Joined: Nov 29, 2021 Last Active: Oct 5, 2024 iNaturalist
I'm an environmental science and integrative biology major at UC Berkeley. I recently concluded a terrestrial vegetation & invasive plant monitoring internship for the NPS in the Santa Monica Mountains, where I was actively involved in projects to conserve threatened flora and fauna. Now, I work in the Daane Lab, with lots of silly little wasps.
I am currently working on my senior thesis, conducting a study on benthic macroinvertebrate communities within the Ventura River. This research aims to evaluate their role as indicators of overall vertebrate health across its aquatic and riparian ecosystems. This is in association with the Ventura Land Trust.
Check out my project to help out!
If you see me observing off-trail, I promise I am meant to be there. ;)
I am most knowledgeable about insects and plants. If you are someone who pursued a higher degree in entomology after a broader BS, I want to talk to you!!
Big endemic chaser. Always wishing that I got into this earlier, as I have traveled a lot. Most bad photos taken with phone, marginally better ones taken with an Olympus E-300 or Olympus OM-10.
Resources I recommend:
Wildflowers of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area