Nature Talks

On Saturday, November 11th, 2023 at 7 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Bill Leikam, a researcher and author of a book on foxes “Road to Fox...

On Saturday, March 25th at 4 pm via Zoom, Dr. Joseph Szewczak discussed his investigations into the extraordinary physiological capabilities of bats, from cold torpor to the intense demands of...

The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Loretta O’Brien, Co-founder and Director of Pacifica Gardens, who presented a lecture via Zoom on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at 7 pm...

On Saturday, February 18th, 2023, at 3 pm, J.R. Blair, retired lecturer from San Francisco State University, joined us on Zoom for his “Antarctica Travelogue.” From the comfort of your...

On Saturday, January 21, 2023, Catherine Kilduff from the Center for Biological Diversity graciously agreed to join us from the East coast via Zoom and talked to us about the...

On Saturday, December 10th, 2022, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Lewis Stringer. He discussed the decades long effort to restore the Tennessee Hollow Watershed and Mountain Lake. Topics...

On Saturday, November 12th, 2022 , the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Dr. Shannon Bennett. She joined the California Academy of Sciences in 2011 as the institution’s first-ever...

On Saturday, October 15th, 2022 at 4 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed back Tom Parker, Professor of Biology, Emeritus, San Francisco State University for his presentation...

On Tuesday, June 14th, 2022, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed back Bing Quock, amateur astronomer from the California Academy of Sciences. The lecture is entitled “Exploring the...

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...