Evan's 1st Birthday!!

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Hope everyone enjoyed their summer!

With snow covering Mammoth Mountain; fall is truly here. I had a great summer surveying the high mountain lakes of not only the Sierra Nevada, but also the Russian Wilderness and the Trinity Alps. It had been ten years since those two areas had been surveyed, so it was time to monitor the amphibian populations.

The frogs are doing very well. We counted 225 healthy adults in one of our restoration areas; Matlock Lake!

Hope everyone's summer is going well!

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Photos

Jeff and Evan
This is my brother-in-law and nephew at the annual summer parade, Mule Days.

Snorkel survey
The Fish and Game has been transplanting tad poles into the Eastern Brooks Lakes for a few years and to do the most thorough search possible, I snorkeled around the entire lake looking for the little guys. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any...maybe next year.

Float tube
Going in to pull a Gill Net used for fish surveys.

Tioga Pass
I took my Mountain Board, which has a brake, up to the top of Tioga Pass and then carved my way down for 15 minutes with my parents in the car behind me. They were worried, but I eased a little of their worry with a full-face helmet, gloves and the brake.

Sarah and Evan
Nothing will stop my sister Sarah from getting on the trail. Not even a newborn!