UC Berkeley Forestry Professor Speaks at the Memorial Stadium Oak Grove

Joe R. McBride, UC Berkeley Forest Professor, will speak about the ecological significance of the Memorial Oak Grove in Strawberry Canyon.

The oak grove is currently threated by a UC Regents plan to build an athletic training facility on the site. The plan has been challenged by an ongoing tree-sit and four pending lawsuits, to be heard this summer. For more information, visit http://www.saveoaks.com.

This event is part of an ongoing lecture series, every Wednesday at 5 pm....

Ignacio Chapela invites you:

Please join me
on an
Academic Walk
for no credit
Walk, Talk, Buck the Fence:
What's at stake in the Ecology
of Berkeley's Strawberry Canyon

with expert guests Gray Brechin, Robert Hass, Brock Dolman, Gary-Paul
Nabhan, Dan Siegel, Joe McBride and more.

Every Wednesday, at 5 pm, we will engage in public surveys of the
perimeter of the wildscapes at stake in the next proposed steps for
the filling of the Canyon by the UC-LBL Rad-Labs, and now British
Petroleum.


Bring weather-appropriate clothing, sturdy shoes, maybe some food,
and share this walk, while you still can, with experts in:

History, Biotech, Politics, Energy, Privatization of Public Spaces
and Public Discourse, Ecology, Wildlife, Urbanization, Poetry and
Music.

Meet and start at Memorial Grove, 5 pm Wednesdays. Memorial Grove is
also known as "The Oaks", located by the International House at
Piedmont and Bancroft, in Berkeley. Additional walks on selected
Sundays.