2026 Schedule
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Seminars are 7-8 PM every Tuesday from April 28 to June 2 @ 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.
Tuesday April 28
Greg Johnson, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, UCSB and Director, Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life
Alpine Visions:The Mauna Kea Telescope Dispute & Native Hawaiian Religious Vitality
Tuesday May 5
Tommy Herrera, Ph.D. Student at UC Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Evolution of deer mice and hantavirus across California: Past, present, and future of a mouse and deadly zoonotic pathogen
Tuesday May 12
Nick Buckmaster, Supervising Fisheries Biologist, Bishop Field Office, CA Dept of Fish and Wildlife
Golden mussels in the Golden State: How an invasive species creates an unprecedented threat to eastern Sierra waters
Tuesday May 19
Jeremy Evans – Photographer, Filmmaker, Amateur Astronomer, and Delegate for Dark Sky International
The Benefits of Dark Skies, Light Pollution and Prevention, Astronomy and Astrophotography
Tuesday May 26
Robert Marks, Professor Emeritus of History and Environmental Studies at Whittier College
Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin: Nature and History over the Last 10,000 Years
Tuesday June 2
Steve Root, Alkali Fly Research Advisor, Mono Lake Committee
Mono Lake’s Black Belt: A Natural History of the Alkali Fly (Ephydra hians)
Previous Seminars
With permission, we record and upload all of the seminars onto our YouTube channel. Check out the archive of previous seminars!