On May 6, Sarah Tanberg will be joining those community members interested in discussing pressing topics. This first conversation will deal directly with homelessness; a topic that impacts broad swaths of the community. Please join Sarah for this important discussion.

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Sarah Wenner is a biological technician at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area working on recovery efforts for the federally threatened California red-legged frog. She earned her B.S. in Biology at UCLA, her M.S. in Biology at Cal State Northridge, and will be pursuing her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley starting in the fall. She is an avid hiker, trail runner, and ambassador for reptiles and amphibians of all shapes and sizes.

This evening Sarah will be discussing the equally-threatened Blainville’s horned lizard – a small lizard confined by urban development to a very small region with limited connectivity. The lizard is also under threat of extinction due to a large number of variables; fire, greater urban development, low dispersal rates and habitat fragmentation.

We hope you’ll join us for this important lecture.

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As a biology instructor at CSULA, Chris DeMarco teaches courses for biology and non-biology majors. He earned his MSc in biology on a research project investigating the effects of urbanization on a population of western gray squirrels in Griffith Park – a population that’s continued to significantly dwindle over the years. DeMarco’s study was funded by Friends of Griffith Park and Cooper Ecological Monitoring, Inc.

This evening, Chris will discuss the results of his study, focusing on the genetic, ecological factors associated with a possible local extinction of the Griffith Park western gray squirrels and potential solutions to mitigate these factors.