Cal Poly students, in collaboration with California State Parks, CAL FIRE and U.S. Forest Service, conducted a 26-acre prescribed burn at the university’s Escuela Ranch to learn about and experience the benefits of prescribed burns.
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Fighting fire with fire: how a Cal Poly class is helping prevent fires
Cal Fire San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly, and California State Parks conducted a prescribed burn at Cal Poly’s Escuela Ranch as part of a vegetation management plan. About 30 acres were intentionally burned to improve fire safety, restore ecosystem health, and give students hands-on wildfire training. Students trained alongside state professionals and helped plan, conduct, […]
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Annual Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival unites Central Coast birdwatchers
The City of Morro Bay is a Globally important Bird Area and a State and National Estuary.
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The Butterfly Effect
Okay, so I love college. I really do. But at a time like this when we’ve all had a couple weeks of no classes, midterms, finals or waking up excruciatingly early — some of us might not exactly be jumping up and down about everything that comes with another quarter of school. So for my […]