2023 SNARL Spring Seminar Series

Seminars are 7-8 PM every Tuesday from May 2 to June 6 at the Page Center at SNARL

Please join us this spring for a series of presentations focused on some of the latest research and findings from the Eastern Sierra and Beyond. We are very excited to be in person again at the Page Center. Seminars are on Tuesday evenings from 7-8 PM and doors open at 6:30. All seminars will be held in the Page Center at SNARL – 1016 Mount Morrison Road. Small tasters of food and drink will be provided by local businesses. Please arrive early to park, secure a seat, snack and mingle. Seminars are geared to adult audiences, however young people are encouraged to attend and well-behaved children are welcome. Visitors are not allowed to bring dogs to SNARL, so please leave pets at home. Looking forward to seeing you at SNARL.


May 2: 2022-23 Season Recap, one for the record books

Steve Mace, Center Director and Lead Forecaster of the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center


May 9: Airborne Snow Observatories measurements of (perhaps) the largest snowpack in Sierra history

Dr. Tom Painter, Chief Executive Officer, Airborne Snow Observatories, Inc.


May 16:  Reconstructing the temperature of Earth’s past to understand future climate change

Dr. Jamie Lucarelli, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences

May 23: Claim to flame: the resilient bat communities of the Sierra Nevada

Dr. Rachel Blakey, Biological Sciences Department, Cal Poly Pomona


May 30: Farmed vs. wild seafood: sustainability showdown

Dr. Ben Halpern, Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, and Professor, UCSB

Dr. Kim Selkoe, Founder and CEO, Get Hooked Seafood, and Executive Director, Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara


June 6: Mammoth Lakes US 395 Wildlife Crossing Project: Moving Forward

Katie Rodriguez, M.S, Caltrans District 9 Biology Branch Chief

Dan Taylor, CDFW Region 6 Wildlife North Unit Biologist

Kay Ogden, Executive Director / CEO, Eastern Sierra Land Trust