Nature Talks

On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Dr. Stephanie Dole with a beetle program entitled “The Extraordinary Diversity of Beetles.” All insects are critically...

On Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Morgan Stickrod for a lecture on “Native Trees of California.” He has previously given us lectures on...

On Tuesday, January 25th, 2022, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Zara McDonald and Alys Granados, two researchers with Felidae Conservation Fund, for a lecture on “Bobcats in...

The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park were pleased to welcome Dr. Alejandro Velez Melendez from San Francisco State University as our December speaker on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 at...

The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Dr. Jack Dumbacher from the California Academy of Sciences. He presented his lecture Poisonous Birds and Chemical Defense in New Guinea Birds...

The Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Dr. Krista Kemppinen for a talk on “Biodiversity and the Extinction Crisis” on Tuesday, October 12 th, 2021 at 7pm. We hear...

On Saturday, June 5 th at 4 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcomed Kim Young, a Xerces Society Ambassador who discussed the Western Monarch butterflies, their migratory...

On April 17th at 4 pm, the Friends of San Pedro Valley Park welcome Senior West Coast Wolf Advocate Amaroq Weiss from the Center of Biological Diversity as she relates...

Spring is the time to look at and enjoy flowers. Dr. Nagalingum from the California Academy of Sciences takes a closer look at flowers. Different pollinators benefit from variations in...

Dr. Tom Parker, January 23rd, 2021: January’s program brings the eminent Dr. Tom Parker to begin our 2021 life sciences series to discuss manzanitas and their relatives with an emphasis...