The Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Council is sponsoring a free virtual symposium about post-fire research and recovery at Big Basin Redwoods State Park. This online event will connect the public with researchers and their findings. Please join the livestream on YouTube from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15.
Research and recovery topics to be presented include:
- Status of fish, frogs and habitat on Coastal Waddell Creek (Jerry Smith, SJSU)
- Redwood sprouts fueled by reserves and buds (Drew Peltier, Univ. Nev. – LV)
- Ceanothus invasion of redwood & knobcone pine stands (Jon Keely, USGS,UCLA)
- Initial impacts of the fire on breeding birds (Alex Rinkert, consulting biologist)
- Planning for the future park -Reimagining Big Basin (Will Fourt, CA. State Parks)
Local redwood expert Zane Moore (UCD) will moderate the symposium.
A complete program agenda with full titles and speaker affiliations is available on the Bioregional Council’s website (www.scmbc.org). Attend the live stream via this link: www.youtube.com/live/DtdmH3KCU8s
