Lots of activity, preparation, and anticipation at the Reserve today as the team pushed through to get a ton of plant data catalogued properly, checked on pressings that have been drying, and started to pull their gear together for the overnight hike that starts tomorrow morning. And somehow they also managed to find time to play host to two educators from the Los Angeles area who visited today, and blew them away with their lesson plan ideas for ways to introduce the work they're doing here to various different kinds of students.
Check out the video to see some of the preparation work being done: http://youtu.be/brud66xwlR0
Ten intrepid students, four militant staff, and one unsuspecting Reserve Director make up the cast of this environmental parallel to Real World. From a cabin in the San Jacinto Mts, this crew will learn the secrets of the landscape while avoiding the pitfalls that crushed mere mortals. Two weeks seems like a long time but when you're sleeping on plastic sheets in a hot dormer, it's an eternity. There may not be rain, there may not be hot showers, but, by God, there will be Ultimate Frisbee!
With forest fires raging in many parts of New Mexico, Smokey's home state, it's worth taking a moment to remember Smokey's key message: "Only YOU...."
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