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,...
May 31, 2017 | Animals, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Blog, Conservation, Education, Events, Plants, Research, Research Center, Sustainability
One group of students monitored animal behaviors and distribution at the reserve, had placed cameras and caught this Coyote drinking water at sunrise. The California Ecology and Conservation course was taught by Dina Roberts, Ph.D., lecturer in the Ecology and...