Mountain.  Although Barbara wrote this classic book on the history \, flora and fauna  of Montara Mountain in the mid 90s\, it is a one-of a kind book\, still relevant and recently reprinted.   So come to meet Barbara\, purchase a book\, and if you have time  take a hike  in Pacifica’s jewel of the San Mateo County Parks System– the  San Pedro Valley Park.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/montara-mountain-book-signing/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160423T190000
DTSTAMP:20160315T144517Z
CREATED:20160315T144517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160315T144517Z
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SUMMARY:Fascinating Rodents
DESCRIPTION:  \nOn Sat.\, Ap. 23\, at 6pm\, Maureen Sullivan\, who has trapped & studied kangaroo rats in the desert & re-searched the dusky-footed woodrat & deer mice of our coastal moun-tains will show you how these little critters at the bottom of the food chain survive. \nMaureen is presently a science teacher at St. Ignatius College Prep School in S.F.\, teaching courses there in General Biology\, Marine Biology\, and Photography. Ms. Sullivan has a Master’s degree in Biology from SFSU\, with an emphasis on Ecology and Systematic Biology. After receiving her M.A. she taught some classes in Nature Study\, Mammalogy\, & Human Biolo-gy at SFSU before accepting her post at S.I. in 1995.
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/fascinating-rodents/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160416T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160416T100000
DTSTAMP:20160221T002821Z
CREATED:20160220T203147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160221T002821Z
UID:504-1460793600-1460800800@friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org
SUMMARY:April Bird Song Walk
DESCRIPTION:We will hike along the Trout Farm Trail and Plaskon Nature Trail identifying all species within earshot. Playback is used judiciously to ensure participants are focused on the right song\, and allow comparisons between similar species. For over 20 years Jim Steele monitored birds by song for the USGS Breeding Bird Survey and taught the art of bird identification by song at SF State University’s Sierra Nevada Field Campus. \n[media-credit name=”Spotted Towhee” align=”alignnone” width=”288″][/media-credit]
URL:https://friendsofsanpedrovalleypark.org/event/april-bird-song-walk/
LOCATION:San Pedro Valley Park Visitor Center\, 600 Oddstad Blvd\, Pacifica\, 94044\, United States
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