Our field season has had to face many hurdles including wildfires and the resulting smokey conditions. Unfortunately, our crew was evacuated from our home base in Wawona when the Washburn Fire began. We were very fortunate that our supervisor was able to coordinate for us to backpack and sample in Kings Canyon National Park while …
Author Archives: Elizabeth Rush
Insect Macrophotography
Traditionally, insect community sampling requires killing insects to examine them under a microscope for identification or genetic identification. For our pollinator surveys in Yosemite National Park, we have been using macrophotography as a noninvasive sampling technique. Macrophotography is a great tool that can be used for species that can be identified my morphological characteristics. This …
Yosemite Pollinator Hotshots
Hello! My name is Elizabeth (Lizzie) Rush and I am the SIP Fellow at Yosemite National Park. I am a second-year master’s student at George Mason University studying environmental science and policy and conservation biology. My time at Yosemite has been spent leading a crew conduct ing pollinator surveys to create an inventory list for …