Sunrise Solitude & Early Morning WildlifeMeet ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self at the junction of Pine Flat Rd. and Red Winery Rd., 3/4 mile 'east' on Pine Flat Rd from Hwy 128 at Jimtown. We'll drive up to the Preserve, with each person claiming an individual sit-spot. We'll each settle in to appreciate the summer ...
A simple twist of fate brought researcher James Estes to the Aleutian Islands to study sea otters in 1970. While there, he found that sea otters are a "keystone species" and that their presence is vital to a healthy kelp forest ecosystem. The presence of sea otters controls the urchin ...