Resource Management in Anza-Borrego (In-Person Lecture)
Resource Management in Anza-Borrego (In-Person Lecture)
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024
Time: 7:00 p.m.– 8:30 p.m.
Location:
In-person lecture: ABF Administrative Office: 587 Palm Canyon Dr. #122 Borrego Springs, CA 92004 (located next to Kendall’s Café).
Webinar option available for those unable to attend in person (Zoom link will be provided upon registration).
Cost:
ABF Member: $10
Non-member: $15
Student: $5
*Please note that as the Anza-Borrego Foundation is a non-profit organization, all program costs are used to support current and future education programs, including subsidized programs that seek to increase access to the outdoors.
Scholarships: A limited number of scholarships are available for those with financial hardship. If you’d like to request a scholarship, please reach out to [email protected] with a 2-3 paragraph description about why you’d like to attend this program and your need for a scholarship.
Description:
Join ABF’s Anza-Borrego: in Focus series and the California Naturalist in the Desert program for an in-person lecture on resource management in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Shannon McNeil, Environmental Scientist for CA State Parks, will discuss the Colorado Desert’s unique natural resources, with a special focus on threatened and endangered species. Participants will learn about efforts to conserve and manage the Park’s spectacular wildlife, including its many birds and lizards, the Pensinsular Bighorn Sheep, and the desert tortoise. The presentation will be followed by an opportunity for Q&A.
Registration:
Space is limited – please register in advance!
About the Presenter:
Since late 2019, Shannon McNeil has been an Environmental Scientist for California State Parks in the Colorado Desert District. She has been working in wildlife research, management, and recovery for over 20 years. Starting with a degree in computer science and statistics, her interest in the natural world drew her back to school for a graduate diploma in tropical environmental management followed by certificates in ecological restoration. After working as a wildlife biologist for many years, she fell hard for yellow-billed cuckoos; for her master’s thesis she studied their population genetics and has tracked many individuals from Arizona and California to their wintering grounds in central South America.
Cancellation Policy:
Cancellation requests must be received 7 days before the event if you wish to receive a refund. Refunds cannot be issued for cancellations made after the 7-day deadline. If ABF cancels a program, we will issue a full refund or credit.
