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SaddleBrooke Nature Club News

Kay Sullivan At the November meeting of the SaddleBrooke Nature Club, the slate of nominated candidates was presented: Kay Sullivan, president; Gary Somers, vice president; Riley Jackson, treasurer; Darlene Carlson, secretary; and Carole Chase, program chair. Since they are uncontested, they will become the new board of directors effective Jan. 1, 2024. A big thank…

Nature Club Meeting, May 9

Howard Cohen, Co-President, SaddleBrooke Nature Club Mount Lemmon is named after Sara Plummer Lemmon, a forgotten botanist who was rediscovered by Wynne Brown, a writer, editor, illustrator, and the speaker at the May SaddleBrooke Nature Club meeting. Sara Plummer Lemmon lived from 1836 to 1908. Her husband, whom she married when she was 44, was…

Basics of Water Resources and Supply

Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club began a four-part series of lectures on our water supply. The first speaker was Bruce Hale. Bruce is a SaddleBrooke resident who has extensive experience with water supply and resources. Bruce has degrees in both biology and chemistry. He has an Associate degree in digital electronics and a Masters in…

Update on the Oracle Road Animal Crossings

Pam Boedeker Do you remember the rumors and doubts about the construction of the animal bridge on Oracle Road in 2014? There was even a cartoon of a dinosaur crossing the bridge. SaddleBrooke Nature Club speaker, Jessica Marino, represented the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. The Coalition’s mission is to protect the biodiversity of the…

North American Monsoons Past and Future

Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club was fortunate to have Jessica Tierney return to speak with us via Zoom. Jessica is a rare speaker who can translate her scientific knowledge to a language her audience can comprehend. Jessica earned her doctorate from Brown University where she specialized in Paleoclimatology and Organic Geochemistry. She did postdoctoral research at…

Backyard Wildlife

Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club’s meeting room is closed but that didn’t stop us from having Doris Evans show us her photography of the critters in her yard. She is our favorite speaker and closes out our season every year. This year she came to us on Zoom. Doris has a growing collection of cameras…