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 Socity, 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.