South San Francisco, CA February 21, 2020 Submitted by San Bruno Mountain Watch
Dr. David Nelson is chairing a one-day conference that will highlight some of the scientific work being done on San Bruno Mountain, as well as review its history and its wonderful wildflowers. This exciting event will take place on Saturday April 19th from 9:00am to 4:45pm at the Mission Blue Conference Center, 475 Mission Blue Drive Brisbane, CA 94005.
It is a fundraiser for the California Native Plant Society and a book that Doug Allshouse and Dr. David Nelson are writing about the natural history of the park. It is going to be published by a nonprofit, Heyday Books, and all profits will benefit CNPS and Mountain Watch. To learn more CLICK HERE
Please sign-up today as this is expected to be a sell-out!
San Mateo County Parks, Golden Hour Restoration Institute, San Bruno Mountain Watch,
the San Mateo County Parks Foundation, the South San Franciso Parks & Recreation Department, and the City of Brisbane
San Bruno Mountain is recognized as a global biological hotspot, with six plants that grow on the Mountain and nowhere else on earth. The morning session will be devoted to presentations of scientific research done on the Mountain, including our endemic manzanitas, endangered butterflies, and rare and endangered plants. The afternoon session will feature presentations of interest to the general hiking public, including an overview of the wildflowers commonly seen in the spring; an introduction to manzanitas, one of the iconic California plants; and a survey of the rare plants, as well as the recently re-discovered flowers that had been thought to be lost. The San Mateo County Natural Resource Manager will speak about the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) that preserved the Mountain. There will also be presentations by other experts on the political history that brought the HCP into being. There will be a signup for hikes on the Mountain led by experts scheduled for the following two weekends, April 25 & 26 & May 2 & 3.
$25 Admission, as a fundraiser for the book, The Natural History of the San Bruno Mountains
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS
San Bruno Mountain Conference Program
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM David Nelson Introduction
9:05 AM – 9:10 AM Supervisor Canepa Welcome
9:15 AM – 9:40 AM Sam Herzberg The Creation of the Habitat Conservation Plan & San Bruno Mountain Park
9:45 AM – 10:05 AM Tom Parker Recent or Ancient? Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) Begins to Bear Insight
10:10 AM –10:30 AM Mike Vasey The Mystery and History of Coastal Endemics in Manzanitas (Arctostaphylos species)
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:05 AM Lech Naumovich Habitat Conservation: Success and Succession of Native Grasslands
11:10 AM – 11:30 AM Stu Weiss Blues, Silverspots, Efins, and Checkerspots – Status and Prospects for San Bruno Mountain Butterflies
11:35 AM – 11:50 AM Hannah Ormshaw Rare and Endangered Species of SBM
11:55 AM – 12:10 PM David Nelson Conservation of Silene verecunda
12:10 PM – 1:10 PM Lunch at the MoBowl (pronounced mobile) Foodtruck
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Mary Harden: Botanical Illustration
David Schooley: Reading of San Bruno Mountain Poems
1:10 PM – 1:25 PM David Nelson History of San Bruno Mountain: The Beginning
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Ariel Cherbowsky The Key Moments of the Movement to Save San Bruno State & County Mountain Park
1:50 PM – 2:15 PM Lech Naumovich The Wonderful Flowers You Might See on San Bruno Mountain
2:20 PM – 2:50 PM Tom Parker Mystification or Mayhem: The Awkwardness of San Bruno Mountain Manzanitas
2:50 PM – 3:05 PM Break
3:05 PM – 3:20 PM David Nelson Climate and Soil: Why SBM is Unique
3:25 PM – 3:45 PM Doug Alshouse Doug’s Mountain Journal: Observations on Natural History
3:50 PM – 4:05 PM Hannah Ormshaw Volunteering with San Mateo County
4:10 PM – 4:20 PM Ariel Cherbowsky Community-Based Ecological Restoration on San Bruno Mountain (Mountain Watch)
4:20 PM – 4:30 PM Emma Lewis Community-Based Ecological Restoration on Sign Hill (SSF Parks & Rec)
4:35 PM – 4:45 PM David Nelson Overview of Hikes, Closing Comments
Margo Bors and the Mary Harden School of Botanical Illustration will have displays of their San Bruno Mountain art in the courtyard. There will be display tables for the California Native Plant Society, San Bruno Mountain Watch, Golden Hour Restoration, and San Mateo County Parks.
There will be signups for the hikes on April 25 & 26, and May 2 & 3.