Feb 2 – Dr. Joanna Tang on Wetland Habitats

Join us via Zoom on February 2 as we continue our exploration of wetland habitats, featuring a talk by restoration ecologist Dr. Joanna Tang.

Who are your neighbors?

Joanna Tang, PhD
Senior Ecologist, Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting
Let’s think about who our neighbors are — human, animal, plant, everything living that we live in community with.  As the Good Samaritan taught us, we each decide who is our neighbor and who we choose to help.  So, who do we choose, and how do we help?
We’ll first talk about your neighbor George Nanoski and the students and vernal pools he’s chosen as his neighbors to help.  What did we learn about being a good neighbor from him?  Then we’ll talk about my neighbors — my local vernal pools, the people I worked with who helped me discover new neighbors (including new plants and aquatic invertebrates I’d never met before!), and who and what I am looking to become better neighbors with.  We’ll finish by talking about your neighbors in Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve, where a new restoration project is scheduled to start this year.  What have we learned from our current relationships that will help us restore relationships at Gardena Willows Wetland Preserve?

🗓 Date: February 2
💬 Chit chat: 7:15 PM
🎤 Program begins: 7:30 PM

🔗 Zoom link:
https://cnps-org.zoom.us/j/87240812653?pwd=UHBERGxDVFlrNEFyK0JrNVhwMEJydz09

About the speaker:
Joanna TangWe last heard from Dr. Tang in 2023, when she was a PhD student at UC Santa Barbara studying restoration ecology under Dr. Carla D’Antonio. California born and bred, she grew up in the Bay Area and earned her undergraduate degree at UC Davis.  She is now Senior Ecologist at Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting.

Joanna has always loved plants and gardening, and she sees habitat restoration as a powerful way to reconnect people with plants and stewardship. As an urban ecologist, she values small greenspaces within urban landscapes—places that can harbor biodiversity while also providing meaningful ecosystem services to the community. She believes that engaging local communities in restoration work is essential to repairing human-caused damage to nature and rebuilding a healthy relationship between people and the natural world.

We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be a thoughtful, grounded, and inspiring evening.

Event (SCCNPS), Meeting

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