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Refugio oil spill fouls NRS reserve
A burst oil pipeline along the Santa Barbara coast spilled an estimated 105,000 gallons of crude into the wildlife-rich waters of the Santa Barbara Channel May 19. The oil slick came ashore at the UC Natural Reserve System’s Coal Oil Point Reserve four days later. The large tar balls and oiled kelp that has accumulated on the beach endangers nesting snowy plovers and is forcing reserve staff and volunteers to initiate a cleanup that continues today. Read more >>
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Tracking climate change in the White Mountains
The White Mountains are a key piece of a global effort to monitor climate change in some of the places most vulnerable to warming: alpine environments. Since 2004, the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments, or GLORIA, has tracked range shifts, species demographics, and climate conditions for plants across five peaks in this eastern California range. The NRS's White Mountain Research Center helps make it possible to conduct surveys amid the extreme conditions of this 14,000-foot peak, while the center's long history of history of wildland research complements project findings. Read more >>
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Summer walks, talks at Valentine Camp Reserve
A shining jewel amid the towering mountains of the eastern Sierra, Valentine Camp Reserve welcomes the public to a series of thematic tours in July. Offerings include reserve walks and talks on reserve geology, forest ecology, wildflowers, bears,and wildlife. Tours are limited to 15 people. A donation of $15 is requested to help support reserve programs teaching science to the children of Inyo and Mono County.
Pre-registration is required; to reserve a spot, send a check made out to "UC Regents" to Carole Lester,
Outdoor Science Education Program, 1016 Mt. Morrison Rd., Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546. For more information, contact Carole Lester, 805-893-5655.
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SNARL Lecture Series
The Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory Lecture Series is being held this year in the new net-zero-energy Page Center on the grounds of the reserve. All lectures are held at 1016 Mount Morrison Road, Mammoth Lakes, at 7 pm Tuesday evenings. Admission is free. Lectures last approximately one hour. For more information, contact Anne Barrett, 805-893-5655, or Kim Rose, 805-893-5654.
Jun. 2 Breaking badly: forecasting California earthquakes, Morgan Page, research geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey
Jun. 9 The impacts of mountain yellow-legged frog declines on algae and insect communities in Sierra Nevada Lakes, Thomas Smith, graduate student, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, UC Santa Barbara
Jun. 16 Sage grouse in Long Valley and Bodie: a new name and new management, Mike Casazza, research wildlife biologist, U.S. Geological Survey
Jun. 23 The fate of Sierra Nevada glaciers, Greg Stock, park geologist, Yosemite National Park
Jun. 30 Sources of bacterial contamination in eastern Sierra Nevada streams, Roland Knapp, research biologist, SNARL, UC Santa Barbara
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