Talk: Fire on the Coast, by Mike Vasey, Sat, Oct 24, 1:30pm in Pescadero
Arvind Kumar
"Exploring myths and realities of wildfire along the central coast of
California: What can we learn from the past, what is similar and
different compared to Southern California, and what can we expect in the
future?”
When: Saturday, October 24th, 1:30 pm
Where: Native Sons Hall, 112 Stage Road, Pescadero
Cost: $5 suggested donation per person or family
(children welcome if they do not interrupt the speaker’s presentation)
Please visit http://www.gazos.org <http://www.gazos.org>, or call Jaime
at 650-879-0841 or by email benne...@yahoo.com
Presented by Pescadero Conservation Alliance
Restoration – Research – Education
Natural History Lecture Series
Wildfires! On the California Coast
Join Michael Vasey, a research scientist at UC Santa Cruz, who will be
giving a fiery talk on this very hot topic! Mike Vasey has been studying
chaparral in the Central Coast Range for the past four years, including
mature stands and post-burn conditions. Mike will share what he has
learned about the threat of wildfire along the central California coast
and review what is known about fire history in this region compared to
other places such as southern California.
Lastly, he will reflect upon changes to fire regimes along the coast
that could be in store due to potential climate shifts. In the process,
he will try to dispel some common "myths" and contrast these myths to
what we now know about the ecology of fire in this region.
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