[Scpg] Free Lunch-time Talk/FRI Jan 30/Fire & Chaparra/Wildland/Urban Interface/@ SB Botanic Garden

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Fire and Chaparral
The Myths, the Reality and the Balancing Act

Friday, January 30, Noon - 12:50pm
Blaksley Library, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Free Lunch time Lecture

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will present the first of its Brown 
Bag Lecture Series of 2009 on January 30 at 12:00 in the Blaksley 
Library.  Dr. Bob Muller, Director of Research 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, Santa Barbara's chaparral is home to many 
endangered species. 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, 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.

The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa 
Barbara, CA 93105.

<http://www.santabarbarabotanicgarden.org/>www.SantaBarbaraBotanicGarden.org

805.682.4726, ext. 139


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