[S-C] Fwd: Naturalist talk 1/5/04: the California Delta

[Kevin Shrieve]

=46rom: Lauren de Boer <klauren@earthlight.org>
Subject: Close to Home: the California Delta
Date-Sent: Friday, January 2, 2004 4:20 PM -0700

Dear Friends,

Here is the latest in the series of Close to Home talks, this one on the
richness and and history of the California Delta.

Many new year blessings,

Lauren de Boer

THE CALIFORNIA DELTA: THE TRUE GOLDEN GATE

Monday,  January 5, 2004      8:00PM
Montclair Presbyterian Church

MIKE MORAN has been a Naturalist for the East Bay Regional Park District
since 1994.  His duties include interpreting the Delta through research and
educational activities focused on the cultural and natural history of this
area. He has led natural history expeditions in Alaska, Washington, New
England, California and Canada.

Of the nine great landforms comprising California, none has been so rich, so
cherished, so changed, so embattled and so little known by the general
public as the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta.  It has existed for less than
15,000 years, but has been a source of unprecedented natural, cultural, and
economic bounty.   This is the hub of the Gold Rush and the agricultural
juggernaut of the Central Valley, the center of the water wars that divide
Californians politically.

Many changes have reduced the once teeming Delta wilds to a mere memory, but
that memory lives on in certain places and is being recaptured, restored and
realized thanks to enlightened management of this fragile resource.  Come
learn about the past and present of the Delta, its ecological importance to
the Bay Area and glimpse its hopeful future in Mike's slide presentation.

Donation: $5  (K-12 Free)

Montclair Presbyterian Church is located at 5701Thornhill Rd. in the
Montclair area of Oakland. Take the Thornhill exit on Highway 13 and go east
1=E2??4 mile. Parking available in lot 1=E2??2 block west and on street. For
more information:

www.close-to-home.org

Sandra Lewis (510) 601-5715
sel27@earthlink.net