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Calendar of Events and Activities
Nature Center events and activities are listed on the calendar at www.sgm-conservancies.info. Stop by to see what is going on that could be fun for you and your family.
Water! What are we doing to it?
SGMRC June Environmental Roundtable
Terry Young's presentation will be on June 23, 7:00 - 8:30 pm at Village Book Shop (for info, call the Village Book Shop at 626-335-5720). A follow-up Field Study is a River Walk on June 26 at 9 to 11 am. (flyer)
The Village Book Shop is a contributing sponsor of SGMRC and Glendora Conservancy.
Wildlife Photography Exhibition
Saturday, June 5, 2010, 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Village Book Shop
123 North Glendora Avenue, Downtown Glendora
(flyer) (map)
Glendora Gem Show
Partnering with the Conservancies on Environmental Projects!
Glendora Gem Show & Artistry in Stone Competition is set for Saturday, June 5 from 10 AM to 5 PM, and Sunday, June 6 from 10 AM to 4 PM. Location is: Goddard Middle School (gym), 859 E. Sierra Madre, Glendora.
May is Brodiaea Month at the Glendora Conservancy
The endangered brodiaea plant is at peak of bloom in May. From the flyer, learn about brodiaea history and Conservancy activities in May which feature this rare plant protected in the Conservancy Reserve.
San Gabriel River Clean-up at Whittier Narrows Dam
The River Clean-up scheduled for May 8 has been changed.
Please Note: The San Gabriel River Clean-up has been changed to avoid calendar conflicts and to provide adequate staffing. TWO new dates to Calendar for your participation in the river cleanup are:
- Fall - National Make a Difference Day (Sat/October 30, 2010), and
- Spring - Regional Make a Difference Day (Sat/February 26, 2011).
Looking forward to this great cleanup need and effort to clean up the river and the impacts that inland trash makes on the ocean and coastal areas. Thanks for your interest!
"Conservation Makeover" on KSGV Radio
Shelf Talker with special guests Ann Croissant and Nate Benessi. If you listen to the entire interview, you will gain valuable information! KSGV Radio Interview
SGMRC welcomes SGMIA as a Special Project!
The San Gabriel Mountains Interpretive Association (SGMIA) is one of the oldest of the regional organizations, operating in the national forests since the early 1970s. SGMIA offers a heritage of contributions to natural area and wildlands programming with its conservation focus, educational resources, and interpretive activities! SGMIA will add numerous new resources to the SGMRC catalog of programming and activities available to the public, community groups, schools, churches, businesses, and agencies. See what's new about SGMIA, plus more information on workshops, hikes, native plants, conservation makeovers, and more. Check out www.sgmia.org.
Watershed Workshops, Forums, Speakers, Presentations, Projects
If your neighborhood, group, or crew is interested in Watershed Workshops and/or Forums, as well as Water Conservation, Native Plant Gardens, and Habitat Restoration Projects, contact us to set up a Workshop or Training. Registration is required for workshops of 10 - 15.
Contact us to schedule Wildflowers of the Local Trails speakers and presentations, as well as Wildflower Walks (plus Weed Walks and presentations too).
If you are one of the fortunate communities with a local conservancy or land trust, ask about the Regional Conservancies Roundtables & Projects Workshops by contacting glcroissant@csupomona.edu.
Wildflowers of the San Gabriel Mountains
Readers of this user-friendly guide can swiftly and successfully identify the blooms with vibrant color photographs capturing both the plant in its full glory and the intricacies of each blossom.
The total cost including shipping is $15.
To order this guide and more, please visit the SGMRC Store. |
 Santa Fe Dam and Galster Wilderness Nature Center education opportunities. Please stop by both the Nature Center Network web page and the Galster Wilderness Nature Center web page for more information.
Welcome
to the gateway to the San Gabriel Mountains Regional
Conservancy (SGMRC), a nonprofit public benefit corporation.
SGMRC is devoted to watershed management and a great variety
of other projects in the San Gabriel River Watershed of eastern
Los Angeles County. Included in the region are the San Gabriel
Mountains, River, Valley and related areas.
Our
mission is to promote the preservation of land and/or
buildings for historic, educational, ecological, recreational,
or open space opportunities. You play a huge part in completing
this mission.
Great
headway has been made since 1997 when the SGMRC
was established in developing numerous partnership activities
and in grants and donations made to the conservancies and
land trusts of the San Gabriel Valley. Among such recent
planning efforts and transactions for preservation, more
than 1,500 acres of open space have been strategically targeted
to protect watershed, regional wildlife, open space corridors
and mutual resource protection for multiple purposes. Your
help is needed in many ways to assist in this mission and
to protect the watershed of the San Gabriel River from its
headwaters in the mountains to the Pacific Ocean at Seal
Beach.
The
backbone of the San Gabriel Mountains Regional Conservancy
is the many people who devote their time to the organization.
There are a number of volunteer opportunities that may interest
you as Docents, Trail Guides, Office Personnel, Program Presenters
and Program Assistants at the Santa Fe Dam and Galster Wilderness Park Nature Center.
There are committees being formed, coffee klatches being
held and workshops scheduled to which you may be able to
contribute.
Projects
are underway through SGMRC that may be of particular
interest to you and to which you could offer expertise and
time. These include the Santa Fe Dam and Galster Wilderness Park Nature Center and adjoining
Native Plant Garden Project, Environmental Roundtables, Mitigation
Projects, Land Acquisition Planning and Projects, as well
as the comprehensive San Gabriel River Watershed Management
Plan. As you can see, there are many different interests
that may match your own and we really need your input and
assistance.
Donations,
of course, are always welcome. Donations can be cash, in-kind
donations, office space, a life insurance policy with SGMRC
as the beneficiary, land and/or historic buildings. You could
donate your historic home to the organization and continue
to live there for your lifetime.
We
would be happy to hear from local and regional agencies
and organizations that offer grants for which we may apply
that would assist in the acquisition and management of watershed
properties.
Please
explore this gateway at your leisure. Comments,
suggestions, questions, donations and offers of assistance
may be sent to:
SGMRC
P.O. Box 963
Glendora, CA 91740
or
e-mailed to glcroissant@csupomona.edu.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Photos courtesy
of Gabi McLean, ©Gabi McLean 2004
Treat yourself to the CD, "Common Plants of Eaton Canyon and the San Gabriel
Foothills Field Guide", available at:
http://www.natureathand.com/
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