Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

28 Mar, 04 AM - 29 Mar, 04 AM

Specific sites at the Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve will be decided upon arrival since we have never visited the reserve before. We will choose approximately two to three stream sites along a perennial stream course, most likely along Big Creek and Devils Creeks. There will be no disturbance to the reserve's ecosystem, no collecting, and no manipulative or destructive sampling. We will be placing inconspicuous mesh bags into the water with clean, disease-free Rhododendron leaves encased that will float on the water surface and be picked up after approximately two weeks to bait for Phytophthora species. The bags will be tied to a branch, tree trunk, or other available anchor to the side of streams with white nylon 3/16" solid braid rope (highly visible and easily removed). If stream flow is relatively fast the bags may be additionally anchored with a 1-pound fishing weight tied to 80 pound, white (highly visible) fishing line and placed in the flow to anchor the bag in place. These methods have been tested and are currently being used at many other sites throughout coastal California watercourses. All materials will be removed after completion of the study. We would like to stay at one of the research facilities on the reserve during our activity.

Visit #6796 @Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

Approved

Under Project # 5104 | Research

Monitoring Phytophthora ramorum distribution within coastal California watersheds

faculty - California Polytechnic State University (CSU), San Luis Obispo

Reservation Members(s)

Group of 2 Research Scientist/Post Doc Mar 28 - 29, 2005 (2 days)

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Gatehouse 2 Mar 28 - 29, 2005
Whale Point Researcher Cabin 2 Mar 28 - 29, 2005