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Oct. 11, 2012: Wildfire Public Lecture (Solvang, CA) (Oct 11, 2012)

"Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems"
Public Lecture
Hosted by Santa Ynez Natural History Society
Thursday, October 11, 2012
7:00 p.m. PDT
Santa Barbara Public Library - Solvang Branch
1745 Mission Drive
Solvang, CA
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USGS Western Ecological Research Center fire ecologist Jon Keeley will discuss the impact of fire on ecosystems in California and other Mediterranean-climate areas of the world in this public lecture.

Keeley is the lead author of a new textbook, Fire in Mediterranean Ecosystems (http://www.werc.usgs.gov/ProductDetails.aspx?ID=4581), and co-leads the Southern California Wildfire Risk Scenario project (http://www.werc.usgs.gov/socalfirerisk) investigating the factors that dictate fire hazard risk in southern California communities.


Jon Keeley: http://www.werc.usgs.gov/keeley

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