ESP Biography

Learn how to be a field scientist - identify plants and animals in a local ecosystem! This year Stanford's SEEDS chapter, Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity and Sustainability, is hosting the third annual BioBlitz. (http://www.stanford.edu/group/seeds/bioblitz.html). On April 21st, join school students and community members from all around the Bay Area, who will be out in Lake Lagunita on Stanford campus all day, documenting the life that is found there. Look under logs for the elusive and endangered California Tiger Salamander, and keep a sharp eye out for circling vultures! The data that you collect on bird species, insects, plants, reptiles and amphibians will be used to keep track of how Lake Lag is changing over time. We'll spend an hour or so in the field, and then come together to talk about what we found and how it ties into local ecology.