Purpose To test the feasibility of creating artificial burrows and their use by Burrowing Owls on the grassland preserves throughout western Placer County. Project The project will build several artificial burrows on Placer Land Trust (PLT) lands in west Placer County and monitor the success of both the old burrows and new ones to [...]

Goal Determine the timing of emigration and distribution of anadromous salmonids in the Raccoon and Doty Creek watersheds. Objectives Characterize the occurrence and distribution of juvenile anadromous salmonids (i.e., fall-run Chinook salmon and Central Valley steelhead) emigrating from the upper watershed during the period from late March through June using environmental DNA techniques Evaluate the [...]

The bird community serves as a very good “barometer” of the effect of environmental change (climate change, wildfires, drought) on biodiversity in our remote mountain ecosystems. The Institute for Biodiversity and the Environment (IBE) has as one of its core research projects the Pacific Crest Trail Biodiversity Megatransect (PCTBM), which is an ongoing survey [...]

Objectives To protect and restore the biological diversity of Clover Valley To protect, in perpetuity, the cultural resources present in Clover Valley To provide experiential learning and research opportunities for students and faculty as well as nearby schools and colleges To provide educational and recreational opportunities for all those who live in, and who visit, [...]

Overview We are presently developing a study on the ecology of our forests when extracting woody biomass as a feedstock for the production of biofuels; what effect does this extraction have on the ecosystem function of our forests, ecological services, and on overall biodiversity? We are currently building partnerships with leading biofuels companies and [...]