FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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DOCENT TRAINING KICKOFF The docent training for next spring's hikes got underway Thursday October 20 at the home of John Allen, docent coordinator. An enthusiastic group of about ten docents-to-be attended. Carolyn Curtis told the saga of the recent history of Edgewood Park and how it became a preserve. Susan Sommers gave Edgewood's longer history, explaining how the property stands at the confluence of three historic climatic zones and has thus inherited such a range of plant life, with holdovers from the days when North America was tropical (bay trees, western leatherwood), the ice age when Siberian vegetation came over the land bridge (conifers), and more recently, when the land became warmer and vegetation came up from southern North America (chaparral plants). In her beautiful slides she introduced some famous Edgewood residents, such as the San Mateo Thornmint and Bay Checkerspot butterfly. The slide show also included less photogenic parts of Edgewood's history: the hideous damage caused by off-road vehicles in the ‘70s. |
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