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Upcoming Events

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  FULL Rare Plants and Community Science in the CZU Burn Zone (In-Person Volunteer Training)
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  4/17 Saturdays in the Soil
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  4/24 Out and About: Birding at Neary Lagoon
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  4/28 How a Botanical Artist Looks at a Rose with Maria Cecilia Freeman
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  5/1 Makers Market: The Art of Nature
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  5/5 Rockin’ Pop-Up: Great Geologic Landmarks
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  5/8 Member Meet-Up: Wildflowers at Mima Meadow
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  5/11 Art+Science Research to Understand Joshua Tree Species Interactions Under Climate Change with Juniper Harrower
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  5/19 Coast Redwoods and Fire with Zane Moore
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  6/19 Makers Market: The Art of Nature

Want to know more about our events or share your suggestions about potential topics? Email us at events@santacruzmuseum.org.

Watch previous lectures, tutorials, and more.

• Collections Close-Up: The Life and Legacy of Randall Morgan
• Exhibit Opening Reception: The Art of Nature
• Rockin’ Pop-Up: The Moon!
• Rare Plants and Community Science in the CZU Burn Zone with Amy Patten
• How to Make a Spore Print
• Ten Years Since the Tsunami with the UCSC Seismology Lab
• Long-term lessons: Perspectives on three years of mushroom monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains with Christian Schwarz
• Rockin’ Pop-Up: The Varieties of Volcanoes
• Collections Close-Up: Picturing Nature
• Rockin’ Pop-Up: Paleoclimatology

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