Had an amazing evening with some of the folks at the Sonoma Land Trust – They graciously invited me to speak as part of their 40th anniversary speaker’s series, and I gave a talk on wildlife in freshwater habitats in Sonoma County. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! What a great Read more
. . . as part of the Sonoma Land Trust’s 40th Anniversary Speaker’s Series. I’m super excited about this opportunity – any chance to talk about cool local wildlife sounds amazing to me! Information from their website reproduced below.
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This is what I did today. (Okay, not the ONLY thing. Just the most important thing. And yes, this is going into my 115 powerpoint next week hahahahaha).
One of the most pressing issues on campus this semester was the possibilty of a teacher’s strike, in response to a lack of pay increases for faculty in recent years. “I don’t want to strike, but I will” was our motto, and I was 100% prepared to go on strike, if it had come to that.
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One of the assignments I give my intro biology students is called “Dragon Genetics,” in which they determine the alleles (versions of genes) that a baby dragon will inherit from its parents. Then, I ask them to create an accurate image of the dragon, based on the inherited traits. Most Read more
Getting ready to teach my first 115 class of the semester. Oh yeah.
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
