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SUMMARY:Milkweed Madness
DESCRIPTION:CalNBS will have a table at Milkweed Madness! Join us June 13th as we celebrate the beloved Monarch Butterfly and all of our local pollinators at our first ever Milkweed Madness event! Native West will have milkweed and tons of native plants for sale. Shop goodies from some of our favorite local artisans\, learn about local organizations and listen to live music! The event will have plenty of native milkweed\, native plants\, kids’ activities\, local artisan\, local organizations and more! \nRSVP: This is a free event open to everyone. RSVP’ing helps the organizer better prepare an amazing experience for you. Please RSVP using link .
URL:https://calnbs.org/event/milkweed-madness/
LOCATION:Little Barn at Native West Nursery\, 1849 Leon Avenue\, San Diego\, CA\, 92154\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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SUMMARY:Wild Tahoe Festival
DESCRIPTION:Visit a CalNBS representative at the Wild Tahoe Festival! This free\, family-friendly event combines the longtime Lake Tahoe Bird Festival and Native Species Day into one fun-filled celebration of Tahoe’s incredible wildlife and natural resources. It’s a great way to spend a spring day outdoors with family and friends while exploring and learning more about the plants\, birds\, and animals of the Lake Tahoe Basin. \nHosted at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Highway 89 near South Lake Tahoe\, the festival will feature informational booths from a wide variety of wildlife\, conservation\, and natural resource organizations\, along with guided bird and nature walks throughout the day. Visitors of all ages will have the opportunity to explore Tahoe’s unique ecosystems and discover more about the plants and animals that call the region home.
URL:https://calnbs.org/event/wild-tahoe-festival/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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SUMMARY:Garden Fair at the Nat
DESCRIPTION:The San Diego Natural History Museum is hosting a free Garden Fair inside and outside the Nat. Visit the California Native Bee Society’s table. In addition to native bee info\, the event will cover California native plants\, celebrating San Diego’s incredible biodiversity\, and giving you the tools you need to plant native. No museum admission required—though you’ll want to explore inside afterward to dive deeper into San Diego’s incredible ecosystems.
URL:https://calnbs.org/event/garden-fair-at-the-nat/
LOCATION:San Diego Natural History Museum\, 1788 El Prado\, Balboa Park\, San Diego\, 92101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Outreach
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SUMMARY:Montane Bee-o-Blitz: Intro to Native Bees Walk in the Tahoe Basin
DESCRIPTION:Get ready for the California Montane Bee-O-Blitz with this hands-on introduction to native bees. Join experts Rachel Vannette (UC Davis) and Will Richardson (Tahoe Institute for Natural Science) to explore the fascinating world of native pollinators. \nLearn how to identify bees to the family level\, observe their behavior in the field\, practice techniques for photographing bees\, and observe researchers at work. This interactive walk is perfect for beginners and nature enthusiasts looking to build skills and contribute to the Montane Bee-O-Blitz (June 20–28). \nHosted in collaboration with the California Native Bee Society and the Tahoe Environmental Research Center. Learn more about the Montane Bee-O-Blitz iNaturalist project: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-montane-bee-o-blitz \nMake sure to register here to learn about specifics of where to meet! Reach out to Kate (socialmedia@calnbs.org) with questions!
URL:https://calnbs.org/event/montane-bee-o-blitz-intro-to-native-bees-walk/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Bee-o-Blitz
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Charlie Thrift
DESCRIPTION:Concentrated Vulnerabilities in Bees: Diet Specialists Have Smaller Geographic Ranges with Charlie Thrift\nCharlie Thrift is a PhD student at UC Santa Barbara advised by Katja Seltmann (Big-Bee project) and Hillary Young. His interest in bees began as an over-correction from his mom’s fear of bees\, and was further fostered by his time in high school in the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History’s teen science program\, Quasars to Sea Stars. Charlie seeks to inform bee conservation through a combination of museum specimens\, field work\, and community science. He will talk about his recently published research! Wild bees with small geographic ranges or narrow diet breadths may be more vulnerable to anthropogenic change. Using occurrence data and diet breadth data for 633 bee species from six families\, we find a positive correlation between these two traits. This concentrates vulnerabilities in a subset of specialist bees\, but may also provide an opportunity for targeted conservation efforts. \n  \nRegister for the Zoom meeting here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/DF42A-q9SnKXBUI4MB0utg
URL:https://calnbs.org/event/monthly-meeting-charlie-thrift/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings & Speakers
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meeting: Dr. Hollis Woodard
DESCRIPTION:Adventures in US Bee Conservation \nHollis is an Associate Professor of Entomology at the University of California\, Riverside and PI of the US National Native Bee Monitoring Research Coordination Network. She received a PhD in Biology in 2012 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\, where she worked with Dr. Gene Robinson on the molecular basis of social evolution in bees. From 2013-2015 she was a USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow working on the nutritional ecology of bumble bees with Dr. Shalene Jha at the University of Texas at Austin. In summer 2015\, she joined the faculty at the University of California\, Riverside. She is broadly interested in native bee ecology\, evolution\, social behavior\, and conservation\, and is leading national efforts to conserve US wild bees. \nBee conservation in the US is currently hindered by challenges associated with assessing the status and trends of a diverse group of >3000 species\, many of which are rare\, endemic to small areas\, and/or exhibit high inter-annual variationin population size. Fundamental information about the distribution of most species across space and time\, thus\, is lacking yet urgently needed to assess population status\, guide conservation plans\, and prioritize actions among species and geographies.
URL:https://calnbs.org/event/monthly-meeting-dr-hollis-woodard/
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