Science & Stewardship Symposium

The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network is offering a Science & Stewardship Symposium on January 30th, 2026.

The Symposium will focus on land stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains and feature presentations and posters from researchers and land stewardship practitioners. The ultimate purpose of the symposium is to increase the quality of land stewardship in the region.

The SCMSN is requesting proposals for presentations regarding either research or practice related to the following topics:

·      Biodiversity interactions at ecosystem scale

·      Climate change and resiliency management

·      Forest management

·      Grassland ecology & connectivity

·      Human/wildlife interaction

·      Fire and land stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains

·      Species reintroduction 

·      Managing working lands

·      Collaboration between organizations, across property lines, jurisdictions, and other boundaries

·      Traditional Ecological Knowledge

·      Land management decision making

·      Water quality

Proposals on topics that are not listed but are relevant to land stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains are welcome.

Please submit proposals for presentations HERE by August 29th, 2025. Notifications for acceptance will be issued by October 3rd. Proposals for posters are due by November 21, 2025.

If you have questions, please contact SCMSN Manager, Dylan Skybrook at dylan@scmsn.net.

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