2020 Virtual Workshop
MCRS Capstone Presentations:
Analysis of Southern California Mitigation Banks
Corrina Tapia
Black Abalone Habitat Asssessment in Orange County
Julia Peay and Kelcey Chung
Ecological Restoration of The Bowl at Crystal Cove State Park
Valente Ayala, Maryam Ibrahim, Peter Lam and Justin Morgan
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Habitat Corridors via Wildlife Camera Monitoring
Sinem Kargin
In-vitro Conservation of Dudleya
Kevin Alison
Investigating the Status of White-Tailed Kite in Orange County
Omar Moquit
Southwestern Pond Turtles
Yvonne Valencia and Lyell Buttermore
Tools for Assessing Hydrologic Challenges and Restoration Potential of Reservoir Deltas
Emma Havstad
May 17, 2019: Decolonizing Ecology and Indigenous Land Co-Management
This year’s workshop was co-hosted by the Sacred Places Institute. The goals of the workshop were:
- to build shared understanding around the concepts of Indigenous land management and decolonizing ecology
- to identify shared goals, such as the preservation and restoration of integrated ecological communities
- to build collaborations amongst local tribes, ecologists, land management agencies, and other community members
- to begin developing relationships with tribes to work toward the development of best practices for land co-management
May 18, 2018: Ecological Monitoring and Research Workshop
This year the workshop featured a session on the use of chemical pesticides and herbicides to control invasive species in open space. We heard public safety concerns, information about Integrated Pest Management, and presentation of mechanical methods of weed control.
Content from our breakout sessions can be found here.
May 19, 2017: Ecological Monitoring and Research Workshop
Jim Randerson, our featured speaker, presented his work on wildfires. He compared the frequency of larger wildfires, driven by Santa Ana winds, to smaller wildfires, driven by high temperatures. Other workshop presentations were arranged related to drought, Orange County research projects, ongoing monitoring projects, and education and outreach activities. The first poster session of the day featured our 5th grade citizen scientists working on Project CRYSTAL!
May 25, 2016: Installation Celebration of the UC Irvine Ecological Preserve’s Interpretive Signs
We celebrated an achievement of the CEB interns. They wrote and acquired a grant to produce interpretive signs for the Eco Preserve and we debuted the signs with a guided scenic walk. The UC Irvine Eco Preserve is a 60-acre site near campus that has been used for extensive research over the years. Thanks to those of you who were able to come!
May 9, 2014 Workshop: Restoration on Steep Slopes
Thanks to those of you who participated in our workshop on ecological restoration on steep slopes! Click here to access resources from the workshop including proceedings and notes, participant contributed resources (please upload more resources to share!), and participant contact information.
Sept. 18, 2013 CEB Faculty Workshop
CEB faculty presented research, education, and outreach projects conducted in collaboration with local agencies. Research topics included symbiotic microbes, pollination and black mustard, fountain grass population dynamics, precipitation and vegetation change, and cactus wren habitat quality. Summaries of CEB faculty research presented at the workshop are available as a pdf here.
Oct. 27, 2012 Workshop on the OC Ecological Data Portal
The purpose of the ecological data portal is to map and link to ecological data-sets to encourage collaboration and synergies in our many activities and to provide data for educational purposes. You may view a prototype of the portal at: http://ecodataportal.org/
Click here to download the spreadsheet on research and monitoring for the Data Portal.
Please return the form to Sarah Kimball if you would like meta-data regarding your data to be added to the portal. The ecological data portal will include your meta-data and a link to the site where your data are stored.
Jan. 27 Workshop on Ecological Research in Orange County
Please click on the presentation titles below to download the powerpoint files.
- Ecological Research in Orange County: Origins & Future, Phil Rundel, UCLA
- Habitat management program for Orange County’s central and coastal Natural Community Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan, Kris Preston, Nature Reserve of Orange County
- Monitoring Conservation Easement Lands in Orange County, Zachary Principe, The Nature Conservancy
- Monitoring on the Irvine Ranch National Landmark, Jutta Burger, Irvine Ranch Conservancy
- Monitoring and research in Crystal Cove State Park, David Pryor, Crystal Cove State Park
- Interacting effects of water input, nitrogen deposition, and fire on Coastal Sage Scrub, Mike Goulden, UC Irvine
- Vegetation monitoring in Orange County, Douglas Deutschman, San Diego State University
- Studying how humans, other wildlife, and disease affect conservation of mountain lions in an urbanizing landscape, Winston Vickers, UC Davis
- Native functional groups, seeding methods, and maintenance methods determine native establishment in trait-based restoration, Sarah Kimball, UC Irvine CEB
- USDA Orange County invasive plant management (OCIM), Sara Jo Dickens, UC Berkeley
- Applied restoration, wildlife and habitat monitoring research, Sandy DeSimone, Audubon Starr Ranch Sanctuary
- Plant and fungal community responses to different methods of Brassica removal, Riley Pratt, OC Society for Conservation Biology
- Below-ground indicators of ecosystem function, Kathleen Treseder, UC Irvine
- Metrics of ecosystem response to global change, Mike Allen, UC Riverside
This workshop was presented by UCI’s Center for Environmental Biology and Nature Reserve of Orange County.
Additional partners include: Irvine Ranch Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Society, Crystal Cove State Park, and the Fish and Wildlife Service