The nonprofit Wilderness Inquiry brought their Canoemobile program to Lodi Lake during the Love Lodi event on Saturday, sponsored by Constellation Brands. The program brings 24-foot Voyageur canoes so people can safely explore their local waterways, and teaches about water safety and nature. See all the photos at the Lodi News-Sentinel.
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Canoemobile program takes to the water in Lodi area
How well do you know local waterways? Have you gone paddling in Lodi Lake, or explored the Mokelumne and Cosumnes rivers? Do you know the wildlife and plants that live in those waters? If you don’t, this week you have a chance to change that. Wilderness Inquiry is bringing their Canoemobile program to Galt students Click to read the full post.
Heritage Elementary fifth-graders get first-hand lesson in salmon life
Fifth-grade students from Heritage Elementary School crowded around a large bucket. Behind them, water from Camanche Reservoir rushed into the Mokelumne River and downstream, but the students weren’t looking at the river. Their eyes were on the bucket. They were trying to count how many little salmon fry were swimming around in the bucket. “We Click to read the full post.
Citizen Science Alert: Audubon’s Great Backyard Bird Count
When: February 17-20, 2017 Where: Anywhere you like, including your own backyard Every year, the Audubon Society and Cornell University host the Great Backyard Bird Count. Joining in is easy: First, register for an account at the GBBC website. Then, spend at least 15 minutes bird watching on one of the three days of the count. That’s Click to read the full post.
Save the Date: Water Flea Toxicity Workshop
The City of Lodi has set dates for a free workshop for Storm Drain Detective students, using water fleas, otherwise known as Ceriodaphnia dubia, to determine toxicity levels in water.
Save the date: Biodiversity Museum Day at UC Davis
When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on February 18, 2017 Where: University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Ave., Davis Cost: Free access to exhibits and parking at the university The University of California, Davis will open up 12 of its collections to the public on the sixth annual Biodiversity Museum Day. Each of the collections Click to read the full post.
Travel to California State Parks without leaving the classroom
Imagine sea spray splashing around you – and maybe a sea lion, too – as you kayak through the kelp forests at Point Lobos State Nature Reserve. Or getting a chance to meet some elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Reserve. Or exploring the tide pools at Crystal Cove State Park. Or studying salmon at Del Click to read the full post.
FISHBIO writes about California Delta history
Earlier this month, FISHBIO wrote about the history of the California Delta on The Fish Report, its weekly newsletter. The article describes how the Delta has been transformed from a freshwater wetland 200 years ago to an agricultural zone today: Building levees was a learning process, mostly due to the highly sought-after peat soil. While peat soil was Click to read the full post.
Needham students learn about Lodi Lake through leaf packs
On November 21, the shore of Lodi Lake was abuzz with activity. The fifth-graders in Mrs. Martina Ruiz’s class at Needham Elementary School were there to work alongside Barbara Transon of Lodi Unified School District, Watershed Program Coordinator Kathy Grant of the City of Lodi, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologists Donnie Ratcliff, Kes Benn and Erin Click to read the full post.
Xerces Society celebrates 20 years of the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count
Each fall, monarch butterflies retreat to groves along the Pacific coast in California to settle in for the winter. Every year, the Xerces Society, an organization dedicated to conserving all kinds of invertebrates, gets together to count how many arrive for their annual vacation. The butterflies nest in about 400 locations from Mendocino County here Click to read the full post.