Update 1/31/16

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The Spring semester has just begun and research is getting back into full swing. Over the break I was scheduled to depart to Santa Rosa Island for a week.  Unfortunately the weather had different plans and with multiple craft advisories and high seas the trip was scraped. My partner was able to attend the second trip scheduled and finished the last part of field research with the help of another student.

As for this semester the majority of my time will be shifted to the GIS analysis and work. I have begun brushing up and researching the necessary spatial analysis tools and programs. The school has also purchased, what I believe are the last 2 remaining aerial images needed for the final project. This week I plan to get in touch with my research advisor and partner.

Census Finished!

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Over winter break i mad a seven day trip out to the island and made some huge progress on my research.  Brice and I finished our census of the BIshop pine trees, there were about 2200 trees, and now its time to analyze data.    While I was on the island i also collected seeds from 25 different trees that I am going to use in a common garden experiment.  I still have to travel up north to a stand of Bishop pines in Lompoc to gather seeds from 25 more trees in order to do a comparison of mainland trees to the Santa Rosa population.  This garden is going to be a long hard experiment but i will keep you updated with all the fun.

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The weather was pretty intense out there this trip as well, finally got some surf on this side of the island.

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Hi my name is Ruby Ortega and I am perusing a Bachelors of Science degree in Business and an Option in Marketing. I am a fourth year student here at CSU Channel Islands who will be graduating in the Spring of 2017. Currently I am a student assistant for the Technology and Communications department working for the Solution Center. In which, the Solution Center comprises of the campus’s call center and IT Help desk.

As an aspiring entrepreneur wanting to open my own cupcake bakery majoring in Business was a given. And along the way of being exposed to the many fields incorporated in the business world I  gained an interest in Marketing. Marketing has a perfect balance of