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WMRC Lecture Series: Getting chased up the mountain- life at high elevation in the face of environmental change with Dr. Elizabeth Dahlhoff

Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop

Elizabeth Dahlhoff, Professor of Biology at Santa Clara University and colleague of Nathan Rank, will discuss her long-term research on examining physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms by which animals respond to environmental change. Her research specifically focuses on that of the willow leaf beetle that dwells in the high Sierra Nevada. PLEASE SEE THE INFORMATION...

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WMRC Lecture Series: Insect population ecology in the Sierra Nevada- a 40 year perspective with Dr. Nathan Rank

Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop

The willow leaf beetle Chrysomela aeneicollis lives at high altitude in the South-central Sierra Nevada, from near Mount Whitney to Yosemite. This California insect has been the focus of studies of ‘Evolution in Action’ since the 1980s, when Dr. John Smiley (former WMRC station manager) and then graduate student Nathan Rank conducted experiments examining relationships...

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WMRC Lecture Series:100 Years of Piper v Big Pine-The Alice Piper Story with Sage Romero

Owens Valley Station 3000 E Line St., Bishop

Join Big Pine Paiute tribal member and Akamya Cultural Group Director Sage Romero as he discusses the legacy of Alice Piper and the Piper v Big Pine case that set the precedent for Brown v Board of Education. PLEASE SEE THE INFORMATION BELOW FOR THE LOCATION. This event is free and open to the public....

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