The March 2025 membership meeting will occur on Thursday, March 6th, at the Atascadero City Library. The speaker will be Kerri Frangioso on How a Non-Native Disease and Multiple Wildfires have Changed the Forests of Big Sur.
Kerri Frangioso has been conducting research in the forests of Big Sur for over 20 years. Her main focus has been on the impact of a non-native forest pathogen called Sudden Oak Death, and how this disease has affected the recovery of the ecosystems from recent wildfires. She currently works for UC Davis and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and lives in Big Sur.
There will be a social gathering from 7 to 7:30 pm and then the formal business meeting and speaker program will start at 7:30 pm. General membership meetings are open to everyone. There will be no pre-meeting plant keying workshop in March.