October 2016
Stebbins Cold Canyon Hike
October 18, 2017
Another fall quarter, another successful hike at Stebbins Cold Canyon! Davis SEEDS hit the trail at Stebbins Cold Canyon over the weekend and managed to miss any bad weather! Stebbins is one of the UC Natural Reserves managed by UC Davis and has lots of interesting research about fire ecology currently being conducted there due to a large wild fire in the summer of 2015. We were accompanied by Jeffrey Clary, who is the reserve director, and Allie Weill, who is a PhD candidate that focuses on fire ecology. We got to see first had the recovery that the reserve has been making since the fire and hear about some of the restoration and research being conducted on the reserve. The views at the reserve were fantastic and we were able to hike all the way to the top of the ridge because all of the trails have been reopened. We look forward to being able to see the continued recovery of Stebbins Cold Canyon in the years to come!
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SEEDS Cultivé Frozen Yogurt Fundraiser!
October 7, 2016
Ever wonder how Davis SEEDS is able to pay for all of our great events, such as camping at Lake Tahoe, without having to charge our students very much money? Lots of fundraising and grant writing! Please come out to our first fundraiser of the school year and help us pay for all of our upcoming events! Just mention SEEDS when you pay for your order and Davis SEEDS will get 50% of the proceeds! The event will be from 11am-11pm! There will be a group of us all going after our second meeting! Please bring your friends and help support SEEDS!
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Yolo Bypass Bat Watching
October 4, 2016
Last minute event! This Friday evening, we are putting together a group to go see the Mexican free-tailed bats out at the Yolo Bypass. These bats are only around Davis for a few more weeks before migrating south to Mexico and Central America. We’ll meet behind Storer Hall at 5:45pm, and should be back by 8 at the latest.
Interested in seeing one of the largest Mexican free-tailed bat colonies in the state? Then sign up, bring a jacket and a snack, and we’ll see you Friday night! If we can track down some equipment in time, we’ll also try setting up a blacklight to catch some bugs while bat-watching. |
Arthropod Sorting Event
October 3, 2016
A huge thank you to all the people that came out this weekend and helped Micha, one of the graduate students we work with, sort through some of his samples in search of arthropods! Together, we were able to find ~400 arthropods in just a just a few hours!! A big congratulations to Ann for finding the most arthropods in her sample and to Robert for finding the most interesting arthropod! They both won gift cards for the ASUCD
Coffee House for their great work (never say science doesn’t pay!) Please keep your eyes open for more announcements for possible volunteer opportunists on our Facebook page and our listserv! They are great ways to dip your toes in topics you may not have any experience in. Plus you get to meet some cool graduate students and SEEDS members! |
Arboretum Scavenger Hunt
October 3, 2016
Thank you to everyone that was able to come out to the arboretum scavenger hunt with us on Saturday! We had a great time getting to socialize with members of the Environmental Science Club and the Wildlife society while getting to learn more about the diversity in the UC Davis Arboretum! Everyone had a great time and there are a lot of goofy pictures of people with various taxa on Facebook! If you have pictures you want to share of your group, please add them to our Facebook album!
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