Jepson Herbarium classes
UC Berkeley’s Jepson Herbarium Workshops aim to provide educational opportunities for professional and amateur botanists.
Aug. 2-9
Introduction to Sierra Nevada fire ecology
Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory
California has been referred to as the “pyrostate.” Instructor Hugh Safford will discuss as fire as a physical process and evolutionary force, its effects on ecosystems and vegetation, plus fire history and regimes (including fire scar dendrochronology), and consequences of climate change. Class will include several trips to eastern Sierra sites and moderate to strenuous hiking.
Sept. 29-30
IS for botanists
Hastings Natural History Reservation
Start mapping with geographic information system software. Instructors Heather Constable and Michelle Koo will show you how to create your own maps to answer questions about biodiversity, conservation and ecology using field or historic data plus freely available information. The course will use a free, open source GIS program.
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