by Rob Irion, director, UC Santa Cruz Science Communications Program Natural History of San Francisco Bay, a book coauthored by NRS science writer and UC Santa Cruz Science Communications alumna Kathleen Wong, has received the Harold Gilliam Award for Excellence in Environmental Reporting from The Bay Institute of San Francisco. The 352-page book, published by […]
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Wilderness on the edge of town
Younger Lagoon a “living lab” for students By Peggy Townsend/courtesy UCSC News Services The walls of this classroom are lined with feathery California coastal sage and noxious poison oak. Bobcat, coyote, and skunk wander its floors while raptors soar overhead and waves can nearly drown out conversation. But none of the UC Santa Cruz students […]
Fruitful California-Catalonia Exchange
California and Catalonia, in northeastern Spain, are like sibling landscapes. Both experience the warm, dry summers and mild, rainy winters common to Mediterranean-climate habitats. From a distance, their oak-studded hillsides and drought-resistant shrublands are hard to tell apart. And both regions struggle with dense human populations, summer fires, and invasive vegetation. So it should come […]