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Posts Tagged: Natural Resources
Want to Learn More about Mosquitoes and Ticks?
Want to learn more about mosquitoes and ticks? UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist Carla-Cristina “CC” Melo Edwards of the laboratory of medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo of the UC Davis Department of...
UC Davis doctoral student and medical entomologist CC Edwards dragging for ticks at Bodega Bay.
Praying or Preying or Peering
Praying, preying, or peering? This female praying mantis, a Stagmomantis limbata, selects a patch of red Lantana to watch for pollinators. Her spiked forelegs resting, her eyes always watching but her body as still as a stone, she makes an...
A female praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, poses for a portrait in a Lantana patch in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Water discussion on Sept. 29 flows from LA art exhibit
Communities in Los Angeles and around California face a variety of water challenges ranging from access to clean, affordable water to water supplies threatened by a changing climate.
The public is invited to a free event featuring a panel discussion of the past, present and future of Los Angeles water. The water discussion will be part of the closing reception for the art exhibit “What's On Tap: LA's Water Story…Source to Spigot” at El Tranquilo Gallery in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 29.
“I hope that people come away understanding that our relationship to and stewardship of water in LA is not only a critical part of our past history, but essential to determining our region's future as well,” said Edith B. de Guzman, UC Cooperative Extension specialist for water equity and adaptation policy with UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation.
The panel will be moderated by UCLA Public Policy Professor Megan Mullin. Panelists will include de Guzman; Amanda Begley, watershed senior program manager for TreePeople; Conner Everts, facilitator for the Environmental Water Caucus, executive director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance, and co-chair of the Desal Response Group; and Mark Gold, director of water scarcity solutions for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The discussion will be followed by a blind water tasting. Participants will be able to taste how the flavors of three brands of bottled water compare with each other and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power tap water.
“Thus far, many people have chosen LADWP tap as their favorite compared to the bottled brands,” de Guzman said. “So another hope I have is that people will come away with greater appreciation and trust of tap water.”
The art exhibit, curated by Edith and Jolly de Guzman, highlights five distinct water themes that affect Southern California communities – local water, imported water, tap trust, human right to water and affordability.
The Zanja Madre, a Spanish-era aqueduct that moved water from the Los Angeles River to the pueblo of Los Angeles between 1781 and 1904, once ran past the gallery location.
The “What's On Tap: LA's Water Story…Source to Spigot” exhibit will be open from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday through Sunday, Sept. 27-29, with the closing reception 3-6 p.m. on Sunday, at El Tranquilo Gallery, W-19 Olvera Street, Los Angeles 90012. The panel discussion will begin at 4 p.m. The reception will include live music by Shoshana Ben-Horin.
Curator Jeff Smith: Spreading the Wings of Butterflies
Do you know how to spread the wings of a butterfly specimen? It's not as easy as it looks, but entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Lepidoptera collection, makes it look easy. If you attend the Bohart Museum...
Entomologist Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum's Lepidoptera collections, shows visitors how to spread the wings of a butterfly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Jeff Smith, curator of the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Lepidoptera collection, discusses projects with UC Davis doctoral alumna Fran Keller, professor at Folsom Lake College, a UC Davis lecturer, and a Bohart research associate/affiliate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Remembering Richard 'Doc' Bohart
The date of Sept. 28 is significant. It's the birthday anniversary of noted entomologist Richard "Doc" Bohart (1913-2007), founder of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis. So when the...
Richard "Doc" Bohart, seated, with UC Davis professor emeritus and entomologist Robert Washino on May 15, 2006 in Briggs Hall. The occasion: a ceremony honoring Bohart, recipient of the International Society of Hymenopterists' Distinguished Research Medal, then one of three ever awarded. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
