We hope you enjoy our Mountain Tales series of children’s books. Bette and the Mountain Mama features Bette Higgins, a founding member of the Committee to Save San Bruno Mountain (1971).
Part 2 of this book, and more, are upcoming! Read them out loud with your kids, students, friends, and family.
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Stu Weiss, Ph.D. (Stanford University) is Chief Scientist of Creekside Science, which provides scientific and conservation expertise to diverse organizations as they cope with the rapidly changing 21st Century environment. He has authored numerous scientific papers concerning climate/microclimate, population dynamics, nitrogen deposition, and various aspects of conservation ecology. Creekside Science executes many hands-on restoration projects, including butterfly reintroductions, propagation of endangered plants, and habitat monitoring and management. Stu has worked on San Bruno Mountain since 1981, and recent Creekside Science SBM projects include the 30-Year Review of the HCP, the 2015 Rare Threatened and Endangered Plant Survey, translocations of Mission blue butterflies to Twin Peaks and Milagra Ridge, metapopulation modeling of the Mission blue, lupine propagation by seeding, and reintroduction of the Bay checkerspot butterfly. For more information see www.creeksidescience.com
Lech Naumovich has a MESc from the Yale School of Forestry and serves as the Executive Director of the Golden Hour Restoration Institute.
Lech is an energetic teacher and has extensive experience in rare plant surveys, vegetation mapping, restoration ecology, and conservation science in the state of California. He serves on the California Native Plant Society Conservation Committee, has served as a Conference Session Chair for Restoration four times, serves on the Steering Committee for the Conservation Lands Network (versions 1 & 2), and is an appointed commissioner of the Alameda County Fish and Game Commission. He regularly teaches technical courses on Restoration Ecology in the field and in the classroom and manages restoration projects throughout the Bay Area. He is the co-author of Annotated Checklist of the Flora of the East Bay, a CNPS/ Jepson Herbarium publication. He is the founder of Golden Hour Restoration Institute. Lech also works as a conservation photographer in his spare time.
Mike Vasey’s background and research interests are in environmental studies and conservation biology. He originally came to San Francisco State in 1990 as Coordinator for the then-new SFSU Conservation Biology Program. In the early 1990’s, he was Acting Manager for the SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and led the effort to have it officially designated in 2003. Also during that time, he worked on tidal wetland vegetation projects from South SF Bay to the Delta. He recently received his PhD in Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz, where he conducted research on the influence of the summer marine layer on maritime chaparral. For the last 20 years, he has worked with colleagues to develop a systematic treatment for California's Arctostaphylos, the genus that contains several of our rare and endangered plants on San Bruno Mountain.
Tom Parker (V. Thomas Parker; Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara) Professor of Biology at SF State University since 1980. Plant ecologist/evolutionist focusing on plant community dynamics and conservation. Expert in the systematics and ecology of Arctostaphylos species (co-author of treatments for Flora of North America [2009] and Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California [2012]). Research on dispersal, seed banks, seedling establishment, mycorrhizae, and other aspects of ecology and evolution in a variety of California vegetation types, especially chaparral and tidal wetlands. Over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters; 3 edited books, 1 co-authored Field Guide to Manzanitas.
David Nelson is an orthopedic hand surgeon who masquerades as a botanist on the weekends. He has been working with Doug Allshouse for 7 years studying San Bruno Mountain and, along with Doug, is writing the book, The Natural History of the San Bruno Mountains. The conference is a fund-raiser for the book.
David has previously edited three books on fly fishing patterns, taught kayaking at San Jose State University, climbed El Capitan and Half Dome, served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Fly Tying Group, of the International Federation of Fly Fishers, canoed to the Arctic Circle, and raised two daughters. In his spare time, he is a hand surgeon based in San Francisco and Greenbrae.
Emma Lewis is the Natural Resources Specialist for the City of South San Francisco’s Parks and Recreation Department and oversees the Sign Hill Habitat Restoration Project. She began the position in fall 2019, launching the project. Day-to-day she can be seen on Sign Hill, leading volunteer events, implementing habitat restoration activities, and admiring the hill’s diverse flora. She received her B.S. in Environmental Sciences and B.A. in Studio Art from the University of Virginia. Before joining the South San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department, she worked as a Watershed Stewards Program member with the non-profit Grassroots Ecology.
Hannah Ormshaw is the Natural Resource Manager for the San Mateo County Parks Department. She has worked for parks for three years, and has an academic and professional background as a geographer & ecologist. Her work for the Parks Department includes overseeing all habitat enhancement, invasive species control, fuel reduction and forest health projects, mapping, and wildlife monitoring for the parks system. Hannah is also the Habitat Manager responsible for the implementation and oversight of the San Bruno Mountain Habitat Conservation Plan.
Ariel Cherbowsky Corkidi is the director of San Bruno Mountain Watch. Ariel believes deeply in the democratic potential of community-based ecological restoration and in the power of place-based environmental education. Before joining San Bruno Mountain Watch in 2015, Ariel worked with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy’s Park Stewardship Program. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources.
Doug Allshouse lives on the San Bruno Mountains, 100 feet below the Saddle Trail, and has been exploring, studying, and recording their natural history since 1981. He was a founder and officer of Friends of San Bruno Mountain beginning in 1996 as well as the original Mission Blue Nursery in 2001. He is affiliated with the California Native Plant Society and is the San Bruno Mountain Chair for the Yerba Buena Chapter and has been leading field trips since 1996. His most ambitious project since 2008 involves assembling an inventory of plants and birds on the Mountains which led to his seven-year project with David Nelson writing an updated flora The Natural History of the San Bruno Mountains.
He began writing the seasonal Doug’s Mountain Journal, a chronicle of the natural history of San Bruno Mountain, in 1997 for the Friends’ newsletter. He now writes it for the Yerba Buena chapter newsletter as well as for the San Bruno Mountain Watch website. Doug's Mountain Journal captures the sights and sounds of wildlife and wildflowers on this very special place.
David Nelson is an orthopedic hand surgeon who masquerades as a botanist on the weekends. He has been working with Doug Allshouse for 7 years studying San Bruno Mountain and, along with Doug, is writing the book, The Natural History of the San Bruno Mountains. The conference is a fund-raiser for the book.
David has previously edited three books on fly fishing patterns, taught kayaking at San Jose State University, climbed El Capitan and Half Dome, served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Fly Tying Group, of the International Federation of Fly Fishers, canoed to the Arctic Circle, and raised two daughters. In his spare time, he is a hand surgeon based in San Francisco and Greenbrae.
Mike Vasey’s background and research interests are in environmental studies and conservation biology. He originally came to San Francisco State in 1990 as Coordinator for the then-new SFSU Conservation Biology Program. In the early 1990’s, he was Acting Manager for the SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and led the effort to have it officially designated in 2003. Also during that time, he worked on tidal wetland vegetation projects from South SF Bay to the Delta. He recently received his PhD in Environmental Studies at UC Santa Cruz, where he conducted research on the influence of the summer marine layer on maritime chaparral. For the last 20 years, he has worked with colleagues to develop a systematic treatment for California's Arctostaphylos, the genus that contains several of our rare and endangered plants on San Bruno Mountain.
Lech Naumovich has a MESc from the Yale School of Forestry and serves as the Executive Director of the Golden Hour Restoration Institute.
Lech is an energetic teacher and has extensive experience in rare plant surveys, vegetation mapping, restoration ecology, and conservation science in the state of California. He serves on the California Native Plant Society Conservation Committee, has served as a Conference Session Chair for Restoration four times, serves on the Steering Committee for the Conservation Lands Network (versions 1 & 2), and is an appointed commissioner of the Alameda County Fish and Game Commission. He regularly teaches technical courses on Restoration Ecology in the field and in the classroom and manages restoration projects throughout the Bay Area. He is the co-author of Annotated Checklist of the Flora of the East Bay, a CNPS/ Jepson Herbarium publication. He is the founder of Golden Hour Restoration Institute. Lech also works as a conservation photographer in his spare time.
David Nelson is an orthopedic hand surgeon who masquerades as a botanist on the weekends. He has been working with Doug Allshouse for 7 years studying San Bruno Mountain and, along with Doug, is writing the book, The Natural History of the San Bruno Mountains. The conference is a fund-raiser for the book.
David has previously edited three books on fly fishing patterns, taught kayaking at San Jose State University, climbed El Capitan and Half Dome, served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Fly Tying Group, of the International Federation of Fly Fishers, canoed to the Arctic Circle, and raised two daughters. In his spare time, he is a hand surgeon based in San Francisco and Greenbrae.
Ariel Cherbowsky Corkidi is the director of San Bruno Mountain Watch. Ariel believes deeply in the democratic potential of community-based ecological restoration and in the power of place-based environmental education. Before joining San Bruno Mountain Watch in 2015, Ariel worked with the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy’s Park Stewardship Program. He is a graduate of UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources.
Hannah Ormshaw is the Natural Resource Manager for the San Mateo County Parks Department. She has worked for parks for three years, and has an academic and professional background as a geographer & ecologist. Her work for the Parks Department includes overseeing all habitat enhancement, invasive species control, fuel reduction and forest health projects, mapping, and wildlife monitoring for the parks system. Hannah is also the Habitat Manager responsible for the implementation and oversight of the San Bruno Mountain Habitat Conservation Plan.
Tom Parker (V. Thomas Parker; Ph.D. UC Santa Barbara) Professor of Biology at SF State University since 1980. Plant ecologist/evolutionist focusing on plant community dynamics and conservation. Expert in the systematics and ecology of Arctostaphylos species (co-author of treatments for Flora of North America [2009] and Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California [2012]). Research on dispersal, seed banks, seedling establishment, mycorrhizae, and other aspects of ecology and evolution in a variety of California vegetation types, especially chaparral and tidal wetlands. Over 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters; 3 edited books, 1 co-authored Field Guide to Manzanitas.
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