Foothill Conservancy members and supporters can add a "little something" to your end-of-year contributions by donating online to the Conservancy on Giving Tuesday, November 27. Celebrated worldwide, Giving Tuesday follows Black Friday and Cyber Monday to encourage people to "spend" money for charitable causes.

Award-winning bluegrass musician Laurie Lewis and her band, the Right Hands, are returning for a concert to benefit the Foothill Conservancy! The concert is Friday, Novewmber 16, 2018 from 7:00-9:00 pm at the historic Mokelumne Hill Town Hall. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Children 12 and under $15 advance, $20 door.

Originally scheduled for Nov. 10, showing now on Nov. 17. There will be several short films with two feature films; Sheltered in Oak is about an Iranian squirrel's life in oak trees of the Ilam Province's oak forest, with many dangers posed by fellow forest inhabitants and humans and Vanishing Coral about the devastating effects of warming oceans and bleaching events within the “coral triangle” of southeast Asia, and powerfully illustrates what some dedicated scientists and environmental activists are doing to save these unique coral populations.