Speaker Jim Varnell
📷: Jon Lindsay
Speaker Diana Lindsay
📷: Jon Lindsay
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Speakers:
Jim Varnell, Canyoneer Training Team & Editor, Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors
Diana Lindsay, Author & Editor, Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors
TWO WAYS TO WATCH
1) Zoom: To watch the presentation on your computer or phone via Zoom you must register in advance at this link. Registration on Zoom has a capacity so register now for the best ‘seats’. You do not need a Zoom account to register or watch the presentation.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0wCpYrcERUy0owj4PxVOuA
2) Facebook: If you want to watch the presentation without registration it will be live streamed to CNPS-San Diego Chapter’s Facebook page beginning at 7:00pm. There is no limit to participants viewing the presentation on Facebook.
CNPS-San Diego Chapter Facebook Page: facebook.com/cnpssd
Questions for the presenters will be selected by a moderator from the chat and comment sections of both Zoom and Facebook.
DESCRIPTION
San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers Jim Varnell and Diana Lindsay will discuss the importance and usefulness of Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors, which is much more than a trail guide. It was designed to teach appreciation and understanding of the great biodiversity found in San Diego County. It is a field guide to the various habitats encountered on hundreds of County trails with descriptions of over 500 different species of plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, and invertebrates. It gets folks outside and appreciating native plants on new trails.
Jim Varnell is a former president of the San Diego Natural History Museum Canyoneers and a current member of the Canyoneer Training Team. With a BS in Biology from UCSD and Masters in Ecology from SDSU, he spent 35 years in IT, 30 of those in the College of Sciences at SDSU. He joined the Canyoneers in 2013 to get back to his love of the natural world and sharing it with his fellow San Diegans and has led over 300 hikes for the Canyoneers. Living on 20 acres in Ramona provides plenty of opportunities to interact with nature and indulge in his hobby of nature photography.
Favorite location to hike - Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Favorite hike - Lower Willows Coyote Canyon
Diana Lindsay is the author or co-author of several books, including the guidebook Anza-Borrego Desert Region (now in its 6th edition) and Coloring Plants Used by Desert Indians. She was part of the team, including Jim Varnell, that edited Coast to Cactus: The Canyoneer Trail Guide to San Diego Outdoors. She is a former trustee of the SDNHM and has been a Canyoneer since 1988. She was a founding member of the Colorado Desert District Botany Society and served as president. She received her BA and MA from SDSU in geography and history.
Favorite location to hike - Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Favorite hike - Rainbow Canyon Loop
LINKS
San Diego Canyoneers: https://www.sdnhm.org/education/canyoneer-hikes