By Leopold Brajkovich: The trip started at a popular salmon viewing location that overlooks the historical stream of the native Coho salmon. The viewing location is named after someone who shares my own first name, Leo T. Cronin. From there we were transported in vans on a road that followed Read more
By Bailie Doll: We met with Sara, Teddy, and Erik at Leo T. Cronin Fish View Area on November 15, 2019. This area is in the Lagunitas Creek watershed and covers around 103 sq. miles. The largest tributary inside of this watershed is the Olema creek. They informed us about Read more
By Cassady Davis: On November 8, 2019, our Restoration Ecology class took a field trip to an area of the Laguna de Santa Rosa. When we first got to the site, the leaders talked to us about why they were doing restoration at the site, what work they’ve been doing, Read more
By Corbin Matley: On October 4th, 2019, twelve of us from Restoration Ecology met with Tom Tolliver from Sonoma Land Trust (SLT) at one of SLT’s sites that neighbors the Sonoma Raceway. The goal of the day was to remove decommissioned irrigation lines that fed encouraged riparian vegetation plots. Tom Read more
By Camille Mariner: An Afternoon Stroll through History On September 7th, Wendy St. John and I went on a walkabout through the outskirts of Copeland creek nearest to the community garden of SSU. We began a conversation about the history of the creek, where the headwaters were, recent projects and Read more
By Andrea Rossi: On August 23rd, Wendy St. John educated the Sonoma State University (SSU) Restoration Ecology class about the history of Copeland Creek. We all got clearer understanding of what the creek used to look like as well as how efforts to restore the creek continue to be made Read more
By Jessica Yost: Restoring the Laguna Nestled in the countryside of western Sonoma County is a 22-mile-long wetland that drains a 254-square-mile watershed and includes most of the Santa Rosa Plain. Nearby is a two mile trail and an abundance of birds and wildlife. The non-profit Laguna de Santa Rosa Read more
By Hector Garcia: On December 5th, 2018, a chilly, wet day, the Restoration Ecology class made their last visit to the restoration site the group began to work on earlier in the semester. Up to this date, the group had collected data by monitoring vegetation with transect lines and taking Read more
