Events

On Saturday, November 12th at 3 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcome Dr. Shannon Bennett. She joined the California Academy of Sciences in 2011 as the institution's first-ever Associate Curator of Microbiology, where she broadened the Academy’s research scope to include a dedicated focus on viruses and bacteria. Dr. Bennett's specialty lies in infectious […]

  On Saturday, December 10th at 3 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcome Lewis Stringer. He will discuss the decades long effort to restore the Tennessee Hollow Watershed and Mountain Lake. Topics will include ecological design, revegetation, invasive species control, water quality and ecological monitoring. Innovative wildlife reintroductions that help improve ecological function, such […]

Edwin Hacking will be leading our fun and informative photography workshops. He will cover Technical Setup, Creative Control and apply these principles in a field trip.

On Saturday, January 21st at 4 pm, discover the world of Leatherback Sea Turtles with Catherine Kilduff from the Center for Biological Diversity. She has graciously agreed to join us from the East coast via Zoom and talk to us about the Pacific leatherback. This is a turtle that has survived in the ocean waters since […]

Limited to 6 people, duration: 2 hours, location: Visitor Center Please use the following Eventbrite link to sign up. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phone-camera-workshop-with-edwin-hacking-tickets-479627828747 Class:  Phone Camera Instruction Camera Type:  iPhone or Samsung Duration:  2 hours What to bring to class:  charge your camera battery & bring charger, camera manual if you have one, jacket for outdoors. Class Content: […]

On Saturday, January 28th at 10 am, 30 people can comb the trails for one hour searching and collecting mushrooms.  Place your collected mushrooms in a large basket or doubled paper bag. Waxed paper sandwich bags would be helpful if you can find them. Then return to the Walnut Grove picnic area for J.R. Blair […]