About this Event
In collaboration with videographers, Matthew Scott and Steve Mandel, the Land Trust invites the community to join us for a video premiere on wildlife corridors and how they protect animals and people!
- When: Wednesday, March 5, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (pop by anytime or come at your scheduled showing!)
- Where: Discretion Brewing, 2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel, CA 95073
Learn about the vital lands the Land Trust is protecting and how we are working together to promote wildlife connectivity while improving people's safety.
Stop by at anytime or come at your registered showing to watch Matthew & Steve's special video on the Land Trust's wildlife crossings, purchase delicious refreshments from Discretion Brewing, connect one-on-one with our videographers and Land Trust staff, and shop our limited edition Wild Things merch!
Event Program
- 5:30 PM - Event Begins
- 5:45 PM - Opening remarks from Land Trust's Executive Director, Sarah Newkirk, and videographers, Matthew Scott & Steve Mandel
- 6: 00 PM - First Video Showing
- 6:30 PM - Second Video Showing
- 7:00 PM - Final Video Showing
- 7:30 - Event Ends
Event Details
- There is free parking at Discretion Brewing. Please do not park at local businesses during their hours of operation. Overflow parking can be found across the street (in front of Safeway, Best Buy, or Home Depot).
- This event will take place in the outdoor eating area of Discretion Brewing. The outdoor canopy is waterproof; the event will happen rain or shine! Please dress accordingly.
- Refreshments and exclusive Land Trust merchandise will be available for purchase.
- All updates about the event will be communicated via email. Please register to attend.
- Questions? Please contact Events Manager, Audrelina Mendiola-Arriola at [email protected] or (831) 281-0386.
About the Videographers
Matthew Scott
Matthew Scott is an American biologist specializing in developmental biology, genetics, and cancer biology, obtaining his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Scott discovered the Homeobox, a DNA sequence that encodes a protein segment common to many proteins that control animal development. At the University of Colorado, his laboratory group investigated genes that control the development of animals, particularly genes that have maintained their control functions through half a billion years of animal evolution. At Stanford, while exploring genes that control patterns of animal growth, his research group discovered the genetic cause of the most common human cancer, basal cell carcinoma.
Dr. Scott served as President of the Society for Developmental Biology, the Director of the Bio-X interdisciplinary programs at Stanford, and served on grant review panels for the American Cancer Society and the National Institutes of Health. In 2014 Dr. Scott became the tenth President of the Carnegie Institution for Science. After retiring from Carnegie in 2017, he is now Professor Emeritus of Developmental Biology at Stanford University.
Dr. Scott applies his expertise in photography, drone piloting, and videography to assist conservation organizations. He has worked in this volunteer capacity with the EcoMinga foundation that protects Ecuadorian cloud forests, the Cochamo Valley Organization that is protecting lands in northern Chilean Patagonia, the Big Sur Land Trust, and the Land Trust for Santa Cruz County.
Learn more about Dr. Scott here. You can also check out his video and photography on his personal website here.
Steve Mandel
Founder of Mandel Communication, Steve has years of experience working in the private sector and working with several NGOs and nonprofits on a global scale, training scientists and staff in communications skills and helping them learn how to structure messages on critical wildlife conservation issues.
Steve has been a life-long, citizen scientist and photographer specializing in robotic and remotely-controlled photographic instrumentation, scientific devices, conservation photography, and deep space astronomical imaging (many used by NASA for their website and publications).
In 2007, Steve began to study and use wildlife photography as a way of informing people about the rapid pace of habitat destruction globally and its disastrous effect on wildlife. In 2008, he established the Lions of Gir Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to address the needs of the critically endangered Asiatic Lions of the Gir Forest in India.
Steve is an award-winning wildlife photographer, with his images appearing in the New York Times, Smithsonian Books, Reader's Digest, Forbes Magazine, Sky & Telescope Magazine, Wired Magazine, Astronomy Magazine, The Astrophysics Journal, and other publications. Six of his wildlife photographs were chosen for display in the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, DC, as part of the Nature’s Best Photography: Windland Rice Smith International competition. In 2009, Steve's image of Japanese Macaques, titled Snow Monkey Mother and Child, was used as the cover for the highly acclaimed book, Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals.
Currently, Steve serves on the Advisory Council to the Dean of Natural Sciences at UC Santa Cruz; is a mentor to UCSC astronomy and astrophysics grad students; on the Director’s Advisory Council for University of California Observatories; and is a Research Associate in the UC Santa Cruz Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Marine Biology.
You can learn more about Steve's photography here and on his astronomical website here.
Considering becoming a Land Trust member?
Land Trust members know Santa Cruz County is where the wild things are! A donation to the Land Trust directly supports our work to improve wildlife connectivity, preserve and protect farmland, and build new trails that connect our community to Santa Cruz's wild spaces—and makes you a Land Trust member! Together, we are improving wildlife connectivity from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Gabilan Range by protecting habitats and building wildlife crossings. We’re restoring flood-prone farmland back to wild wetland habitat. And we’re building trails that connect our community to Santa Cruz's wild spaces.
A gift of any size makes a difference! Let's work together to preserve our outdoor spaces for all wild things, big or small! Make a gift to support our county’s wild things.
Photo Permissions
By attending this event, I hereby grant Land Trust of Santa Cruz County permission to use my likeness in photograph(s) in any publications or publicity materials (including but not limited to books, newsletters, videos and Web use), in perpetuity. Please email [email protected] if you have questions or concerns about photo permissions.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Discretion Brewing, 2703 41st Ave Ste. A, Soquel, United States
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