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Weekend Trip to Santa Cruz

I was able to spend a couple days out on Santa Cruz Island this weekend with a fire crew that is on a two-week tour. They were busy cutting down eucalyptus trees in a grove that’s above the Main Ranch in the Central Valley. It was really interesting seeing the crew working and getting the…

Working Under the Canopy

 
This weekend was spent collecting soil samples in many of the eucalyptus groves in the project area. This particular picture was taken in the Bosqe de Cabrillo eucalyptus forest. As you can see, the leaf litter in these unmanipulated forests is …

Recent trip to Santa Cruz

  Last weekend I was able to visit the Prisoners Harbor Restoration site with my faculty advisor and NPS Staff. We toured the Bosqe de Cabrillo, Rincon Papal, and Le Selva groves, and were able to place markers for future use in my capstone study. We will hopefully be able to travel to Santa Cruz…