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CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks
CREATED:20260816T192419
SUMMARY:From Noticing Nature to Conservation: How iNaturalist and Community Science Can Make a Difference A talk by Dr. Merav Vonshak 
LOCATION:Los Altos Library Orchard Room\, 13 S. San Antonio Rd.\, Los Altos
DESCRIPTION:<div class="jev_evdt_desc"><p class="p1">Have you ever come across a native
  plant and wondered&nbsp;about its role in the ecosystem? Community science
  offers&nbsp;a way to turn those observations into meaningful data that&nbs
 p;support research and conservation. In this talk, Dr. Merav&nbsp;Vonshak w
 ill share examples from BioBlitz events and&nbsp;other local projects, and 
 show how iNaturalist can help&nbsp;document plant diversity and track chang
 es over time. She&nbsp;will discuss why this work matters, how easy it is t
 o&nbsp;participate and a few practical tips for using iNaturalist&nbsp;effe
 ctively.</p><p class="p1"><b>Dr. Merav Vonshak</b><span>&nbsp;</span>is an 
 ecologist, naturalist, and citizen&nbsp;science organizer based in the San 
 Francisco Bay Area.&nbsp;She studied ant ecology during her PhD and postdoc
 toral&nbsp;research and today her work emphasizes connecting&nbsp;communiti
 es with local biodiversity. She is the founder of&nbsp;BioBlitz Club, a gra
 ssroots initiative that brings volunteers&nbsp;<span>ogether to document pl
 ants and wildlife in parks and&nbsp;</span>preserves. She also leads the Ne
 wt Patrol, a community&nbsp;group dedicated to monitoring the decline of ne
 wt&nbsp;populations near Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos and&nbsp;efforts 
 to save them.</p></div>
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