By Sara Dart: On November 11, 2019, our Restoration Ecology class traveled to Marin County to see and learn about salmonid restoration sites. First we met up with Sarah Phillips, Erik Young, and Teddy Hanford at the Leo T. Cronin fish viewing area, where we all gave a brief introduction Read more
By Nicole Dart: 11/15/19- Restoration Ecology’s final field trip of the 2019 Fall semester took us on an exciting adventure in the redwoods of Marin County, exploring different restoration projects at Lagunitas Creek, all working towards restoring habitat for salmonid fish. Our first stop of the day was at the Read more
By Jessica May: Our Journey Begins 11/15/19 – On an overcast morning, the Restoration Ecology students piled into two vans and set out to visit salmonid restoration sites at Lagunitas Creek in Marin County. Our first stop was a campground parking lot, where we met a few of our tour guides for the day: Read more
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
