Volunteering
Date: January 16, 2026
Where: Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Join us at Big Basin Redwoods State Park for a hands-on volunteer workday creating brush piles in the Redwood Grove to reduce forest fuels.
Volunteering
Date: January 21, 2026
Where: Zayante Fire Department parking lot
Join Sempervirens Fund, the City of Santa Cruz, and the California Native Plant Society as we work to remove invasive French broom.
Webinars
Sounds of the Redwood Canopy, with Thomas Rex Beverly
Date: January 27, 2026
Where: ZOOM
Join nature field recordist Thomas Rex Beverly to learn about his ascent to record the sounds of an old-growth redwood from roots to canopy.
Hikes
Group Hike at Castle Rock State Park
Date: February 12, 2026
Where: Castle Rock State Park
Join us February 12 for a ~4-mile hike through Castle Rock State Park, and enjoy views of evergreen forests, mountainsides, and valleys.
Hikes
Group Hike at Sam McDonald Park
Date: February 13, 2026
Where: Sam McDonald Park
Join us February 13 for a 5-mile hike through Sam McDonald Park’s majestic redwoods, Douglas-firs, and the wonders of the forest.
Volunteering
Olympia Watershed French Broom Removal
Date: February 14, 2026
Where: Zayante Fire Department parking lot
Join Sempervirens Fund and the San Lorenzo Valley Water District for a 3-hour conservation event as we work to remove invasive French Broom.
Volunteering
Volunteer Fuel Reduction at Big Basin
Date: February 20, 2026
Where: Big Basin Redwoods State Park
Join us at Big Basin Redwoods State Park for a hands-on volunteer workday creating brush piles in the Redwood Grove to reduce forest fuels.
Webinars
How Flowers Made Our World, with David George Haskell
Date: March 31, 2026
Where: ZOOM
Join writer and biologist David George Haskell to learn about his brand-new book, “How Flowers Made Our World: The Story of Nature’s Revolutionaries,” and the role flowering plants have in Earth ecology and human culture.
Webinars
The Science of Awe, with Paul Piff, Ph.D.
Date: May 26, 2026
Where: ZOOM
Join U.C. Irvine professor Paul Piff to learn about the science behind how we experience and benefit from awe.
