These posts were written by students in my Restoration Ecology course at Sonoma State University.
By Elias Lopez: On November 6th our class visited the Laguna de Santa Rosa. We were welcomed by Brent Reed, the Restoration Projects Supervisor of the Laguna De Santa Rosa Foundation, and he introduced to us Aaron Nuñez, the Restoration Technician and Sonoma State Alumni. The Laguna is one of the largest Read more
By: Jessica Grant, Sean Evans, and Ryan Galloway: On a perfect fall day, our Restoration Ecology class began our trip to the Laguna de Santa Rosa where we would spend our day working, learning, and having fun with a few members of the restoration team. Once we arrived, we met Read more
By Shaunice Newton: Our trip to Mountain Lake started off in front of a couple of buildings. As it turns out the buildings used to be military quarters and a hospital back in the day. Now it serves as housing for a variety of people totaling up to approximately 50,000 Read more
By Janeen Delsid, Chelsye Knight, and Steven Hammerich: Mountain Lake On the 23rd of October 2015, Wendy St. John took our Sonoma State University Restoration Ecology class on a trip to the Presidio in San Francisco California. There we met four people directly involved with restoration at the Presidio: Brian Read more
By Noah Henry: On Friday, October 23, our class visited the Presidio of San Francisco which was hosted by members of Presidio Trust. We left Sonoma State at around 9 AM and arrived between 11 and 12 PM. Our mission was to witness a restoration project in action and learn Read more
By Teresa Vignale, Vanessa Fonti, and Cristina Scott: We started off our trip at one of the Presidio buildings, and made our way past some of the old military quarters turned into housing over the years as means to preserve them. We then walked down to marshlands connected to mountain lake Read more
By Jessica Furtado, Alizé Joubert, Nicholas Stone: Our Journey began at 9:00 AM on Friday, October 2nd. Dr. Hall Cushman’s Ecology class and Dr. Caroline Christian’s Restoration Ecology class from Sonoma State University boarded eight vehicles to caravan toward the Tule elk reserve at Point Reyes. Hours later, we arrived Read more
By Keith Wellstone and Eric Fuss: During this field trip, Sonoma State’s restoration ecology, and ecology classes learned about experimental design through the Pearson’s Point Ranch Elk reintroduction. Led by Dr. Hall Cushman, the class was introduced to the details of the experiment, and even got a chance to practice Read more
By Heidi Schindler, Megan Rosario and Megan Stock: On October 2nd, our Restoration Ecology class joined an Ecology class from Sonoma State University on a trip to Point Reyes National Seashore at the Tule Elk Preserve. The field trip was led by Dr. Hall Cushman and his graduate students currently Read more