Sign ups are first come first serve! Links will open at 9PM sharp on Sunday.
This trip is part of the 2024 City Nature Challenge! Celebrate the end of classes for the semester with a relaxing and beautiful hike in Malibu Creek State Park. This 3-4 mile hike is pretty flat and relatively easy, with the highlight being the big picturesque rock pool shaded by sycamores and bays, with views of the Santa Monica mountains all around.
We will be using iNaturalist to observe, document, and identify species along the way!
PACKING LIST:
Snacks
H2O
WAIVERS
WE WILL PROVIDE:
Knowledge of iNaturalist
Good vibes
PROFESSOR: Jill Sohm
DEPARTMENT: Environmental Studies
RATE MY PROFESSOR: "Professor Sohm is an amazing person. She is able to turn a topic that most would find boring, into something interesting and fun."
Professor Sohm is a biological oceanographer and microbial ecologist, who LOVES nitrogen fixation. She is mainly focused in nutrient limitation of carbon and nitrogen fixation, the competition for limiting nutrients, and how these factors shape the ecology of phytoplankton species/communities. She teaches a Problems Without Passports class on Catalina Island, where students study water and soil sustainably. Ask her about the 10+ oceanographic cruises she’s conducted research on, or how she deals with being the coolest person ever.
PEAK: Rock Pool Trail
DIFFICULTY: 2/5
SCENERY: A oak shaded lane leads to a stunning rock pool with walls of volcanic rock, and a picturesque lake pretty enough for a calendar.
FUN FACT: We will pass by a popular rock climbing wall where they filmed Planet of the Apes!
TRIP LEAD: Maya