Jan 14, 2020 | Air Quality, Blog, Research, Salton Sea, Water, Weather, Weather Stations
Presentations available for download: – Air Quality Reduction Due to the Shrinking Salton Sea- An Overview and Case Studies of Particulate Matter Air Quality in Borrego Springs (Year 3) Report mentioned in the Salton Sea presentation: Pacific Institute page on...
Jun 6, 2018 | Animals, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Education, Research, Research Center, Water
Kate Boersma, Assistant professor at the University of San Diego has taken her students to the reserve and state park to conduct aquatic invertebrate surveys. Photos and a few captions from Kate’s Twitter account reproduced below. ...
Apr 25, 2018 | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Education, Plants, Research, Research Center, Sustainability, Weeds
Annual Transect plant counts and soil samples on the reserve by UCI faculty, staff, and grad student last week. 2 transects on the ground, one on a south slope, and one a north slope. With the lack of rain, plant counting went a lot faster than last year (Photos:...
Feb 21, 2018 | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Research, Research Center
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 24th at the Research Center for long-time ABDSP volunteer Clark Shimeall. Below is his obituary from The Courier newspaper of Findlay, Ohio. Clark M. Shimeall Posted On Sat. Feb 3rd, 2018 By : The Courier...
Nov 7, 2017 | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Birds, Blog, Conservation, Education, Events, Plants, Research
An old friend is visiting the Research Center this week. Dr. Allan Schoenherr, Emeritus Professor of Ecology at Fullerton College, and author of the recently published 2nd edition of A Natural History of California (UC Press) is here teaching a training course...
Aug 16, 2017 | Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Education, Events, Research, Research Center, Sustainability
Dear UC Irvine Community, We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Spring 2018 offering of the UC Natural Reserve System field course, California Ecology and Conservation. Applications can be found here and are due on October 23,...
