I might be biased, but this is a fantastic video about western pond turtles . . . the segment starting at 5:00 features the field site where I did my thesis research. The fellow being interviewed is my advisor, Nick Read more
Hey, these are MY turtles! (Well, not just mine, but these are Geist Lab turtles. So I guess I could call them OUR turtles). “Boxed in by a freeway, a golf course and a neighborhood, it’s a miracle that San 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 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 Read more
Our recent trip to Mountain Lake was featured on the Presidio Trust’s blog (http://www.presidio.gov/blog). The post seems to have scrolled off their blog, so I’ll reproduce it here:
By Angelica Andrews Buot, Kelly Grieve and Jenna Topper: On November 6th, 2015, our restoration ecology class caravanned our way over to the Laguna De Santa Rosa in Sebastopol, only about a 20 minute drive. We left the vans and Read more
By Karina Jade Berry: Restoration As our Restoration Ecology class made our way to the Laguna de Santa Rosa Trais in Sebastopol to meet Brent Reed, Restoration Manager at the Laguna Foundation, we didn’t expect to meet the friends we Read more
By Manuel Hernandez: We began our wet and rainy day with a brief introduction to the Laguna de Santa Rosa, and more specifically Meadowlark Field, where we would be helping to plant some Juncus. Brent Reed and Aaron Nuñez from the Read more
