Join us and our friends across the South Bay as we celebrate 100 Years of Conservation & Community! This free festival will celebrate conservation work across Santa Clara County, feature speakers from environmental organizations involved with everything from bird monitoring to habitat restoration, and give you the opportunity to learn more about our amazing wildlife from the experts! NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

Activities:

• Nest Box Building

• Book Signing with Kenn Kaufman

• Art workshops

• Nature Walks

• Bioblitz

Speakers:

• 10 AM: The Power of People, Technology, and Birds to Change Science and Conservation - with Brian Sullivan of Cornell Lab of Ornithology

• 11:15 AM: Panel Discussion: Biodiversity & Conservation - with speakers from CNPS, SCVBA, the City of San Jose, and the Sierra Club

• 1 PM: Lightning Talks: Birds in Action - with speakers from iNaturalist, TALON, Re-oaking Silicon Valley, and West Valley College

• 2:15 PM: Connections: Linking Landscapes, Communities, And the Future of Conservation - with Andrea Mackenzie from Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority

Tabling Partners:

• Grassroots Ecology

• Bioblitz Club

• Peninsula Open Space Trust

• Keep Coyote Creek Beautiful

• San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory

• California Bluebird Recovery Program

• California Native Plant Society

• Santa Clara Valley Young Birders Club

• Los Gatos Birdwatcher

• Peninsula Humane Society

• Talon Ecological Research Group

• Cornell Lab of Ornithology

• Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District

Vendors:

• Bosma Optics

• Cheeseman’s Wildlife Safari Tours

• Emily Chin’s Pressed Flowers

• Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance

• California Native Seeds

• Los Gatos Birdwatcher

• Down by the Bay Nursery

• Simple Wealth

• Central Coast Snakes