PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Reed Tollefson ©Kathy Dwyer
The public is invited to join the Yolo Bird Alliance at its monthly virtual program meeting on April 16th, from 7:00 – 8:30 P.M., featuring Reed Tollefson, Manager, Kern River Preserve, who will tell us about the work of Audubon California’s Kern River Preserve. This meeting will occur via Zoom, and details on how to participate are below.
Audubon accepted the ownership and stewardship responsibilities for the 1,115-acre Kern River Preserve in 1997. Since that time Audubon’s ownership has increased threefold to over 3,300 acres. More importantly we have worked with state and federal agencies, non-profits, private foundations, Native American groups and chapters to help bring over 56,282 acres of land in our region into permanent protection. Over 400 acres of our Kern River Preserve have been revegetated with native plants providing improved habitat for many local species of bird and wildlife.
This event is free, and you do not need to be a member of Yolo Bird Alliance.
SPEAKER BIO
Reed started at Kern River Preserve in 1987 as a seasonal Restoration Ecologist and worked up to the position of Preserve Manager for The Nature Conservancy. In 1997 he transferred with the Preserve to the National Audubon Society. Since that time, he has worked to triple the size of the Preserve from 1,100 to 3,330 acres and raised 4.5 million dollars to establish dedicated management endowments. He works with private, public and tribal partnerships to support the protection of over 56,000 acres of land in Kern County with an emphasis on the South Fork Kern River Watershed and Transverse Range Wildlife Corridor. Reed has a B.S. in wildlife management from Arizona State University.
The Yolo Bird Alliance fosters an appreciation of birds and other wildlife through educational programs and field trips, brings conservation issues to public awareness, and acts to preserve Yolo County bird life and habitat. To learn more about the Yolo Bird Alliance, visit its web page at https://yolobirdalliance.org/. You can also visit the Yolo Bird Alliance on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/YoloBirdAlliance. If you would like to join and receive the monthly newsletter, visit https://yolobirdalliance.org/join-renew-donate/.
DETAILS ON JOINING THIS ZOOM MEETING
You must register (no cost) in advance for this meeting. An account with Zoom is NOT necessary to join a meeting. Zoom limits the number of participants to 100. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Registrants will receive email updates about this online event, as well as periodic email updates about Yolo Bird Alliance’s conservation work and how you can help birds. (You can unsubscribe at any time.)
Please note: Participants may join the meeting from the Zoom desktop client downloaded on their computer or on their Apple or Android mobile phone or tablet to access the meeting. Participants may also join from a browser (Visit https://bit.ly/3hNyP8h to learn how to join a Zoom meeting).
You may email Yolo Bird Alliance Program Chair Ken Ealy before the meeting if you need assistance.