Rising from the ashes Rising from the ashes – sorry to be cliché, but it is quite literally true in my case. The Dixie Fire was extremely disruptive to my project and my plans for this summer overall. It was not at all what I was expecting, but I suppose it is hard to “expect” …
Author Archives: Joelee Tooley
Expect the Unexpected
The Fun of Field Work I always tell people, field work never goes the way you want it to. There are always little hiccups and bumps along the way. It’s all part of the process. Science is messy. To be fair, this was a pilot project and we were still working out the kinks of …
Pika Pika!
A day in the life: Lassen Volcanic National Park Mornings are cool, quiet, beautiful….and wayyy to early. Alas, this is the biologists conundrum. The small mammals rise early, and so do we (at least I’m not an ornithologist). We set out for the day to check the Sherman traps we set the night before. Mice, …