JMIE Events
2009
- November 28: Loop Trail
- December 5: Animal Tracking
- December 6: Gesture Drawing
- December 6: Birdman
- December 7: New Media and Agricultural Health and Safety: Is My Space Really Our Space?
- December 9: Assembling California and Western Nevada: Point Reyes to Lake Tahoe
- December 12: Botanical Drawing
- December 20: Winter Solstice
2010
- January 4: DPR’s Monitoring Network
- January 9-23: Guide Training
- June 15-17: Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture
Stebbins Cold Canyon Nature Outings
Loop Trail
What are you thankful for?
Date: | November 28, 2009 |
Time: | 9-1pm |
Location: | Stebbins Cold Canyon |
Hike the loop trail after Thanksgiving with opportunities along the way to learn about the reserve and to reflect on what you are thankful for. This hike is 5 miles, has a 1,200’ elevation gain (with many steps) and offers distinctive changes in the plant communities and breathtaking views in all directions—look for waterfalls after the rain. Bring: Sturdy shoes, at least a liter of water and a snack.
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It is the goal of the NATURE OUTINGS program to offer a diverse schedule to the campus and local communities. We hope you find something of interest, something to help you experience the reserve and continue to develop your relationship with the natural world.
Most outings are interactive and experiential in nature.
In addition to Stebbins Cold Canyon, outings will take place at Bobcat Ranch, and Lake Solano Regional Park.
****NEW--Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family.
Please RSVP for each outing you are interested in attending. Most outings are limited to 15 participants and fill up quickly.
RSVP via e-mail: jfalyn@ucdavis.edu. Include your name, address, presentation date, phone number and/or e-mail address. Also, indicate whether you need directions.
MODIFIED ON: 10/30/2009
Stebbins Cold Canyon Nature Outings
Animal Tracking
at Lake Solano
Date: | December 5, 2009 |
Time: | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Location: | Lake Solano: meet in the day use parking lot |
It is easy to forget that the places we live and play are also home to foxes, mink, coyotes, and other mammals. Usually these animals stay out of sight, but they always leave behind clues to tell you they were there. Learn to read animal track and sign with experienced tracker Sean Clemenza and see the landscape through an animal's eyes. This outing meets in the day use parking lot at Lake Solano.
Guide: Sean Clemenza
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It is the goal of the NATURE OUTINGS program to offer a diverse schedule to the campus and local communities. We hope you find something of interest, something to help you experience the reserve and continue to develop your relationship with the natural world.
Most outings are interactive and experiential in nature.
In addition to Stebbins Cold Canyon, outings will take place at Bobcat Ranch, and Lake Solano Regional Park.
****NEW--Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family.
Please RSVP for each outing you are interested in attending. Most outings are limited to 15 participants and fill up quickly.
RSVP via e-mail: jfalyn@ucdavis.edu. Include your name, address, presentation date, phone number and/or e-mail address. Also, indicate whether you need directions.
MODIFIED ON: 11/5/2009
Stebbins Cold Canyon Nature Outings
Gesture Drawing
Guide: Alison Kent
Date: | December 6, 2009 |
Time: | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Location: | Stebbins Cold Canyon |
Cost: | Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family. |
Gesture drawing trains the hand to draw what the eye is seeing before the brain gets in the way. Learn basic techniques to help you capture on paper what you see in nature. Make holiday cards from your gesture drawings! Everyone is welcome. Bring a pen, marker, crayon, colored pencil...
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It is the goal of the NATURE OUTINGS program to offer a diverse schedule to the campus and local communities. We hope you find something of interest, something to help you experience the reserve and continue to develop your relationship with the natural world.
Most outings are interactive and experiential in nature.
In addition to Stebbins Cold Canyon, outings will take place at Bobcat Ranch, and Lake Solano Regional Park.
****NEW--Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family.
Please RSVP for each outing you are interested in attending. Most outings are limited to 15 participants and fill up quickly.
RSVP via e-mail: jfalyn@ucdavis.edu. Include your name, address, presentation date, phone number and/or e-mail address. Also, indicate whether you need directions.
MODIFIED ON: 11/13/2009
Stebbins Cold Canyon Nature Outings:
Nature's Theater--Nature Play for Kids
Birdman
(for Ages 4-8)
Date: | December 6, 2009 |
Time: | 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon |
Location: | Stebbins Cold Canyon |
Nature’s Theater is an innovative approach to helping children develop a healthy relationship with the natural world. Through interactive stories children explore the canyon with characters, like Summer, Glug Glug, Tree Spirit, Professor Planthead and Birdman.
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It is the goal of the NATURE OUTINGS program to offer a diverse schedule to the campus and local communities. We hope you find something of interest, something to help you experience the reserve and continue to develop your relationship with the natural world.
Most outings are interactive and experiential in nature.
In addition to Stebbins Cold Canyon, outings will take place at Bobcat Ranch, and Lake Solano Regional Park.
****NEW--Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family.
Please RSVP for each outing you are interested in attending. Most outings are limited to 15 participants and fill up quickly.
RSVP via e-mail: jfalyn@ucdavis.edu. Include your name, address, presentation date, phone number and/or e-mail address. Also, indicate whether you need directions.
MODIFIED ON: 11/13/2009
The Western Center for Agricultural Health & Safety Seminar Series
New Media and Agricultural Health and Safety: Is My Space Really Our Space?
Max Lum, EdD. MPA; NIOSH Director E-News & Communications
Date: | December 7, 2009 |
Time: | 4:00pm |
Location: | 3201 Hart Hall |
The seminar series is co-sponsored by the Masters of Public Health Program, the Small Farm Center and the Center for Environmental Health Sciences.
Refreshments provided by University Catering.
For more information, please call 530-752-4050.
MODIFIED ON: 10/30/2009
The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center presents
Assembling California and Western Nevada: Point Reyes to Lake Tahoe
Presentation by Dr. Eldridge Moores, UC Davis Department of Geology
Date: | December 9, 2009 |
Time: | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. |
Location: | Assembly Rooms 139 & 141 |
Cost: | $5 donation requested. No-Host Bar. |
The landscapes of California and western Nevada have a long and storied past including plate movements, granitic intrusions, volcanism, and collisions of island arcs and continental fragments with the western US over the past 250 million years. The rocks and structures that we see at the surface and at depth record this history. Rocks are historical archives. One can read these archives of Earth history if one knows the language. The language is geology.
Major challenges in the 21st century, including climate change, energy, resources, water, and earth hazards, deeply involve geology. To function as an informed citizen, everyone needs knowledge of geology.
Eldridge Moores Biography:
Dr. Eldridge Moores is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the UC Davis Geology Department, where he has been a faculty member since 1966. His specialty is Structural Geology and Tectonics, with special emphasis on the Alpine-Himalayan and western North American mountain systems. He has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific and general interest publications, including several books, and he has mentored hundreds of students. The famous American writer John McPhee prominently features Moores in the books "Assembling California" and "Annals of the Former World". He and his wife Judy regularly give geology/landscape field trips for non-specialists.
MODIFIED ON: 10/15/2009
Stebbins Cold Canyon Nature Outings
Botanical Drawing
Guide: Ruth Williams
Date: | December 12, 2009 |
Time: | 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Location: | Stebbins Cold Canyon |
Cost: | Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family. |
Botanical illustration is a fun way to record the unique and diverse flora in your sketchbook. Botanist Ruth Williams will lead participants through the process of observing key details of flowers and forbs and show you how to create a visual, botanically accurate rendering of native plants. Materials will be provided, but you may bring your own sketchbook and pencil if desired. In case of rain, an umbrella is recommended.
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It is the goal of the NATURE OUTINGS program to offer a diverse schedule to the campus and local communities. We hope you find something of interest, something to help you experience the reserve and continue to develop your relationship with the natural world.
Most outings are interactive and experiential in nature.
In addition to Stebbins Cold Canyon, outings will take place at Bobcat Ranch, and Lake Solano Regional Park.
****NEW--Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family.
Please RSVP for each outing you are interested in attending. Most outings are limited to 15 participants and fill up quickly.
RSVP via e-mail: jfalyn@ucdavis.edu. Include your name, address, presentation date, phone number and/or e-mail address. Also, indicate whether you need directions.
MODIFIED ON: 11/13/2009
Stebbins Cold Canyon Nature Outings
Winter Solstice
Renewal
Date: | December 20, 2009 |
Time: | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Location: | Stebbins Cold Canyon |
Cost: | Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family. |
On this outing, the group traverses the canyon and experiences the reserve on the shortest day of the year. The winter solstice is a time for reflection and optimism. Participants will have the opportunity to focus on the seasonal changes taking place around them and within.
Guide: Jeff Falyn
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It is the goal of the NATURE OUTINGS program to offer a diverse schedule to the campus and local communities. We hope you find something of interest, something to help you experience the reserve and continue to develop your relationship with the natural world.
Most outings are interactive and experiential in nature.
In addition to Stebbins Cold Canyon, outings will take place at Bobcat Ranch, and Lake Solano Regional Park.
****NEW--Suggested donation of $5 per person and $10 per family.
Please RSVP for each outing you are interested in attending. Most outings are limited to 15 participants and fill up quickly.
RSVP via e-mail: jfalyn@ucdavis.edu. Include your name, address, presentation date, phone number and/or e-mail address. Also, indicate whether you need directions.
MODIFIED ON: 11/13/2009
The Western Center for Agricultural Health & Safety Seminar Series
DPR’s Monitoring Network
Pamela Wofford & Randy Sagawa, Department of Pesticide Regulation; Cal EPA
Date: | January 4, 2010 |
Time: | 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Location: | 3201 Hart Hall |
The seminar series is co-sponsored by the Masters of Public Health Program, the Small Farm Center and the Center for Environmental Health Sciences.
Refreshments provided by University Catering.
For more information, please call 530-752-4050.
MODIFIED ON: 11/6/2009
Stebbins Cold Canyon Nature Outings
Guide Training
Date: | January 9-23, 2010 |
Location: | Stebbins Cold Canyon |
Contact: | Jeff Falyn – jfalyn@ucdavis.edu |
Cost: | $15 per person |
Everyone has a story to tell, something they are interested in or passionate about. The guide training program helps participants identify possible topics and mold them into a presentation for the public.
Are you interested in sustainability, geology, flowers, yoga, water conservation, bilingual outings? The list of possible presentation topics is endless.
The guide training program is a two part process. In the first part, participants receive an overview of the natural history of the canyon and the general logistics for running a group outing. The second part of the training asks each participant to choose a topic of interest and give a mini-presentation to the group. Group feedback is then given to further strengthen the presentation.
Training dates are January 9th, 16th & 23rd from 10:00 to 2:00pm at Stebbins Cold Canyon. The training is $15 per person (printing expenses) and limited to 10 people.
If you are interested, e-mail Jeff Falyn - jfalyn@ucdavis.edu. Please include your phone number in the e-mail.
MODIFIED ON: 11/13/2009
Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture
An International Conference Linking Science and Policy
Date: | June 15-17, 2010 |
Location: | Hyatt Regency Hotel |
Web site: |
Registration: | Access a secure, on-line registration form at the Water Education Foundation: http://www.watereducation.org/doc.asp?id=1231&parentID=849 |
This three-day conference will provide scientists, policymakers, agricultural and environmental stakeholders, local, state and federal governmental
officials, and consultants with the latest scientific, management, legal and policy advances for sustaining our groundwater resources in agricultural regions around the world.
Program Highlights:
Groundwater is the lifeline for many rural and agricultural regions and their associated cultures and populations around the globe and a cornerstone of global food production. Groundwater constitutes nearly half the world´s drinking water and much of the world´s irrigation water supply.
Over use; groundwater salinity; nonpoint source pollution from agricultural activities, animal farming, ranching, and forestry activities; agricultural groundwater impacts to surface water; and groundwater quality and quantity conflicts at the urban-rural interface have reached global dimensions and threaten the very livelihood of this planet.
Topics to be addressed in plenary sessions and technical sessions include:
·Socioeconomic Aspects of Agricultural Groundwater
·Climate, Energy, and Agricultural Groundwater
·Agricultural Groundwater Quality and Contamination
·Conjunctive Use, Agricultural Water Use, and Groundwater Management, Policy, and Regulation
·Groundwater at the Agriculture-Urban Interface
·Groundwater Linkages to Surface Water and Estuaries
With additional Groundwater Workshops on June 14 and an Agricultural Groundwater Tour on June 18.
Watch the Web site for program updates and information about hotel reservations.
Organized by the Water Education Foundation and University of California, Davis. Sponsored by the Robert M. Hagan Endowed Chair.
MODIFIED ON: 9/28/2009