BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 RDATE:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 RDATE:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T010000 RDATE:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 RDATE:20220313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221106T010000 RDATE:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180718T193000 RDATE:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 RDATE:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 RDATE:20201101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 RDATE:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20220313T030000 RDATE:20221106T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7d5d79b9748b2af322bf7214bb6dd159 CATEGORIES:Meetings CREATED:20190618T185944 SUMMARY:Solar Development Impacts on Annual Plants in California’s Desert Communities LOCATION:Los Altos Library Program Room DESCRIPTION:California’s desert region supports hundreds of rare and unique plants, and is also the location of a renewable energy development boom. Even where ve getation communities are left intact or restored inside facilities, ground- mounted infrastructure may have negative impacts on desert-adapted plants b ecause it creates novel rainfall runoff and shade conditions.\nJoin us for this talk to learn how Karen is using experimental solar arrays in the Moja ve Desert to test how these altered conditions affect plant performance. Sh e is studying the response of the annual community overall, and focusing on populations of two sunflowers in greater detail: the rare Eriophyllum moha vense (CRPR 1B.2) and the closely related common E. wallacei. She will disc uss how panels alter local microhabitats, how annual species respond and ho w insights gained may help reduce negative impacts of energy development.\n Karen Tanner is a PhD candidate at University of California, Santa Cruz, wh ere she also studies strategies to improve salt marsh restoration outcomes at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (Monterey County) . Learn more about her salt marsh restoration studies at www.karenetanner.c om/index.php/saltmarsh/.\nKaren served as our Chapter’s Invasive Plant Chai r for Santa Clara County in 2014. Before training as a plant ecologist, she worked in the computer software industry for 15 years and prior to that sh e earned a degree in fine art.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

California’s desert region supports hundreds of rare and unique plants , and is also the location of a renewable energy development boom. Even whe re vegetation communities are left intact or restored inside facilities, gr ound-mounted infrastructure may have negative impacts on desert-adapted pla nts because it creates novel rainfall runoff and shade conditions.

Jo in us for this talk to learn how Karen is using experimental solar arrays i n the Mojave Desert to test how these altered conditions affect plant perfo rmance. She is studying the response of the annual community overall, and f ocusing on populations of two sunflowers in greater detail: the rare Er iophyllum mohavense (CRPR 1B.2) and the closely related commo n E. wallacei. She will discuss how panels alter local microhabitats, how a nnual species respond and how insights gained may help reduce negative impa cts of energy development.

Karen Tanner is a PhD candidate at Univers ity of California, Santa Cruz, where she also studies strategies to improve salt marsh restoration outcomes at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine R esearch Reserve (Monterey County). Learn more about her salt marsh res toration studies at www.karenetanner.com/index.php/saltmarsh/.

Kare n served as our Chapter’s Invasive Plant Chair for Santa Clara County in 20 14. Before training as a plant ecologist, she worked in the computer softwa re industry for 15 years and prior to that she earned a degree in fine art.

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