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USD summer fieldwork conducting aquatic invertebrate surveys
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.
A visit by a thirsty Bobcat last week at the reserve’s water feature.
Yearly transect work on the reserve
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:...
Making a vegetation map of the Sentenac Cienega site
UCI's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty and students went out defining the existing plant associations to make a vegetation map of the Sentenac Cienega site in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The map will be used to develop a restoration plan for...
Bobcat (Lynx rufus) visited the reserve this morning
A beautiful Bobcat (Lynx rufus) visited the reserve this morning...and made use of our facilities to go to the bathroom. You can clearly see its stubby bobbed tail. https://youtu.be/AFQQwlYbOyw Media mention:...
Long-time ABDSP volunteer Clark Shimeall memorial service
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...
2-18-18 Presentations Air Quality Salton Sea and An Overview and Cases Studies of Particulate Matter Air Quality in Borrego Springs
Presentations video now available for viewing: Air Quality Reduction Due to the Shrinking Salton Sea An Overview and Cases Studies of Particulate Matter Air Quality in Borrego Springs Sunday, February 18, 2018 at 3 PM at the Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research...
2017 Christmas Bird Count Results
Here are the results of the annual Christmas Bird Count of 2017: Summary of Results Results in table format Participants and luncheon volunteers
Volutaria tubiliflora plants measuring over 8’ tall discovered in Borrego Valley this month
Volutaria tubiliflora plants measuring over 8’ tall were discovered in Borrego Valley in January, 2018 and reported at our monthly Weed Eradication Task Force meeting. All the brown plants in the photos are last years’ Volutaria gone to seed (contribution by Pat...
Weeders slayed the Sahara mustard…every Wednesday!
Happy weeders from today’s weed walk in Coyote Canyon. We slayed the Sahara mustard! We will be going back out to the Second Crossing from 8-11 next Wednesday morning (December 27) if you want to join the fun. Meet at ABDNHA parking lot at 8am. Bring gloves, water and...