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
As we’ll all be adding to this blog over the course of the semester, I thought I’d start the ball rolling with a post about how to write posts. Mostly, it’s just what you (probably) expect – you’ll be writing about what happened during a field trip or event, and posting Read more
I was able to bid farewell to some of our juvenile turtles today when they were released into the newly-restored Mountain Lake in the Presidio of San Francisco. This is one of the later phases of the project – reintroducing native species that were extirpated after the lake was severely Read more
By Wendy St. John: Is it your turn to write a blog post, and you’re not sure how to get started? No worries. Just follow the format here, and you’ll be off to a good start. At the very top of the post, make sure to include the names of Read more
Here I am, in my OFFICE, on the first day of the semester. SUPER EXCITED!
By Wendy St. John, Nicole Christie, and Nick Geist: Today was the big day for a cohort of juvenile turtles, as they swam in the waters of their home lake for the very first time. These western pond turtles (Emys marmorata) were hatched in the lab of Dr. Nick Geist Read more
Here is a collection of links to articles I’ve written about western pond turtles.
This “Western Pond Turtle” category menu also includes a variety of content published by other people, most of which involves turtles from my lab. Just continue scrolling down through this category page to see articles, images, and videos I’ve shared from other sources.
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So, probably the most exciting moment of my day (maybe of my life) was finding these little jellyfish in the tanks in Darwin 4. I didn’t actually find them, some of my students did, but I isolated them and managed to get some decent photos. At first, I assumed they Read more