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New online tool maps reserve species records
NRS reserves have long supplied specimens of plants and animals to museums. But locating all of the specimens associated with a reserve has not been a trivial task. That problem has now gone the way of the dial telephone and the buggy whip thanks to a new tool created by the Berkeley Natural History Museums. The Reserve Mapper will not only pull up museum records and iNaturalist photos, but also plot where they were collected on a topographic map of the reserve. Read more >>
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Sedgwick pond progress
Pacific tree frogs, western pond turtles, and other water-loving natives have much to celebrate at the NRS's Sedgwick Reserve. Last year, the reserve restored a pond at the south end of Lisque Mesa to benefit native amphibians. California toads favoring the changes laid eggs there at the end of March which have already hatched into tadpoles. Now efforts to restore the farm pond are underway. The plan is to deepen half of the one-acre pond to support native aquatic species while revitalizing the cattails where endangered tricolored blackbirds nest.
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SNARL Spring Seminar Series
The NRS's Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory kicks off its 2018 public lecture series this month. Talks are held Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8 p.m. at the reserve's Page Center, 1016 Mount Morrison Road, Mammoth Lakes. Tasters of food and drink will be provided by local businesses. Seminars are geared to adult audiences. Talks are free. No dogs are allowed on the reserve. Read more >>
May 1
Exploring pristine seas: protecting the last wild places in our oceans
Dr. Jennifer Caselle, Research Biologist, Marine Science Institute, UC Santa Cruz
May 8
Ethical concerns in conservation of biodiversity: examples from desert fishes and mountain lakes
Phil Pister, Executive Secretary, Desert Fishes Council
May 22
Big bears, big lizards, and little ground squirrels: the importance of comparative physiology in wildlife conservation and human medicine
Dr. Hank Harlow, Professor Emeritus, Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming
May 29
Bear essential? The past, present, and potential future of grizzlies in California
Dr. Peter Alagona, Associate Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies, UC Santa Barbara
June 5
Back from the brink: bighorns, peregrines, and foxes in Yosemite National Park
Sarah Stock, Wildlife Ecologist, Yosemite National Park
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