Today, I presented my final poster for my capstone project at the SAGE Research conference at CSU Channel Islands. The poster session went much better than I anticipated. I presented at AAG earlier this semester and that went well. I was expecting this one to be similar. However, I felt this session was even better. … Continue reading SAGE Research Conference →
Below is a video on my methods. This was created over spring break. Although my project objectives have changed since the video was created, I added the comparison of Quemada Watershed. The methods are the same and are shown in the video. Enjoy!
This past week, I traveled to San Francisco for the AAG conference. I arrived on Tuesday night and stayed up late finalizing my poster. On Wednesday, my partners printed the poster and drove up to San Francisco. I attended the conference on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. During these days, I sat in on several talks and … Continue reading AAG →
This past week, I spent my spring break on Santa Rosa Island collecting data. I now have both my watersheds complete sets of data!! I will continue crunching the numbers the rest of my weekend. By the end of this weekend, I will have all my Water Canyon data analyzed and ready to be presented. … Continue reading Data Collection Wrap Up →
Being a math lover, Pi day is one of my favorite days! I love math and plan to pursue it in grad school and apply it in the environmental sector after I graduate. Pi day is not only one of my favorite days because of math but also because I love Pie and its my best … Continue reading Happy Pi Day! →
One of the most common critters I encounter while conducting vegetation surveys on Santa Rosa Island are spiders. They often build their webs on shrubs, reeds, and forbs. The spiders abdomen and carapace are often about the size of a quarter. Th…
This semester I went to Santa Rosa Island 5 times to conduct research. Recap of the weekends: The first weekend we found all the site where we were going to survey at and what in particular we wanted to focus on. The following four trips the stream team went out into water canyon and did … Continue reading Semester Research Recap →
This weekend on Santa Rosa Island, I did recon work for Water Canyon. This weekend was very productive, I now feel confident identifying the plant species in this watershed and a plan for future data collection has been established. This week the logistics of the project will be finalized and I will be ready to … Continue reading Recon Success →
Water Canyon Vegetation Abstract This capstone project will take place in Water Canyon on Santa Rosa Island. Cattle and elk heavily grazed Santa Rosa Island for 150 years having severe impacts on the vegetation. The island has been going through recovery for 3 years after the last elk was removed in 2012. This study will … Continue reading Abstract →
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