Join us at our General Meeting on December 12th to hear Jana Johnson speak on her work on the conservation of the Palos Verdes Blue butterfly.

Jana Johnson is a tenured professor at Moorpark College and holds adjunct positions with SMC & UCLA. Her lab at Moorpark College is a grad lab in a community college setting and known as the Endangered Butterfly Project. Her research is endangered lepidoptera and it is her absolute joy to release captive reared endangered butterflies to the wild multiple times each year from the efforts of her community college-based student lab.

Jana singled-handedly brought this delicate and beautiful butterfly back from the brink of extinction. The beautiful Palos Verdes Blue butterfly can be seen on the Matt Willey mural located at the Laguna Beach County Water District. When the Laguna Beach Garden Club commissioned the mural Matt felt strongly about including this incredible creature in his effort to bring to light the plight of the pollinators in his mural.

Jana received her B.A. in Biology from UT and briefly pursued a career in pharmaceutical research. She returned to school and received an M.S. in Biology from Texas State University and discovered her passion for Ecology. She went on to receive her PhD in Biology at UCLA.

Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.

No parking in the Church parking. Plenty of street parking available.

Questions? We’d love to hear from you!