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This trip is part of the 2022 City Nature Challenge! Take some time off this pre-study days weekend by heading out to enjoy some of the great beauty of LA. We will take this 4.6 mile trail through Will Rogers State Park in the pacific palisades. The trail features city and ocean views and isn’t too strenuous. We will be using iNaturalist to observe, document, and identify species along the way! You don’t want to miss it!
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: Rivas
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
SCENERY: A classic palisades hike meandering through sandy trails with lots of LA vegetation.
FUN FACT: The 186 acres of Will Rogers State Park were passed on to California as a state park in 1944!
TRIP LEAD: Quincy Hirt
Before he walks at commencement, come take a walk with Quincy!
Contact Quincy: qhirt@usc.edu
Read Quincy's bio here.