Fire and Southern California
A Driving & Hiking Tour of The Irvine Ranch
Natural Landmarks
Southern California has always been home to dramatic and often devastating wildfires. In the past several years, four large fires impacted The Irvine Ranch Natural Landmarks. Too-frequent fire is perhaps the greatest long-term threat to the rare and globally-endangered ecosystems on the historic Irvine Ranch. Join us at 9 a.m. on January 17 at Augustine Staging area to explore the Natural Landmarks and learn how fire and natural habitats interact.
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Participants take a brief break from the trek to review information about fire facts.
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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT
Megan Lulow, Ph.D.
Senior Field Ecologist
Megan Lulow, Ph.D. is senior field ecologist for Irvine Ranch Conservancy’s (IRC) Science and Stewardship team. She has been with IRC for the past two years. Megan develops and implements programs in applied research, resource and recreation monitoring, exotic species control, ecological restoration, and fire and fuels management. She primarily works on projects that streamline IRC’s conservation management actions and that identify the priority areas on the wildlands in need of improvement. She also focuses on implementing ecological restoration projects.
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