{"id":1564,"date":"2023-08-09T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/wrigley\/?p=1564"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:55:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:55:45","slug":"conservation-internship-teaches-environmental-studies-student-habitat-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2023\/08\/09\/conservation-internship-teaches-environmental-studies-student-habitat-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer on Catalina Island: Promoting the resiliency of the island\u2019s plant and animal life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08276-1-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08276-1-1920x1080.jpg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08276-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08276-1-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Stavish holds a pink flower towards the camera while crouched close to the ground\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"image-caption\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Stavish holds a malva rosa growing in an exclosure near Two Harbors, Catalina Island. Malva rosa are native to the island but currently grow wild only on Bird Rock, a half-mile offshore. The Conservancy is attempting to reintroduce the plant to the Catalina Island landscape.  (Nick Neumann\/WIES)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>Summer on Catalina Island: Promoting the resiliency of the island\u2019s plant and animal life<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>Vanessa Codilla<\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">August 9, 2023<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The idea of spending two-and-a-half months on scenic Catalina Island might evoke daydreams of laid-back vacationing and fun in the sun. But for\u00a0Audrey Stavish, a rising senior in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife-wrigley.usc.edu\/education\/environmental-studies\/\">USC Environmental Studies Program<\/a>, it was hard work. Stavish spent this summer exploring the field of habitat preservation and restoration through a Wrigley Institute-funded internship with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/catalinaconservancy.org\/\">Catalina Island Conservancy<\/a>\u00a0which helps protect the island\u2019s land and ecosystems.\u00a0In this full-time internship, Stavish and her peers learned about Catalina\u2019s unique natural and cultural history while doing on-the-ground work to support the Conservancy\u2019s environmental stewardship.<\/p>\n<p>The internship was not Stavish\u2019s first adventure on Catalina Island, nor was it her first time conducting extensive field work. An environmental science and health major and marine biology minor, she first became fascinated with the island\u2019s habitats and endemic species when she participated in the Wrigley Institute Catalina Residential College\u2019s month-long\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife-wrigley.usc.edu\/education\/residential-college\/maymester\/\">Maymester<\/a>\u00a0program, based at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife-wrigley.usc.edu\/research\/wmsc\/\">Wrigley Marine Science Center<\/a>. She also enrolled in a directed research class with environmental studies professor David Ginsburg, which allowed for more opportunities to conduct field work on Catalina Island.<\/p>\n<p>During her Conservancy internship this summer, Stavish primarily supported the organization\u2019s wildlife programs, which promote resilient native animal populations, and the Conservancy\u2019s plant management efforts to promote habitat restoration.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1565\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1565 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08613-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Catalina Island Conservancy interns, Stavish and her peers went on numerous field surveys around the island, which is home to nine endemic plant species and more than 40 rare plant species. (Nick Neumann\/WIES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1566\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1566 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07738-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conservation work requires adaptability, Stavish said. This can mean balancing multiple projects simultaneously, learning to navigate rugged environments safely while doing field work, and changing plans due to unexpected weather conditions. (Nick Neumann\/WIES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>One of the Conservancy\u2019s most notable wildlife initiatives is its effort to revive the Catalina Island fox population, which neared extinction in the late 1990s due to widespread disease and increased predation. The Conservancy protects this keystone species in a number of ways: annual island-wide trapping for the administration of vaccines against rabies and canine distemper, radio collar monitoring, morality investigations to identify causes behind fox deaths, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Every other week, Stavish helped with monitoring efforts by using telemetry technology to track and collect data on the island foxes that wear VHF radio collars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll drive around the island to make sure that we\u2019re hearing a signal from each of the collared foxes that indicates that they\u2019re alive,\u201d Stavish said. These collared foxes are unvaccinated, and checking for their survival helps provide information about any sudden population declines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we get a mortality signal, we\u2019ll locate the fox and bring them into our clinic to determine cause of death. This is important because, if there is a new virus, we can get ahead of the threat with our trapping efforts and vaccinate them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1567\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1567 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC07586-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stavish holds a telemetry device called a Yagi. She uses the compact antenna to check for mortality signals coming from foxes fitted with VHF radio collars. (Nick Neumann\/WIES)<\/dd>\n<dd><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\">\n<p>In addition to Stavish\u2019s projects with wildlife teams, she helped with plant management efforts. Tasks on this team are quite physically demanding. On some days she fixed exclosures, or fences that are meant to seal off a certain area of land to protect native plants from being eaten by deer and bison (animals that are not native to the island). On other days, she traveled to remote areas of the island to conduct rare plan surveys. This data will be used to inform management strategies that help ensure the survival of native plants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1568\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1568 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/116\/2024\/07\/DSC08004-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stavish ensures that an exclosure\u2019s fence is properly maintained so that Catalina Island native plants are able to grow without the threat of damage from deer or bison. 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