These posts were written by students in my Restoration Ecology course at Sonoma State University.
By Jessi Laughlin and Jasmin Perdue: Our class got the opportunity to take a tour of the Laguna de Santa Rosa located off Highway 12 just outside of Sebastopol. Wendy provided us with some articles from Brent Reed (our tour guide and Ecological Program manager for the Laguna) to read Read more
By Megan Gaitan and Julianne Bradbury: What, exactly, is the difference between “ecology” and “restoration ecology?” Where does one end and the other begin? Students in two Sonoma State University courses by those titles are discovering the differences, the similarities, and the joys of both concepts. In a shared field Read more
By Jana Johnston and Brian McIssac: Long Windy Drive to Tomales Bay The weather could not have been better as we climbed into the vans and headed to Point Reyes, CA. Today’s field trip was a combination of Hall Cushman’s Ecology class and Caroline Christian and Wendy St. John’s Restoration Read more
By Jordan DeSilva and Amy Unruh: The Day Begins Today day was the day that we all set out to take a stab at getting to know our new study site–Copeland Creek. Our restoration ecology class has been tasked with developing a baseline data report and the first step is Read more
By Kathleen Grady: It was a cold and blustery afternoon on Sonoma Mountain two days before Thanksgiving. Most of the Restoration Ecology Class had already headed home for the holiday, but a few hardy souls interested in grassland restoration, California Red-legged Frogs, or the potential for extra credit points decided to Read more
By Rebecca Wolvek: Our day began around 11 AM when we reached the Presidio. The first thing that stood out were the buildings which were reminders of their war era usage. Nothing like the stacked housing of San Francisco, these buildings were military quarters or hospitals, now used for housing Read more
By Angelica Andrews Buot, Kelly Grieve and Jenna Topper: On November 6th, 2015, our restoration ecology class caravanned our way over to the Laguna De Santa Rosa in Sebastopol, only about a 20 minute drive. We left the vans and gathered around in a circle to meet Brent Reed, the Read more
By Karina Jade Berry: Restoration As our Restoration Ecology class made our way to the Laguna de Santa Rosa Trais in Sebastopol to meet Brent Reed, Restoration Manager at the Laguna Foundation, we didn’t expect to meet the friends we did on the trails. Our task for the day was Read more
By Manuel Hernandez: We began our wet and rainy day with a brief introduction to the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and more specifically Meadowlark Field, where we would be helping to plant some Juncus. Brent Reed and Aaron Nuñez from the Laguna Foundation were our hosts. As we walked through Meadowlark Read more