Preserving the Wonder
The Keep Sedona Beautiful Speaker Series hosts monthly presentations on subjects of community interest that are aligned with the Keep Sedona Beautiful Mission to Preserve the Wonder.
The Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series is sponsored by our KSB Business Sponsors at the Thunder Mountain, Wilson Mountain, and Cathedral Rock sponsorship level. These events are held at 5:00 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month (unless otherwise noted) beginning in September and ending in May. Appetizers, snacks and beverages will be served, admission is free and open to the public, donations are appreciated. Speaker Series visitors may sign up for membership at this event.
Past presentations include:
Wednesday February 12, 2020, Tim Hauk, Peregrine Fund, “Hear One of the Greatest Conservation Stories of the Century“
Wednesday January 8, 2020, Brian Petersen, PHD., NAU, “Climate Change, Myths, and the search for Real Solutions“
Wednesday November 13, 2019, Darren McCollum, Meteorologist from NOAA, Climate Change
Wednesday October 9, 2019, Marcos Roybal, Fossil Creek Project Coordinator, Coconino National Forest, Red Rock Ranger District, “Fossil Creek – Management and Opportunities”
Wednesday September 11, 2019, Jeff Hall, “Dark Skies, New Research and New Outreach: All the News from Lowell Observatory”
Wednesday May 8, 2019, Hugh Denno, film screening, “Viva La Verde.”
Wednesday April 10, 2019, EARTH DAY! Lynne Nemeth, Executive Director, The Arboretum at Flagstaff, will present “Climate Change and Our Local Landscape.”
Wednesday March 13, 2019, Betsy Klein, Founder Plan B to Save Wolves, “Saving Wolves, Saving Ourselves.”
Wednesday February 13, 2019, Janie Agyagos, Wildlife Biologist with the US Forest Service, “Fauna of the Verde Valley.”
Wednesday January 9, 2019, Mike Ward, a KSB Trustee, “Sedona’s Story in Her Rocks”
Wednesday, November 14. Janeen Trevillyan, “Sedona’s Architectural Past-A Trip by Time Machine.”
Thursday August 2, 2018 Jennifer Wesselhoff, President/CEO Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism, “Sustainable Tourism in Sedona”
Wednesday May 9, 2018 Justin Clifton, City Manager of Sedona, “The Evolution of Sustainability in Sedona.”
Wednesday April 11, 2018 Nancy Steele, the new Executive Director of Friends of the Verde River, “Why We Should Care About the Verde River”
Wednesday March 14, 2018 Author & historian Lisa Schnebly Heidinger, “Excerpts from ‘The Journal of Sedona Schnebly'”
Wednesday February 14, Charles Visser, Geologist, “Red Lava Among the Red Rocks: Volcanoes of the Mogollon Rim“
Wednesday January 10, 2018, Don Fries, Bev Bow and Jon Thompson of Healthy World Sedona, “The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Sustainability“
Darren McCollumd, “The 2017 Hurricane Season to Date“
Nicole Branton, District Ranger “Update–The USFS Red Rock District“
Dr. Michael Crimmins, Climate Science Extension Specialist for Arizona Cooperative Extension, “Arizona Climate: Past, Present and Future September 13“
Dr. Jeffrey Hall, Director of Lowell Observatory, “Dark Skies in the LED Era“
Dr. Matthew Goodwin, NAU prof Phenomenology, Aesthetics, 20th Century Philosophy “Global Warming: A Philosophical Approach“
Ken Zoll, Verde Valley Archaeology Center, “Use of Meteorites among Ancient Native American Cultures”
Janeen Trevillyan, Sedona Heritage Museum, “A History of Sedona: How the Early Days Made Us.”
Darcy Hitchcock, “The Sustainable Alliance”
Roger Clark, Program Director Grand Canyon Trust, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
Ranger Nicole Branton, “Update – State of the Red Rocks”
Jennifer Martin, “The Arizona Water Sentinels Program“
Ted Grussing, “Perspectives: Sedona and Northern Arizona through the Eye and Lens of Ted Grussing“
JD Maddy, “Under the Dark Skies of Sedona“
Janie Agyagos, “Rare Species of the Verde Valley”
Susie Reed, in honor of Arizona Archaeology & Heritage Month, “The Fine Art of Preservation“
Dena Greenwood, “The Magic of Migration“
Susan Pitcairn, “Change Your Diet, Change the World“
Jean Turocy, Director of Education and Community Outreach for Sedona Recycles on “Recycling Right: Everyday Contributions to a Healthy Environment“
Photos By: Loren Haury
Loren Haury and Diane Phelps Budden on “The Un-Common Raven”
Nicole Branton, Red Rock Ranger District on
Dan Dagget on “What We as Individuals Can Do to Protect Sedona’s Fragile Lands“.
Russell Dunn on “Reptiles & Arachnids“
KSB and the City of Sedona present the film “Bag It”!
Dr. Ross Hawkins on “Sedona’s Hummingbirds: Sedona’s Treasures; doing their part to keep Sedona beautiful”
Photos By: Mike Cadwell
Mike Cadwell, “Looking Off Into Space: The Dark Skies of Sedona“
Photo By: Nathan Renn
Emily Renn, “Little Red Riding Hood Lied: The Real Tale of Wolves in Arizona”
Photo By: Derek von Briesen
Derek von Briesen, “Sedona’s Seasonal Wonderland” slideshow
John Purkis, “The Value Sustainability Can Offer to Our Lives“
Photo By: Derek von Briesen
Jammee Reddell “Do You Know Your Water Rights?“
“Paolo” AKA Paul Scardina, Architect, “Territorial Dwellings: Architecture to Create Sustainable Dwellings“
Nicole Branton, Red Rock District Ranger, “State of the Forest and the Slide Fire“
Photo by: Stewart Boots
Dena Greenwood, “Birding the Sedona Wetlands“
Photos Furnished by Soldier’s Best Friend
Starr Ladehoff, “Soldier’s Best Friend ~Helping Our Veterans and Shelter Dogs“
Photo Furnished by Chris Parish, Peregrine Fund
Chris Parish, “California Condor Reintroduction
Photos Furnish By Jeffrey Hall
Jeffrey Hall, “Lowell Observatory’s Newest Eye on the Sky: The Discovery Channel Telescope”
Photos Furnished by Janie Agyagos
Janie Agyagos, “Rare Species in the Verde Valley”
Photo By: Susie Reed
Susie Reed, “Art & Education, as Tool for Preservation”
Photo by: Ted Grussing
Dena Greenwood, “Roadrunners, Quali and Other Sedona Birds”
KSB President, Tom O’Halleran “Knowledge Flows into Action: Sustaining Our Watershed Into the Future”
Photos courtesy of Ken Zoll
Ken Zoll, “New Findings: “Ancient Astromnomy of Central Arizona”
courtesy photos Dennis Jex
Dennis Jex, “Close Encounters of the Reptilian Kind
Chris Anderson, Marianna Hartsong and Ryan Matson of the
Sedona Slow Water Team, “Rainwater Recycling”
courtesy photos
Mike Peach, “Rock Art – Getting Beyond What It Means!”
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Lee Luedecker with Arizona Game & Fish, “Mountain Lions”
Brad Lancaster, “Desert Harvesters – Native Foods“
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Roy Julian, President of the Friends of the Forest, “Primitive Tools, Sandals and Tools
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Amy Helfrich, “Honeybees in the Verde Valley”
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Sarah Reif, “Owls- Messengers of Wizards and Witches- Signs of the Underworld“
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Janie Agyagos, USFS Biologist, “Bats in the Verde Valley“