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 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 Read more
I was at this event, representing SSU. (As a matter of fact, that’s my son at the far left of the first photo, at the booth he and I were manning). Super cool!
(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 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 Read more
Originally posted on the San Francisco Bay Area National Parks Science and Learning Blog Although no one knows exactly when western pond turtles vanished from Mountain Lake in the Presidio of San Francisco, they are known to have been abundant 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 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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