Free
Brown Bag Lecture Series
Santa Barbara Botanic
Garden
Brown Bag Lecture Series
Fire and
Chaparral:
The Myths, the
Reality, and the
Balancing Act
Friday, January 30,
12:00 p.m.
Blaksley Library
Free Admission
The Santa Barbara Botanic
Garden will present the first of its Brown Bag Lecture Series of 2009 on
January 30 at 12:00 p.m. in the Blaksley Library. Director of
Research Dr. Bob Muller will talk on Fire and Chaparral. This free
lecture will address issues relating to the wildland/urban interface,
chaparral as an important and dynamic ecosystem, and its recovery
following fire.
According to Dr. Muller, at least fifty of the 109 endangered plant
species in Santa Barbara County occur in chaparral, including some found
only in the foothills above Santa Barbara. His talk will discuss
ways of reducing the risk of fire while being sensitive to the unique and
important ecosystems in our region, while cautioning against and avoiding
illogical and impractical steps that are often taken regarding
vegetation.
Dr. Muller received his PhD from Yale University in plant ecology.
He spent 24 years in the Department of Forestry at the University of
Kentucky where he taught dendrology, forest ecology, and ecosystem
analysis of forestry. Muller is currently the Director of Research
at the Botanic Garden and is the author of Trees of Santa Barbara.
For more
information, contact (805) 682-4726, or online at
http://www.SantaBarbaraBotanicGarden.org