Greg Homer wows the Mayan Children @ Blue Creek Belize
Natural History Field Study Courses @ Folsom Lake College
Natural History Field Studies courses are offered at specific times and specific places to correspond with natural events like bird and mammal migrations, minus tides and plant cycles, to name a few. For instance, we travel to Monterey during the first two weeks in January to view Gray Whales to correspond with peak migration time for that particular species. We travel to Mono Lake Basin in October to not only enjoy the spectacular geology but to experience the migration of tens of thousands of eared grebes that depend on the food resources in Mono Lake. Top off the trip with fall plant colors in spectacular glaciated canyons - most likely, students will have encountered a lifetime nature experience.
The following is a list of Natural History Field Studies Courses designed and implemented over the years. Click on Current Course Offerings to view the current semester courses.
Choose from 16 alternating classes
Humpback Whale joined by hundreds of seabirds in a feeding frenzy - Farallon Islands
The Central and Northern California Coast
Humboldt Bay National Marine Sanctuary
The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
Coastal Tidepools: Ecology and Natural History
Ano Nuevo State Marine Reserve
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Whales - Whales: Marine Mammals of Monterey Bay
The California Gray Whale: Ecology and Natural History
Travel to pristine environments in California and Nevada
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Sacramento Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Sacramento Valley Wetlands
The Heart of the California Delta (and San Francisco Bay)
Springtime in the Sacramento River Valley Complex
The Winter Wildlife of the California Delta
The Great Basin (Desert Lakes Series)
The Mono Lake Basin
Pyramid Lake and the Lahonton Valley
Eagle and Honey Lakes and the Sierra Valley
Share your experience with enthusiastic students and instructors
Dan Dehr, ready to take on the elements @ Ano Nuevo
The Sierra Nevada Mountains
Carson Pass and Ebbett's Pass: Ecology and Natural History
The Yosemite High County and the Eastern Sierra Nevada
Tropical International Locations - Rainforests and Coral Reefs
Costa Rica
Belize
Ecuador
Australia
Contact Information: mdenega@comcast.net
Registration: http:// flc.losrios.edu/student_services/admissions/admissions.html
