Diario del proyecto Metro Phoenix EcoFlora

🌿FEBRUARY EVENTS 🌿
As always, events and classes are FREE to attend!

ECOQUESTIONS: WESLEY JAMES
Tuesday, Feb. 15 | 2 p.m. MST
Join us to hear from Wesley James, architect and founder of LINE LAB where he brings together architecture, construction, development, technology, reconciliation ecology and immersive experience design. Wesley is also a Co-Founder of Urban Nature Society, a non-profit organization that seeks to develop and implement ways of making the built environment more hospitable to native species. Join us to learn about Wesley's work and how we can incorporate nature into urban areas.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/255603435757

ANNUAL CELEBRATION
Wednesday, Feb. 23 | 6:30 p.m. MST
Join us for a virtual celebration of the Metro Phoenix EcoFlora project where we will share what we've accomplished in the past year, honor top observers, play trivia, hear from project members, and look at what's in store for the next year. We're also excited to hear from multiple guest speakers about urban biodiversity and beyond. You don't want to miss it!
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/254659793297

Hope to see you there!

CELEBRATING TWO YEARS OF METRO PHOENIX ECOFLORA
Tuesday, February 23 | 6:30 p.m. MST

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/254659793297

Join us for a virtual celebration! Explore exciting project finds, chat with fellow project members, play games, hear the latest news, and see what's in store for the next year. We're also looking forward to hearing from multiple guest speakers about urban biodiversity and beyond.

JESSE LEWIS | ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
Jesse is an applied ecologist who evaluates a diversity of research questions to inform the conservation and management of wildlife populations in the southwestern US. He is an assistant professor at Arizona State University. Jesse and his graduate students work across the ecologically diverse landscapes of Arizona, ranging from the Sonoran desert of the Phoenix Valley evaluating urban ecology of coyotes, bobcats, deer, bats, and other wildlife to the high elevation ponderosa pine and aspen forests in the White Mountains evaluating how wildlife (e.g., black bear, elk, mountain lion, mule deer, wolves, and other species) respond to mixed-severity wildfire.

NATALIE MELKONOFF | GREAT MILKWEED GROW OUT, DESERT BOTANICAL GARDEN
Natalie Melkonoff is the Plant and Insect Ecology Program Coordinator at Desert Botanical Garden. She coordinates the activities of Great Milkweed Grow Out, the Garden’s monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation initiative, including the production of native milkweeds and pollinator plants for urban and wildlands conservation projects and community science outreach. Her current research is focused on how milkweed physiology changes due to climate shifts may impact how monarchs and other insects use these plants in the future.

GEORGE ROARK | POLLINATOR WEB, ECOFLORA PROJECT MEMBER
George is a retired Electrical Engineer and Instructional Designer who discovered an avenue for his gardening passion through the MetroPhoenix EcoFlora Project. Over 6,000 observations later, the project has proven to be an educational journey, and a new way to meet like-minded friends and acquaintances. He’s now busy creating a web site to share knowledge about pollinators and the supporting web of plants and other characters in the low desert.
Visit Pollinator Web
Social: @ PollinatorWeb on Twitter, @thegardenhound here on iNaturalist.

We look forward to connecting with you all and hope to see you there!

Everyone is welcome to join, even if you've never heard of EcoFlora before.
Learn more about the project at dbg.org/ecoflora.

Register for this free event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/254659793297