When most people hear the term endangered species, they think of manatees, grizzly bears, whales,and other charismatic species. If these creatures don’t live in your area, you might think there is nothing you can do to help endangered species. However, the current endangered species list contains almost 1300 plants, birds, fish, mammals, and other species Click to read the full post.
Category: Citizen Scientists
City of Lodi hosts watershed-themed student poster contest
The City of Lodi is hosting a poster contest for students, with the theme of “Protect Our Watersheds.” Students are encouraged to learn more about the Mokelumne River Watershed, which includes most of Lodi. The city’s streets and storm drains connect to the Mokelumne River. Posters should demonstrate students’ roles as stewards of the watershed, Click to read the full post.
Join the Lodi Litterati challenge!
The City of Lodi has issued a challenge to local residents: Pick up 2,020 pieces of trash by Dec. 31, 2020. As of Wednesday morning, the team had picked up and tagged 268 pieces of trash so far. Picking up trash is as easy as taking a grabber or gloves and a bucket along on Click to read the full post.
Lodi High science teacher named district’s Teacher of the Year
Lodi High School science teacher Melissa Turner watched as some of her students, both current and former, who are members of the Lodi Storm Drain Detectives, tested water samples from Lodi Lake on Tuesday afternoon. Turner cites her involvement with the group as one of the reasons she was chosen as Lodi Unified School District’s Click to read the full post.
Students study health, biodiversity of Lodi Lake and Mokelumne River
Students in Melanie Martinez’s sixth-grade class at Reese Elementary took a trip to Lodi Lake on Wednesday morning to conduct a science experiment on the health of the water at Lodi Lake and the Mokelumne River. The students sifted through leaf packs that were previously placed at four testing sites at the lake and river, Click to read the full post.
Local teacher selected for Sandhill Crane Festival Award
Janine Jacinto, a teacher at Lodi’s Heritage Elementary School, will receive the Lodi Sandhill Crane Association’s Conservation Award at the Sandhill Crane Festival opening dinner on Nov. 3. Jacinto is being honored for her commitment to inspiring students to explore, understand and appreciate nature and take action toward a healthy environment. She began her teaching Click to read the full post.
Citizen Science: Lodi under the microscope
Every month, groups of birders gather at the Woodbridge Wilderness Area, Cosumnes River Preserve and the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery to count birds. Students from Lodi’s two high schools head out to Lodi Lake and the river to test water quality, while elementary school classes study the creatures that have moved into leaf packs. Dedicated Click to read the full post.
Mokelumne River and Lodi Lake clearer this year
The water at Lodi Lake and the Mokelumne River is slightly clearer than it was last year, according to results from recent tests. The tests were conducted by local students under the guidance of Lodi Watershed Coordinator Kathy Grant for the 17th year in a row and Lodi’s findings were added to national results from Click to read the full post.
Don’t miss this year’s Mokelumne Current
We’ve been hard at work on this year’s edition of the Mokelumne Current, but not nearly as hard at work as Lodi students.
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.