San Diego: An Environmental History with Phil Unitt

San Diego County is renowned for its great biodiversity, and correspondingly high number of threatened species. Understanding how to conserve what remains means understanding not only how we’ve lost what we’ve lost but how we’ve gained what we’ve gained, how evolution is keeping pace with urbanization. So in this presentation, the recently retired Natural History Museum’s curator of birds and mammals, Philip Unitt (a San Diego treasure himself), will address the environmental history of San Diego, integrating how human history is interlocked with the biological. Even lifelong residents of San Diego are sure to find some surprises in this unique perspective.

Refreshments will be served starting at 6:30
and the program begins at 7.