[Scpg] Fri Jan 30/Fire & Chapparral Brown Bag Lunch Talk/Free

[Santa Barbara Permaculture Network]

Free Brown Bag Lecture Series

Tea Fire pic

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

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