Hiking South America

These small mammals are an important species in understanding the effects of climate change. Our goal is to recruit an army of outdoor enthusiasts to record data related to straw piles, urine stains, and pika presence/absence. Click To Learn More

A glacier’s mass balance is a general indicator of the health of the glacier. Long-term mass balance records can be indicators of local changes in climate. Click To Learn More

Many invasive species, like Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), are threatening the world’s natural resources, but the abundance of invasive species can vary dramatically over space and time. Scientists still do not have a good understanding of why this is so. Click To Learn More

Scientists in Alaska, Washington, and New Jersey have discovered that there are likely three species of glacier ice worm in the Pacific Northwest. While they have been around for > 5 million years, their habitat appears threatened in a way that National Parks and other typical conservation approaches may not be able to mitigate. Click To Learn More.

We need volunteers to go to remote places all over California to find and document historic rare plant populations. Click To Learn More