Camarillo, CA. – The Environmental Science & Resource Management program at CSU Channel Islands (CI) will present a 2011 Spring Lecture Series, a six-part program starting Tuesday, Feb. 8. The lectures are free and open to the public and will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. as follows:

Know Your Fishermen with speaker Stephanie Munz, of Commercial Fisherman of Santa Barbara

· Tuesday, Feb. 8, John Spoor Broome Library, room 1750

Parasites and Ecosystems with speaker Kevin Lafferty of USGS and UC Santa Barbara

· Tuesday, Feb. 22, John Spoor Broome Library, room 1360

Green Tech: Networking and Control Technologies in Energy Saving Applications (co-sponsored with the Martin V. Smith School of Business & Economics) with speaker Chris Stanfield of Echelon Corporation

Tuesday, March 8, John Spoor Broome Library, room 2325

Kitchen Literacy: forgetting and remembering where food comes from with speaker Ann Vileisis, historian and author

· Tuesday, April 5, campus venue to be determined

The Future of World’s Birds in the 21st Century with speaker Cagan Sekercioglu of the University of Utah

· Tuesday, April 19, John Spoor Broome Library, room 1360

Moby-Dick and the Mythology of Oil with speaker Robert Wagner, independent petroleum consultant

· Tuesday, April 26, John Spoor Broome Library, room 1360

To make a reservation for any of the lectures contact Mary Devins at 805-437-3253 or mary.devins@csuci.edu.

Limited parking is available on campus. A daily permit is $6. Free parking is available at the Camarillo Metrolink Station/Lewis Road parking lot in Camarillo with bus service to and from the campus. Riders should board the VISTA Bus to the campus; the fare is $1.25 each way. Buses arrive and depart from the Camarillo Metrolink Station every 30 minutes from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday. For exact times, check the schedule at www.goventura.org.

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About California State University Channel Islands

CSU Channel Islands (CI) is the only four-year, public university in Ventura County and is known for its interdisciplinary, multicultural and international perspectives, and its emphasis on experiential and service learning. CI’s strong academic programs focus on business, sciences, liberal studies, teaching credentials, and innovative master’s degrees. Students benefit from individual attention, up-to-date technology, and classroom instruction augmented by outstanding faculty research.