When: October 26, 2022, 2-6 pm

Where:The Junction Beer Garden, 226 Shoreline Hwy, Mill Valley, CA, 94941

More details:

You must register in advance to attend.

COVID-19 protocol will reflect local public health regulations at that time.

The presentation portion of the program will take place indoors, and refreshments and connection time will take place outdoors.

Seating is limited. If you are not able to attend, we hope to see you a future events in this series. This event will be livestreamed from this page. 

Parking at the Junction may be limited. Additional public parking is available in the area - such as locations marked on this map (this map is not exhaustive, please verify your own arrival plan and try to arrive early). Biking, carpooling, and transit are encouraged if possible.

Registrants will recieve any updated event information by email.

Eric Ettlinger, Aquatic Ecologist, Marin Water

Eric Ettlinger has a master’s degree in Wildland Resource Science from UC Berkeley, and has been working as the Aquatic Ecologist for the Marin Municipal Water District since 1999. His major responsibilities include monitoring populations of coho salmon, steelhead trout, and other aquatic species, and enhancing aquatic habitats, particularly through the installation of large woody debris.

Allen Fish, Director, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, and Associate Director, Conservation & Community Science, Parks Conservancy

Biologist Allen Fish has been director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory since its inception as a hybrid program of the Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service in 1985. Allen studied ecology, evolution and policy at UC Davis, then returned there in the 2000s to teach Raptor Biology. He was given the Maurice Broun Award in 2003 for contributions to raptor biology and conservation, and the Bay Nature Award for environmental educator of the year in 2016. 

Darren Fong, Aquatic Ecologist, National Park Service

Darren Fong has been the Aquatic Ecologist with the Golden Gate National Recreation Area since 1994 and works with the various creeping, crawling, and swimming organisms and the habitats that support them in the Park. Prior to this, he worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Forest Service. He has a M.S. in Wildland Resource Science from UC Berkeley along with a B.A. in Environmental Science.

Danny Franco, Project Manager, Parks Conservancy

Danny Franco has been working with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy for 12 years primarily on natural resource conservation, vegetation management, and landscape-scale habitat restoration projects. He is also currently managing development of the Marin Regional Forest Health Strategy, and recently delivered parallel countywide projects in Marin and San Mateo to produce regional fine scale vegetation maps and other GIS layers.

Rachel Kesel, One Tam Conservation Management Specialist, Parks Conservancy

Rachel Kesel is the Conservation Management Specialist for One Tam. Leading invasive plant early detection and rare plant surveys across the mountain, she thrives on a good search. Rachel has a fondness for grasslands, serpentine habitats, and the bounty of Bay Area biodiversity more generally.

Max Korten, Director and General Manager, Marin County Parks and Open Space District

Max started with Marin County Parks in 2014 as parks and open space superintendent, and has been director and general manager since 2016. He has a history of working for both local and federal parks and natural resources programs, including Conservation Corps North Bay, the Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S Forest Service. Max graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz with a degree in Environmental Science, and went on to obtain a Master of Science in Natural Resources from Humboldt State University.

Frederic Leist, One Tam Volunteer

Frederic Leist grew up on both sides of the Atlantic. After finishing a degree in Mediaeval Studies and Linguistics at Princeton in the early seventies, Frederic moved to Iran, where he taught English language and literature at the University of Isfahan. He travelled overland in Asia for a year, then worked as a freelance writer, editor and translator, before starting what has turned into a forty-plus year career in IT. Frederic has been a UC-certified California Naturalist since 2013, leads walks to show people spawning salmon in season, and is a Gulf of the Farallones Naturalist. He volunteers with a variety of organizations, such as Pepperwood Preserve, the Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods, and the Marine Protected Area Watch (specifically at Duxbury Reef). He has also been a frequent speaker at the Odd Salon, a group whose motto is "Expert Talks on Odd Subjects; Odd Talks on Everything Else."

Sara Leon Guerrero, One Tam Community Science Program Manager, Parks Conservancy

Sara Leon Guerrero is a Program Manager with the One Tam Community Science team, where she helps further their vision to address ecological data gaps, implement long-term monitoring, provide formal and informal science education, and promote curiosity and participation in a wide range of audiences. She spends her time working in the field and with the public on the Marin Wildlife Picture Index Project, bioblitzes, and, soon, monitoring native pollinators. Prior to joining One Tam, Sara was a lab and project manager at the UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab studying bee-plant relationships and working with local farmers to install native bee habitat.

Yolanda Molette, Director, Conservation & Community Science, Parks Conservancy

Yolanda Molette is an applied Plant Ecologist and has a master’s degree in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Concentration in Conservation Biology from San Francisco State University. She started her career in conservation with the Parks Conservancy as a year-long volunteer at Wolfback Ridge in the mid-nineties. She worked as a summer botanical Biotech and a contractor with Golden Gate National Recreation Area, then moved on to working 16.5 years in natural resources compliance planning, permitting and surveying consulting work at CH2MHILL and ESA. Yolanda returned to the Parks Conservancy 2.5 years ago to oversee landscape-scale conservation/restoration management, planning, and community science programs. She remains an active community volunteer.

Mia Monroe, Marin Community Liaison, National Park Service

Mia is an NPS ranger, currently working as the Marin Community Liaison yet still deeply rooted in several decades of park work at Muir Woods. She helped establish park nurseries, took part in restoring Redwood Creek Watershed from the lagoon at Muir Beach to the old-growth redwood forests, was part of the 2014 BioBlitz, and is currently in the thick of the new One Tam collaboration. Guided by Rachel Carson’s suggestion to foster a sense of wonder in youth, Mia believes that walking to observe and learn, and involving others in dialogue and stewardship, is the way to work. She watches out for monarch butterflies, has a fondness for ferns, and kisses banana slugs.

Andy Nguyen, One Tam Program Participant

My name is Andy Nguyen, I’m 18 years old and I was born and raised in San Rafael in the Canal area and got into the LINC program summer of 2022. I enjoy learning about the relationships between organisms and their surrounding environment, like how they adapt/evolve, or just the anatomy of them (I lean more towards plant anatomy). I want to know more about botany and what it has to offer so if you’d like, please feel free to share what it’s like to study botany! 

Kvothe Sánchez, One Tam Program Participant

My name is Kvothe (he/him). I’m an 18-year-old environmentalist, activist, jack of all traits and a master of none. I grew up in Marin County. I was a REYL participant 2020-2021, a REYL drink or intern 2021-2022, and a LINC participant the summer of 2022.

Rosa Schneider, Senior Environmental Scientist, California State Parks

Rosa Schneider is a Senior Environmental Scientist with California State Parks in the Bay Area District's Natural Resource Management Program. Previously, Rosa worked for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy as a foundational staff member of the One Tam partnership, engaging the public in restoration and community science projects. She completed her M.S. in Biology at San Francisco State University, conducting research on endangered and invasive wetland plants. Rosa has also worked on regulatory permitting for the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, monitored effects of fire on vegetation for the National Park Service, and taught middle school and high school science.

Suzanne Whelan, Volunteer Coordinator/Ecologist, Marin Water

Suzanne grew up more attuned to the screech of trains in Boston than the melody of plants and animals. A well-timed visit to Colorado gave her the realization she is a "mountain person" and that all people should have access to the circle-of-life-affirming wonders of nature. Suzanne is the Volunteer Coordinator/Ecologist for Marin Water and has been so for 13 years. She finds joy in working with volunteers, as experiential education empowers people of all ages with critical thinking, observation, and leadership skills!