2025 Board Election

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Vote for 2025 Board happens this evening.

Monarch Butterfly Field Trip

GOLETA MONARCH BUTTERFLY GROVE, Saturday December 7 2024 Description: Last year was a good year to view the butterflies, and hopefully the this one will be too. Monarch butterflies spend the winter here in the Butterfly Grove located in the Ellwood Mesa Preserve. The peak time is usually in early December. However, the number varies ... Read more

Pixley Nation Wildlife Refuge Fieldtrip

Description: The Pixley National Wildlife Refuge is one of very few areas in the Southern San Joaquin Valley where the public can enjoy viewing sandhill cranes, which roost here from September through March with numbers peaking to 6,000. During the day, the cranes forage for food in nearby open fields. They return to the refuge ... Read more

Daguerreotype Announced

January 7, 1839 – Daguerreotype Announced: François Arago presents Louis Daguerre’s process to the French Academy of Sciences.

2024 – Annual Awards

Valle Verde

Our Annual Awards Night is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025 with an informal hour of appetizers and drinks starting at 6pm. The Awards Ceremonies commence with our Member’s Showcase at 7pm. Awards are then presented to members who achieved the highest average score in each category and 2nd and 3rd place winners, and awards ... Read more