June Chapter General Meeting

"The Native Flora of Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge"
Speaker: Meg Marriott, Wildlife Biologist at San Pablo Bay and Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuges
Monday June 9, 7:30 pm

Rising 85 feet above water, Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge supports the largest heron and egret rookery in the San Francisco Bay Area. Situated in a prime location along the pacific flyway for migratory birds, the refuge provides submerged tidelands, mixed evergreen forest, coastal prairie, coastal salt marsh and northern coastal scrub habitat. Meg’s talk will highlight the history (natural and cultural) of the Marin Islands NWR, the species that occur on the Refuge, and the management the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are conducting today to protect the native species.

Meg Marriott has been a Wildlife Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for over 20 years. For the past 14 years, she has worked at the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge and the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge - two of the seven Refuges in the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex . Meg works alongside her USFWS colleagues with partner agencies and organizations to conserve, protect and restore natural resources in the North San Francisco Bay. She specializes in tidal marsh restoration, Baylands ecosystems and threatened and endangered species of the North Baylands.

Meg received her Bachelor of Science in Biology/Animal Behavior from UC Davis, and her Master of Science in Natural Resources Management from Humboldt State University. She also has a degree in Graphic Design and has created various interpretive materials for the Refuges. Her favorite species is Reithrodontomys raviventris halicoetes - the salt marsh harvest mouse.

Meg is seeking stewardship volunteers for the Marin Islands NWR. Dates that she will be going to MINWR include: June 4, 5, 9, 10, 24, 25 and July 21, 22, 23, 24. Click this link for more information.
Contact her to join a trip. [meg_marriott@fws.gov](mailto:meg_marriott@fws.gov) Work Phone: 510-391-3144, Cell Phone: 510-377-5926 or 707-769-4200