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Jim Ervin
Jim Ervin

A Boat-side View of Restoring South Bay Tidal Marshes

It’s time for another guest post! We are lucky to get a boater’s-eye view of our restoring tidal marshes from Jim Ervin, who writes a monthly nature blog for UC Davis, a summary of eyewitness observations from the boat used by UC Davis fish scientists as they cruise up and down the Coyote Creek and around Alviso marshes and sloughs trawling to monitor fish. Jim takes the photos and develops maps to track the outcomes of the university’s fish monitoring crew.

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Attendees at an earlier, in-person symposium. Credit: Ben Young Landis
Attendees at an earlier, in-person symposium. Credit: Ben Young Landis

A Simpatico Science Symposium

Hi Everyone! Donna Ball, Project Lead Scientist here. Dave is out in the field taking pictures of heavy machinery moving massive amounts of dirt (you’ve seen the pictures in his prior posts) or some such activity. While he’s away, I thought that I would hijack his blog to tell you about the upcoming Science Symposium. So, pull up a chair…

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Eric Larkin, Kate Freeman, trash bags, and kayak
Eric Larkin, Kate Freeman, trash bags, and kayak

A Kayak Trip to the Island Ponds

At long last, we have our very first guest post here at Salty Dave’s Wetland Weblog! There is an exciting story below, and I’m doing my best not to spoil it. But I can’t not mention up front how grateful I am for this authorial contribution — and even more for the actual event described in this piece:

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