Monthly Program – Altadena Green’s Effort to Protect Native Trees Damaged by the Eaton Fire with Rebecca Latta

Monthly Program Meeting in Monrovia and via Zoom, Altadena Green’s Effort to Protect Native Trees Damaged by the Eaton Fire with Rebecca Latta.

Native Trees in the San Gabriel Valley are critical to the area, providing habitat, shade and ecosystem benefits. There is also evidence that native oak trees may have shielded homes from flames. Altadena Green was founded to preserve and restore the character, culture and heritage of Altadena’s tree canopy, and to prevent the removal of healthy, mature trees that embody the spirit of the place. Learn about our efforts and the findings from our first few months of surveys in the burn area.

Rebecca K. Latta, ISA Certified Arborist (ISA WE #04264) founded Rebecca Latta Consulting in 2003 and has been the principal arborist . She holds a degree in Environmental Studies from UCSB and attended classes in Landscape Architecture at UCLA Extension. She has been an arborist certified by the International Society of Arboriculture since 1998 and is additionally certified for nesting birds, wetlands evaluation and tree risk assessment (TRAQ). She has worked as a consulting arborist, biologist, water manager and horticultural consultant since 1990 in both the public and private sectors in Southern California. She works with complex multi-agency projects that promote land stewardship through sustainable practices.

Originally from Altadena with family still in the area, she is passionate about tree preservation and restoration of native plants, tree canopy and the related ecosystem services after the Eaton Fire. She served on the board of the California Urban Forest Council, Inland Urban Forest Council, San Gabriel Mountains Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, Los Angeles County Woodland Habitat Conservation Strategic Alliance, and is currently serving on the board of the Southern California Horticultural Society.

7 pm – Social with Refreshments
7:30 – 8:45 pm: Program