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Welcome to the Orange County Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology
"In the end, we conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught."
- Baba Dioum, Senegalese poet
The Orange County Chapter of SCB seeks to increase the involvement of Orange County citizens in local conservation-based science. OC-SCB facilitates this involvement through guest lectures, outdoor activities, and research opportunities.
Please join us for our meetings the first Wednesday of every month, October - June, at 6:30pm in Natural Sciences II rm 2201 on UCI campus.
See Directions to UCI campus.
We also have small group meetings the first and third Tuesday of every month, 6:30-7:30pm at the foyer of the student center near the Conference Center entrance off of Pereira Drive. Everyone is welcome to come!
For more detailed information on any events, please go to our Calendar.
CHAPTER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
June 4, 2008 6:30PM Natural Sciences II room 2201
Annual business meeting. This meeting is a members-only affair, but we will accept new member dues at the meeting. We will be electing and welcoming new officers (Vice President and Treasurer- see attached ballot), introducing our interim secretary, giving a membership and financial report, and conducting a member survey. Following this short business meeting, members will have the opportunity to design their own reusable shopping bag with supplies left over from Creative Reusable Bags at the Imagination Celebration. Refreshments will be served. Hope to see you there!
Tuesday, June 3rd 2008
Speaker Dr. F. Sherwood Rowland from 6:30-7:30pm in Howard Schneiderman Lecture Hall (HSLH) 100.
See Campus Map. Building number for HSLH is 501. You may park in lot 16 behind Natural Sciences II.
Question and Answer Session & Reception will follow the lecture.
Dr. Rowland won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work. His best-known work is the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.
Rowland's research, first published in Nature magazine in 1974, initiated a scientific investigation of the problem.
The National Academy of Sciences concurred with their findings in 1976, and in 1978 CFC-based aerosols were banned in the United States. See his autobiography at: http://nobelprize.org
May, 2008
Meeting for those interested in surveying butterflies in Orange County. Time and Date TBA.
May 10th, 2008, at 1:30pm
Tour of Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach (http://www.pacificmmc.org/). Carpool will leave Steelhead Brewery Parking Lot at 12:45 PM. Contact Barry Nerhus (bnerhus@gmail.com) to sign up!
May 7th, 2008
Monthly Meeting, 6:30 PM, Natural Sciences II room 2201 on UCI campus.
Speaker: Dennis Kelly, Professor of Marine Sciences at Orange Coast College, giving a talk entitled: "Why have coastal bottlenose dolphin started entering Newport Harbor, on a regular basis, when they have never done this before?"
April 19th, 2008
Imagination Celebration: Creative Reusable Shopping Bags
 Decorate your FREE reusable shopping bag right in time for Earth Day!
Customize your bag with paints, fabrics, buttons, and markers and do
your part by using your bag for shopping needs instead of using a
paper or plastic bag. Learn about other art activities that can be
made using recycled materials. Imagination powers the planet!
When: Saturday, April 19th
Time: 11am-1pm
Where: The Road Less Traveled Store
2202 1/2 N. Main St.
Santa Ana, CA 92706
April 5th 2008
Anza-Borrego Dessert State Park Camping Trip: If you plan to attend but have not RSVP'd, please do so ASAP at (prattr@uci.edu). Camping is free for chapter members, $5 for non-members. Please include in your response the number of people in your party and indicate if you need a ride OR if you can drive others in your car.
April 2nd, 2008
Monthly Meeting, 6:30 PM, Natural Sciences II room 2201 on UCI campus.
Speaker: Dr. Vic Leipzig, a professor at many local colleges in the county. His lecture will focus on the Natural History of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands.
March 5th, 2008
Monthly Meeting, 6:30 PM, Natural Sciences II room 2201 on UCI campus.
Speaker: UC Irvine Professor Peter Bryant speaking about Bugs in a Biodiversity Hotspot: The Amazing Arthropods of Orange County
February 6th, 2008
Monthly Meeting, 6:30 PM, Natural Sciences II room 2201 on UCI campus.
Speaker: Dr. John Avise speaking about Genetics and Conservation
January 30-31 2008
Focus the Nation at UC Irvine: Sustainability and Climate Change Solutions.
 T-Shirts are still available for Sale!
Off white $15
Green $18
Navy Blue $18
Contact us at ocscbiology@gmail.com
January 9, 2008
Monthly Meeting, 6:30 PM, Natural Sciences room 2201 on UCI campus.
Speaker: Dick Zembal Speaking about the Santa Ana River Watershed.
Spring Quarter 2007
Silent auction fundraising Event! Come bid on lots of cool stuff for a great cause. All proceeds go toward future OC-SCB activities.
December 2007 Event
Overnight camping trip to see the migration of the Monarch butterflies overwintering in Pismo Beach and elephant seals at Piedras Blancas. (December 15-16th)
December 8, 2007
ROOTS Habitat Restoration: Newport Backbay (9am-12pm). If interested, please contact Matt Yurko (myurko@coastal.ca.gov)
December 5, 2007
Monthly Meeting, 6:30 PM, Natural Sciences room 1201 on UCI campus. Speaker: Allan A Schoenherr- retired professor of Ecology from Fullerton College and author of several books including A Natural History of California. (map)
December 2007
Bat Monitoring: Newport Backbay (4:15pm). Potential monitoring dates are: December 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 9th. No experience necessary! If interested, please contact Anna Pursell (AnaPursell@aol.com)
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