The Blue Oak Ranch Preserve north of Springville is the site for a number of future projects, including a project to study the habits of the western pond turtle. Last summer (August 2022) a team of students from Poplar installed a cellular gateway on a hill overlooking a large pond Read more…
The western pond turtle is found along the West Coast ranging from Baja Mexico to Canada. These turtles are found at the Blue Oak Ranch Preserve located north of Springville, California and managed by the Sequoia Riverlands Trust. The goal of this project is to learn more about where the Read more…
A new requirement for land owners in California is reporting the water levels of ponds on their land. Measuring and recording pond levels on a monthly basis requires extra time, effort and fuel. Youth from the towns of Poplar and Arvin helped with the design, manufacturing, and installation of a Read more…