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February 2026
Monthly Meeting
NEXT HYBRID MEETING: Riley Black, When The Earth Was Green, February 21, Oasis, RB And Zoom
Riley Black is the bestselling and award-winning author of When the Earth Was Green , The Last Days of the Dinosaurs , and more. A regular contributor to National Geographic , Smithsonian , and Slate , as well as a repeat guest on NOVA and Science Friday , Riley has spent more than fifteen years bringing the public the latest about the deep past. When not enthusing over fossils in articles and books, Riley regularly volunteers with museum field teams to uncover new
Feb 1
Articles
TREES, PLEASE: Examining the Root of the Problem
By Tim Clancy. Tree root damage to buildings, walkways, roadways, and other infrastructure components is a common concern for all. Damage...
Apr 30, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: Trees of Life and Faux (Nitrogen) Fixes
By Robin Rivet. Nitrogen is an essential component of the nucleic acids found in the DNA of all living organisms. Despite the fact that...
Mar 31, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: The Million-Pollard Question
By Tim Clancy. What has a dense head and was once used for animal fodder or for sustainably harvesting wood? A pollarded tree, or course!...
Mar 1, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: Tree Terror: Are Your Trees on a Hit List?
By Robin Rivet. Today we face a force to rival Darth Vadar, and it ain’t pretty. The arrival and potential conquest by the Kuroshio and...
Feb 1, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: This One's for the Birds
By Tim Clancy. One of the great pleasures of working with trees is the opportunity to observe the relationships of creatures with trees....
Jan 1, 2018
TREES, PLEASE: Does Money Really Grow on Trees?
By Robin Rivet. t was there, and then it was gone—my favorite tree in all of San Diego. I went into shock. Then anger. Although most...
Dec 1, 2017
TREES, PLEASE: Tree Pruning: Who’s Watching the Hen House?
By Tim Clancy. There is a cognitive bias known as the law of the hammer. The concept is that if the only tool you have is a hammer then...
Oct 31, 2017
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