Bay Nature Talk: Endangered Flowers
05/14/2025 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM PT
Join Bay Nature Magazine and researchers Bruce Baldwin and Sarah Gordon for a virtual talk about endangered plants in California and how scientists are working to conserve them on Wednesday, May 14, from 12 - 1pm. Many places in California are hotspots for native plants, which support the ecosystems they live in and provide for a network of other species. As important as these plants are, many are threatened by habitat degradation, a warming climate, and an array of other threats. During this talk we will discuss what it means to protect an endangered plant species and what this can look like at a state and local level. This talk is free for members and $5 for nonmembers.
This event is inspired by the "A Lifeline for Three Endangered Wildflowers" piece published in October 2024 by Tanvi Dutta Gupta, who will be moderating this talk.
About the speakers:
Bruce Baldwin is a professor emeritus at UC Berkeley whose research program encompasses vascular-plant systematics, floristics, and conservation biology, with an emphasis on biosystematic and phylogenetic studies. The rich diversity of the California flora and the extensive literature from evolutionary research on California plants has inspired much of the research in his lab. For more about Bruce's research, click here.
Sarah Gordon is Conservation Science Director at the Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation. A plant ecologist by training, Sarah completed her MS degree at Sonoma State University in 2006 in plant population and conservation genetics. Sarah leads the Conservation team at the Foundation, focusing on conservation, restoration, stewardship, and community engagement in unique and endemic habitats in the watershed. For more about Sarah's work click here.
Tanvi Dutta Gupta is a 2024-2025 editorial fellow at Bay Nature reporting on Wild Billions (funding from the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for Bay Area nature-based solutions). She graduated in June 2024 from Stanford University with her master’s and undergraduate degrees in earth systems and biology. Before reaching California, she grew up wandering around forests across Singapore, London, Hong Kong, and India. She enjoys unraveling the intersections of people and nature, cool animal facts, long runs, and new scone flavors.