Learn about three projects that the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Auth ority (OSA) is currently working on. The Loma Fire burned more than 4,500 a cres in the Santa Cruz Mountains in September 2016, and half of the fire wa s on OSA lands. In 2017, Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting completed the fir st year of a three-year study of habitat and vegetation on the burn site, a nd Galli Besson will share the goals of the study and the results so far.
Coyote Valley is an important wildlife linkage between the Santa Cru z Mountains and the Diablo Range. Learn about the work that the OSA is doin g with partners to conserve this landscape. And finally, Galli will give an update on the resource surveys and management of the Coyote Ridge Open Spa ce Preserve.
Galli Basson is a Resource Management Specialist with th e Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority where she works on advancing the OSA’s natural resource program. She holds a Master’s in Environmental Studi es from San Jose State University and a Bachelor’s in Wildlife Conservation Biology from UC Davis.