February 27, 2010
Pat Flanagan: Geologist William Blake

Saturday February 27th at 11AM, Pat Flanagan, the creator of the DPC- funded Imperial County Salton Basin Living Laboratory Field Trip Curriculum, will be speaking on the travels and explorations by early Geologist William Blake in the Coachella Valley and Salton Basin area.

Pat will be speaking from 11 to noon at the La Quinta Museum where Christina Lange's photographic exhibit is on display until March 31st.

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March 12 , 2010
Desert Climate Change Workshop

DPC is co-sponsoring the Desert Climate Change Workshop on March 12th. Click on image for more info.

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Posted April 24 2009
Save the Date:
Western Wilderness Conference 2010: New Aims, New Allies

Western Wilderness Conference 2010: New Aims, New Allies The Western Wilderness Conference 2010 will take place April 8 – 11, 2010, on the campus of the Univ. of California, Berkeley.

....	The rugged volcanic landscape of Vinagre Wash in Imperial County, a potential new wilderness area. Photo by John Dittli / CWC

Save the date now! For anyone who cares about the wild places of the West—this is one event not to miss!

Although the event will take place in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, wilderness organizations and advocates from all twelve western states, including Alaska, are involved, and wild lands advocates from all those states are enthusias­tically invited to participate in this grand event.

Who’s invited? Wilderness advocates, both professionals and volunteers, new advocates; Native American leaders, land agency personnel, outings leaders, individuals, college students and faculty, representatives of organizations working on quiet recreation and on varied land-preservation efforts, decision makers at different levels of government.

Why attend? Western Wilderness Conference 2010 will:

• inspire interested new advocates, including students, to preserve our nation’s remaining wild places
• re-inspire longtime dedicated wilderness advocates to vigorous new advocacy with renewed motivation
• offer a forum to discuss timely wilderness-related topics, particularly as they relate to global warming changes
• explore how to incorporate Native American traditional land-ethic and cultural values into wildlands advocacy
• promote getting children outside into Nature’s wild places!
• feature training sessions to help activists become more effective advocates for wild places

Plus, there will be lots of fun – music, meals, outings! It’s all part of the celebration of the West’s wild places. Sierra Club, California Wilderness Coalition, and Northwest Parks and Wilderness Conference are the main planning organizations. Check out the conference website: www.westernwilderness.org.

--Vicky Hoover, chair, Sierra Club CA/NV Wilderness Committee Chair

Posted December 2 2009
Save the Date:
Great Basin / Mojave Desert Climate Change Workshop

WHEN? April 20-22, 2010
WHERE? University of Nevada-Las Vegas

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Park Service, and the Environmental Protection Agency, in collaboration with several other agencies and organizations, are sponsoring a workshop focusing on natural resource research, adaptation, and mitigation needs related to climate change in the Great Basin and Mojave Desert. The workshop, will be held April 20-22, 2010 at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas , and will examine how climate change is affecting natural resources in deserts of the western U.S., as well as the land, water, and species management and research needs that are essential to address in the coming decade.

Workshop objectives include:

• Increase understanding of climate change processes and their effects on the physical systems and biota of the Great Basin and Mojave Desert
• Provide the "best available" scientific information for adapting to change
• Examine research and management needs
• Evaluate management constraints and determine potential solutions
• Develop effective research and management collaborations for addressing climate change into the future

The workshop offers a valuable opportunity for scientists and natural resource managers to gather for a discussion of their information needs and opportunities. The poster session will be a highlight of the workshop, and I encourage you to consider presenting your research results and project information in this forum. For more information, please visit: www.wr.usgs.gov/workshops.

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If you want to do something for the environment, there is something to do!
Check out the San Diego Environmental Leader Network’s Calendar of Events to participate in upcoming environmental activities, or post your own event!