CALENDAR OF GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS 

OUR LOCATION FOR ANY IN-PERSON MEETING IS ENCINO COMMUNITY CENTER’S ENCINO WOMEN’S CLUB.  (ECC address is 4935 Balboa Blvd., Encino, CA 91316) Other meetings listed will be by ZOOM, and as we get closer to the meeting date, an Email will be sent with link and invitation. If you are not a member, please go to "contact us" and we will send a separate email invite. 

Encino Women's Club, 4924 Paso Robles Ave, Encino, CA 91316, US - MapQuest

The Club is behind the Encino Community Center. Parking will be at the center, with an open gate to the back entrance of the Club. There is a ramp available on the Paseo Robles entrance side.  (4924 Paso Robles Ave) is street parking only. 

September 15:  Josh Jackson, BLM Lands (In Person, and by Zoom)

 info@forgottenlandsproject.com. 

• Josh just published THE ENDURING WILD, A JOURNEY INTO CALIFORNIA’S PUBLIC LANDS.  He writes about his experiences on BLM lands, with beautiful photography and lyrical writing. Website: About | Discover Untold Stories — Forgotten Lands ProjectJosh Jackson is a writer and photographer whose work illuminates America’s most overlooked public lands—those managed by the Bureau of Land Management.  His work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, High Country News, SFGATE, and Adventure Journal, among others. He has also been a featured guest on numerous podcasts exploring nature, science, and conservation. His first book, The Enduring Wild: A Journey into California’s Public Lands (Heyday, 2025), is both a love letter to these landscapes and a meditation on belonging and reciprocity.
  As founder of the Forgotten Lands Project, Josh extends this work beyond the page — through keynote addresses on public lands and place attachment, and by guiding camping trips with the USAL Project that connect people directly to these fragile and inspiring places.

  The September meeting will be both as a Zoom meeting and an in-person meeting, anyone who cannot be at the Encino Women's Club can attend by Zoom. INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW. 

   

  October 20: Professional Trailbuilders, On Sustainable Trails (ZOOM), aaryn@trailbuilder.org    

• Aaryn Kay, Director (360)734-7270 Professional Trailbuilders specialize in sustainable trail design and construction.  National Geographic just published a gorgeous article on their work: Nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/trail-builders-perfect-hi

[Header photo: Monarch butterfly on silver sage © Christine Rowe, all rights reserved]