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Re: Back to fishies and froggies
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:54 am
by gdurkee
They're pretty good field jobs. The teams can spend literally all their time in the backcountry in some incredible areas above 10,000 feet. In Sequoia Kings, anyway, you're there a minimum of 10 days at a time. You can choose to go out for days off or stay in camp (I think that's their schedule). For most of the study areas, it a very long day out. Not sure how Yosemite runs theirs -- you're probably closer to a road.
You've also got to have all your gear and food together to go in at once in June and I think there's only one resupply.
Of course, you spend your day in sometimes very cold water in all types of weather, so it gets kind of gnarly.
g.
Re: Back to fishies and froggies
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:43 pm
by rlown
Work will mostly involve field surveys for amphibians at Yosemite, though some surveys will=2 0be conducted elsewhere in northern California
Gary Fellers is in Point Reyes. Some of that research will spill over into red-legged frog populations v. fish on the coastal range.
Just a note,
Russ
Re: Back to fishies and froggies
Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:55 pm
by rlown
Hi All,
Dr. Knapp just updated his blog at
http://anuranblog.blogspot.com/ with pointers to how to get involved in Yose and Seki Aquatic Planning. It's an agonizingly slow process, but sign up for the newsletters and get involved when possible.
Russ
Re: Back to fishies and froggies
Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:00 pm
by rlown
Thought you'd all want to join me in "celebrating" Save the Frog Day on April 28th, 2009. For more information, look at
http://www.savethefrogs.com/day/. Make sure you have your sound on before viewing to thoroughly enjoy the sound of frogs (not fish).
I got this from Roland Knapp's Frog Blog at
http://anuranblog.blogspot.com/
I'm sure most of can come up with a suitable Haiku for the Frog Poetry contest.
Also, they somehow seem better organized than us once again. go figure..
Russ