July Trip to Morongo Valley, CA

Dylan was approved for travel to the Mojave Desert to continue his work on hybridization and host genomics of toxin degradation. He and Maggie (fellow graduate student and housemate) had a very successful trip to his site at Morongo Valley, CA. The pair live-trapped and released 83 woodrats (Neotoma lepida and Neotoma bryanti) in 3 nights to continue the longitudinal sampling plan of this site, now totaling 8 trips tracking woodrats over the past 2 years.

Maggie and Dylan, smiling despite the 30mph gusts of wind and >100 ºF temps!

Woodrat (Neotoma bryanti) on some local decor next to its midden.

Dylan at his study site, Morongo Valley, July 2020