Before

After

Fred

John

Thor

Susan

Flower

Ali

Jen

Tom

Terrell

Kristina

Cooper

Abby

Billy

Ace

Aubrey

Luis

Jasmine

Shana

Michael

Benny

Anna

 

Measuring stream discharge

Measuring salinity of streamwater plume
in Mono Lake

Demonstration of fresh/saline water mixing

Identifying granitic minerals - quartz, biotite, feldspar

Identifying volcanic rocks - obsidian and pumice

Class field data on vegetation from hike along elevation gradient

Hike along elevation/vegetation gradient

Identifying trees

Sampling benthic macroinvertebrates

Sorting benthic macroinvertebrates

Identifying benthic macroinvertebrates

Identifying benthic macroinvertebrates

Examining Alkali fly life-stages

Endangered Owens pupfish

Delineating biomes by observing vegetation as we drive through climate space

Booming the dune

Hunting for ammonite fossils

A rare DC powerline

This class rests on the shoulders of teaching assistants - literally!

Hole in the wall gang

Peak bagger

Water sports - compliments of LADWP

Hard life at Mono Camp

The loser gets the bumpy side of the tent

The winner gets the banjo player for the night

Figure it out for yourself

Hey, quit camping on the ultimate frisbee field

Mid-trip - a real kitchen

Maestro

Mono camp

All you need is a dyno and a prayer

Rippin' jazz licks - last night before exam prep

Cooling off in the desert

Every hiker needs good boots

Buddies

Protege

Lunch

Laundry

A good master is a glint in his dog's eye

Eureka camp = tarp

Boyz

...we all fall down!

Does someone have the iunstructions?

Coldest night - 1-farenheight at bedtime

Seeing a man about a fish

And he doesn't even have a Texan accent

Three words:
transmission, transmission, transmission

They're not Texans either

Two and a half times as salty as seawater

Posing on an old dancefloor

Black Point summiteers

Take it away John!

Desert Hairy Scorpion
Hadrurus arizonensis (probably)

Sierra Nevada Salamander
Ensatina eschscholtzii platensis

Rubber Boa
Charina bottae

Brine Shrimp
Artemia monica

Garter Snake
Thamnophis spp

Common Chuckwalla
Sauromalus obesus

Rosy Boa
Charina trivirgata

Sagebrush Lizard
Scleropus graciosus (probably)

Tule Elk
Cervus elaphus

Zebra-Tailed Lizard
Callisaurus draconoides (probably)

Desert Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos

California Gulls - brood already fledged?
Larus californicus

Lady beetle
Coccinellidae spp.

New Zealand Mud Snails
Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Alkali Fly
Ephydra hians

Giant Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys ingens (probably)

Mayfly
Baetidae

Garter snake, eating mouse
Thamnophis spp

Garter Snake
Thamnophis spp

Guest Lecturer - Mitch Lockhart, ESSP alumni, now with Fish & Game, on Mountain Yellow-Legged Frogs

Susan - Freeman Sequoia Grove

Guest Lecturer - Ted from Fish & Game Kern River Trout Hatchery

John - Fossil Falls

Guest Lecturer - Steve Parmeter from Fish & Game, on Owens Valley pupfish

Guest Lecturer - Paul Lamos from US Broax, in the middle of Owens Lake

Susan - Schulmann Bristlecone Grove

Guest Lecturer - Mike Bogan, ESSP alumni, now with SNARL, on benthic macroinvertebrate assessment

Thor - on measuring salinity with a YSI

John - on measuring stream discharge

Guest Lecturer - Andy Snyder, USGS/SAFOD San Andreas drilling site

Fred - on California vegetation zones

Mono

Kern

Rock art

Kearsage

Bishop Tuff

Onion

Bajada

Tree line

Cambrian convoy

Eureka anticipation

Mono Camp

Mono shore

Tufa

Mono sunset

Jasmine's talk - Owens Valley ungulates
(tule elk & bighorn sheep)

Aubrey's talk -
The San Joaquin Kit Fox

Tom's talk -
Allopatric speciation of Sierra reptiles & amphibians

Ace's talk -
Invasive weeds of the Sierra Nevada

Luis's talk -
The California Golden Trout

Nick's talk -
Adaptations of desert plants

Melody's talk -
Ammonite fossils

Shana's talk - Eastern Sierra fault uplift

Jen's talk -
Adaptions of desert animals

Cooper's talk -
Booming Dunes

Terrell's talk -
Owens Valley pupfish & tui chub

Dana's talk -
Volcanic-CO2-induced dieback of trees of mammoth

Michael's talk -
Migratory birds of Mono Lake

Sarah's talk -
Mono Tufa

Kristina's talk -
Native American history of the Owens Valley

Billy's talk -
Archaeocyathid fossils at Westgard Pass

Giant sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum

Foxtail pine
Pinus balfouriana

Bristlecone pine
Pinus longaeva

Beavertail cactus
Opuntia basilaris (probably)

Woolly daisy
Eriophyllum wallacei (poss.)

Wild rose
Rosa woodsii

Woolly daisy
Eriophyllum wallacei (prob.)

Bigelow's monkeyflower
Mimulus bigelovii

Milkvetch
Astragalus spp. (probably)

Spiny hopsage
Grayia spinosa

Stansbury's Phlox
Phlox stansburyi (prob.)

Applegate's paintbrush
Castilleja applegatei (prob.)

Desert Peach
Prunus andersonii

Mountain prickly phlox
Leptodactylon pungens

Whitebark Pine
Pinus albicaulis

Fish Slough milkvetch
Astragalus lentiginosus var. piscinensis
(threatened)

  
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