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Archives for October 2013

Boyd Deep Canyon Lecture Series 2013-14

October 31, 2013 By Kathleen Wong

The clash between renewable energy and wildlife conservation; the hidden information in hummingbird song; and how collecting and cooking impede turtle conservation: These are just a few of the tantalizing talks in the NRS’s Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center 2013-14 lecture series. The lectures are facilitated by Dr. Allan Muth, director of the NRS’s […]

The aliens have landed

October 22, 2013 By Kathleen Wong

Native plants cherished in Europe can become big problems abroad, and vice versa by Paddy Woodworth, Irish Times Bodega Bay, north of San Francisco, has got pretty used to living with threats of one kind or another. Most obviously, this natural harbour sits on top of the San Andreas Fault, where the Pacific and North […]

High Tech in the High Sierra

October 15, 2013 By Kathleen Wong

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– As the legend holds, a violent escape from Nevada State Prison in 1871 concluded in a true-life Wild West shootout in California, not far from Mammoth Mountain. The immediate surroundings were renamed accordingly –– Convict Creek, Convict Lake and Mount Morrison, after a slain member of the posse that ambushed the […]

Conifer Endophytes: The Microbe Partners of Pines

October 3, 2013 By Kathleen Wong

The human body is awash in microbes. They live a top our skin, within our guts, between our teeth, below our fingernails. Unnerving as it may seem, many play a key role in maintaining human health by producing vitamins, helping digestion, and edging out nasty pathogens. It should come as no surprise, then, that plants […]

Hastings Reservation Celebrates 75 Years

October 2, 2013 By Kathleen Wong

Hastings Natural History Reservation is celebrating 75 years of science research into California ecosystems. Located among the rolling oak hills of eastern Carmel Valley, Hastings became the first biological field station of the University of California in 1937. Hundreds of students and scientists have worked there since, advancing the study of subjects such as bird […]

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