January 23, 2013
Today was my first day working at the Younger Lagoon Natural Reserve [YLR] and it was incredible. I had expected to enjoy getting my hands dirty, meeting new people, expanding my knowledge, and working in an out doors setting. It was everything I thought it would be and more. Let me start by offering words of praise to my new agency sponsor Tim Brown who is the Restoration Reserve Steward and the Reserve Field Manager Elizabeth Howard. Two incredibly nice, intelligent and helpful people. Tim will be my supervisor and mentor while working at the YLR. I will also be working with another intern named Corrine and a weekly volunteer named Dave. My posts will be labeled as weekly journal entries, which is true, but most weeks will actually refer to Wednesdays only.
One of the few relatively undisturbed wetlands remaining on the California Central Coast, the Younger Lagoon Reserve encompasses a remnant Y-shaped lagoon on the open coast just north of Monterey Bay. The lagoon system provides protected habitat for 100 resident and migratory bird species. Reserve habitats include salt and freshwater marsh, coastal strand, backdune pickleweed flat, steep bluffs with dense coastal scrub, pocket beach, grassland, and dense willow thickets.
-Younger Lagoon Reserve Website
-Younger Lagoon Reserve Website
One Part of the Lagoon.
An Area of the Reserve.
Awesome Bird of Prey with Seymour Center and Long Marine Lab in Background.
Reserve Coastline.
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