Madelyn Helling Library Community Room, Nevada City
Doors open at 6:30 pm, program starts at 7:00.
Check the SFAS website and Facebook page for last-minute updates
or call Program Chair Theresa Thomas at (530) 264-6742.
Dragonflies: An Introduction to the Dazzling Wonders
of the Sky with Sandra von Arb
Sandra von Arb will talk about the unique life cycle of dragonflies and other interesting aspects of their lives as well as the habitats they require and their roles within our ecosystem. She will also give a short lesson on key features used to identify dragonflies and go over some of the more common species in the local area.
Sandra von Arb has been a professional wildlife biologist focusing on sensitive and endangered species in northern California, southern Oregon, and northern Illinois for 30 years. She is a co-founder of Biodiversity Education and Research Foundation (BEAR Fdn) whose mission is to foster ecological stewardship through science and education. She discovered her passion for dragonflies surveying for the endangered Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly in northern Illinois over 10 years ago. She brought that passion back to California and Kathy Biggs took her under her wing as a mentor which eventually led to co-authoring the guide book Dragonflies (Anisoptera) of California.