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Do a good deed, get a dose of Nature, and learn about the plants around you, all at once! Come experience the cool mornings and the spicy aromas of a California autumn while working with us at our one-of-a-kind Native Seed Farm in Irvine. Absolutely no experience or special equipment required.

You will be harvesting seeds from robust native fall wildflowers and bushes— things like California Buckwheat and our iconic Sagebrush. Check here for details on the difficultly rating of this Level 1 Stewardship activity. 

The Irvine Ranch Conservancy is proud to introduce the Naturalist Notebook Series, which will offer a variety  topics to enhance your knowledge of the Landmarks as well as providing interpretive opportunities to engage the public. Please join us in welcoming Gillian Martin, from  The Cavity Conservation Initiative . The Initiative teaches us the importance of saving dead trees to provide resources to the animals and plants on the land.

Volunteers, their guests, and the public are welcome to attend. All Irvine Ranch Conservancy volunteers please register for this event as a trainee to earn continuing education volunteer hours.  Space is limited.

The Mission of the Initiative is:
To educate land managers and arborists about the benefits of dead trees to wildlife and to habitat diversity.
To provide guidelines for the wise selection and safe management of these trees.
To change public perception of the value of dead trees.
To educate and inspire the next generation to be dead tree advocates and good steward.

Explore the diversity of flora and fauna in the Buck Gully Reserve on a recently improved trail. This will be a slow-paced hike on a fairly flat trail which traverses the lower half of Buck Gully. Discussion will focus on the abundant and diverse plant and animal life that call Buck Gully their home. Suggested are sturdy shoes, sunscreen, water and binoculars if you have them.

PLEASE NOTE: Poison oak grows in abundance throughout the entire Buck Gully Reserve trail system. If you are susceptible to poison oak, please plan accordingly. In many places, it is right alongside the trail and occasionally encroaches into the pathway.