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Kathleen Wong

Arbor Creek Experimental Watershed: watching the flow of water through oak woodlands

August 26, 2020 By Kathleen Wong Leave a Comment

Arbor Creek Watershed

Foothill oak woodlands are among the most familiar ecosystems in California. Supporting deer and squirrels, acorn woodpeckers and oak moths, these habitats occupy tens of thousands of acres across the state. Yet change is coming to these widespread habitats. Like much of the West, California’s foothills are predicted to experience shifts in climate in coming […]

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Tracking water through California ecosystems

December 12, 2017 By Kathleen Wong Leave a Comment

OAKLAND, California—The University of California Natural Reserve System has received a $2.179 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to monitor the pulse of water through state ecosystems. The California Heartbeat Initiative-Freshwater (CHI-Freshwater) will link plant responses to environmental conditions such as heat waves, rainstorms, and drought on a landscape scale. The results will be […]

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