<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hope to see some of you all there...</div><div><br></div>Historical Ecologist Maps a Changing Landscape<br>Guest speaker Robin Grossinger<br>7:30pm, Thursday August 20, 2009<br><br>Drawing upon recent studies throughout the region, Robin Grossinger will illustrate the regional diversity and common themes of historical Bay Area landscapes, and potential restoration strategies they reveal.<br><br>Robin Grossinger is a scientist at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, where he directs the Historical Ecology Program. For the past 15 years, he has studied how landscapes of the Bay Area and California coast have changed since European contact.<br><br>More information about the Historical Ecology Program: <a href="http://www.sfei.org/HEP">http://www.sfei.org/HEP</a><br><br>FREE; donations encouraged.<br><br>Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way<br>Info: 415.554.9600 or <a href="http://www.randallmuseum.org/">http://www.randallmuseum.org</a><br><br>FUTURE TALKS:<br>September 24 - Liam O'Brian - The Green Hairstreak Project<br>October 22 - Karen Goetz - If You Knew Newts Like I know Newts<br>November 19 - John Hafernik - The California Academy of Sciences' Green Roof</body></html>