In-Person Talk: Mountain Bike Run in Wildcat Canyon's Natural Area? May 27, 7:30 pm, Orinda

[EBCNPS News List]

In-Person Speaker Program:
A High-Intensity Mountain Bike Run through Wildcat Canyon Regional Park’s Designated Natural Area

Wednesday, May 27, 7:30 pm
Speaker: John Taylor
Location: Garden Room, Orinda Public Library (see below)

PLEASE NOTE: This meeting will be held in-person only and will not be livestreamed or recorded.

The East Bay Regional Park District has set in motion a plan to construct a mountain bike downhill run within the designated Natural Area of Wildcat Canyon Regional Park. Dr. John Taylor will illustrate the issues that would result from placing a high-intensity recreational facility in the park's natural area.

CNPS East Bay Chapter Conservation Committee Chair Jim Hanson will describe simple ways chapter members and the public can comment on the location of this recreational facility as well as the East Bay Regional Park District's "21st Century District Plan."

John Taylor is a professor at UC Berkeley in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology. Visit his Google Scholar page to access his publications.

Jim Hanson is chair of the CNPS East Bay Chapter's Conservation Committee. He formerly managed large restoration projects as a landscape architect and served as statewide conservation chair for the California Native Grasslands Association. He has hiked the hills of the East Bay since he was a child.

CNPS East Bay Chapter meetings are free of charge and open to everyone. We provide light refreshments at our in-person meetings. Email prog...@ebcnps.org if you have questions.

Meeting Location

Garden Room, Orinda Public Library
26 Orinda Way, Orinda, CA 94563
The Garden Room is on the second floor of the building, accessible by stairs or an elevator.

Transportation
4 blocks from the Orinda BART station
Plenty of free parking in the immediate vicinity of the meeting venue