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Learning from "little monsters"
Water movement patterns create microhabitats in creeks. The presence of riffles, pools, or cascades determine which types of aquatic invertebrates can populate a stream reach, according to new research by UC Santa Barbara scientist David Herbst. Herbst has made the NRS's Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory his home base for the last two decades. Read more >>
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Latest CEC Research issue out
The Spring 2018 issue of the NRS's field course journal is now available online. CEC Research collects papers summarizing original research from each class of California Ecology and Conservation, the NRS's field course. Students design the research project, gather data using standard field methods, analyze the data using statistics, and write up the results as a formal paper. Students can cite the papers when applying for jobs and graduate school. This year's final projects investigate the ecology of the NRS's Angelo Coast Range Reserve. Read more >>
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Stebbins heat warning
A hiker suffering from heat exhaustion had to be airlifted from the NRS's Stebbins Cold Canyon in late July. The rugged terrain of the reserve makes rescuing hikers difficult even for trained safety personnel. Extreme heat plus severe fire risk has prompted warnings against hiking the reserve in summer as well as trail closures. Read more >>
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