Long-term Carrizo Plain project featured in national media

Long-term Carrizo Plain project featured in national media

Our group’s work in Carrizo Plain National Monument, a semi-arid grassland ecosystem 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, was highlighted in the Washington Post last week in a conversation about the cascading effects of California’s drought on native wildlife. In particular, the article focuses on the effects of Carrizo’s gradual conversion from grassland to desert on the Endangered and charismatic Giant kangaroo rat, Dipodomys ingens. Brashares was subsequently interviewed about these drought effects by Alex Wagner on MSNBC and Peter O’Dowd on Here and NowRead more

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