Language of the Land: Bay Area Wildlife

Join Sonoma Land Trust for a presentation by conservationist Jeff Miller, author of Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide. As habitat loss and climate breakdown endanger ever more animal species, the author invites fellow Bay Area denizens to embrace their local animal neighbors. Featuring over 100 native creatures, spanning mammalian, marine, avian, amphibian and invertebrate species, this informative primer is a treasure map for regional wildlife that enlists readers to join the ranks of the world’s wildlife defenders. His talk will cast a spotlight on some of the region’s most charismatic fauna, amazing animal congregations, and mass migrations. Jeff will talk about the conservation messages woven throughout his book, some Bay Area wildlife success stories, and which critters really need our help right now.

Jeff Miller is an amateur naturalist, professional conservationist, and passionate advocate for wildlife. Jeff is the founder of the nonprofit Alameda Creek Alliance and has served as its executive director since 1997, working to restore steelhead trout and salmon to Alameda Creek and protect the Bay Area’s largest local watershed. He’s a senior conservation advocate with the Center for Biological Diversity, spearheading biodiversity protection campaigns throughout the Bay Area and California, preparing endangered species listing petitions, writing press releases, and doing public outreach and organizing around wildlife protection issues. Over the last quarter century, he has been involved in conservation efforts for dozens of the most iconic imperiled wildlife species in the Bay Area, the most recent being securing state protections for burrowing owls. Jeff says that loving nature is as important as fighting for it and grieving ecological destruction. People tend to care more about animals and places that they have a direct experience with, so he wrote Bay Area Wildlife: An Irreverent Guide to try to connect readers with our regional fauna and inspire them to make a pilgrimage to witness the Bay Area’s spectacular natural phenomena.

Spanish interpretation provided.