by LATO | Dec 1, 2022 | Discover Trail Life, News and Views, Pismo Preserve
Monarch butterflies might get all the fame, but some other insects migrate to overwinter in large groups. On our recent OA-led hike at the back of Pismo Preserve, students observed—and were amazed by—convergent ladybugs (Hippodamia convergens) that had converged into...
by LATO | Aug 24, 2022 | Discover Trail Life, Vineyard Elementary School Nature Trail
Did you know that the Paso Robles Creek that flows through the Vineyard Elementary School Nature Trail once hosted steelhead trout? Coastal rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus, and its anadromous form known as steelhead trout, are native to Pacific Coast...
by LATO | Apr 19, 2020 | News and Views, Vineyard Elementary School
Vineyard School Oak Ambassador Georgie and her mom shared this report from the woods of Connecticut: Today, we went out for a trail hike and low and behold this trail is courtesy of a land conservancy! As we hiked, we so appreciated that this land was preserved and...
by LATO | Mar 27, 2020 | News and Views
On March 7, 2020, Oak Ambassadors-in-training from Vineyard Elementary School, Santa Margarita Elementary School and Ocean View Elementary School enjoyed a morning bird walk at El Chorro Regional Park with Morro Coast Audubon Society Education Committee volunteers...
by LATO | Nov 20, 2019 | News and Views, Oak Ambassadors, Ocean View Elementary School
On November 7, 2019, Ocean View School Oak Ambassadors guided a wonderful morning of oak woodland explorations at the backside of The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County’s Pismo...