Up next in the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History’s Talk & Talkback Speaker Series will be Carpinterian Dale Olivas’ Urban Forestry & Native Habitats, a talk about trees—safety, maintenance, pruning, native and non-native trees, urban forestry, and defensible space—on June 3, 5 to 6 p.m. at the museum, 956 Maple Ave., in downtown Carpinteria.

Olivas is an arborist and tree expert who serves on the City of Carpinteria’s Tree Advisory Board. In addition to his tree-related work, Olivas volunteered with Hope805 after the Thomas Fire to bring mental health wellness to people in the region and worked on the rehabilitation of public lands after debris flow from flooding in the Montecito area as a FEMA-trained volunteer.

The 2025 Talk & Talkback Speaker Series is hosted by the Carpinteria Valley Museum of History. The Urban Forestry & Native Habitats talk is free for members of the museum and $10 per person for visitors.
For more information on the Talk & Talkback Speaker Series, volunteering at the museum, or other questions, call (805) 684-3112, email info@carpinteriahistoricalmuseum.org, or visit carpinteriahistoricalmuseum.org.