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LOS ANGELES IS NOT A DESERT


For The Love Of The Foxes- A Weekend Trip To Santa Rosa
Do you love foxes? Do you love very tiny foxes that look like cats and happen to be the apex predators of their ecosystems? Do you love...
amanda smith
Nov 6, 20233 min read
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Glamping or Backbacking on the Trans Catalina Trail- Day One
Do vault toilets and running water sound like small luxuries that would be nice to have on a multi-day backpacking trip? How about access...
amanda smith
May 28, 20233 min read
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Branded As Wastelands. Rebranded As Paradise. The Struggle To Know Our Ecological Roots.
Florida and California are often thought of as being polar opposites from one another, but what similarities might they have? Well...
amanda smith
Sep 9, 20227 min read
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Normalize Summer Dormancy!
Summer dormancy can be confusing to some when the majority of the country thinks of summer as the "green time". Will just like a tons of...
amanda smith
Aug 24, 20221 min read
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Where No Sagebrush Has Gone Before
LA isn't a desert. It's outer space! Well ok... today we are talking about a desert too. I've been watching a lot of 90's Star Trek while...
amanda smith
Aug 19, 20225 min read
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"Hey Eleven! California Poppies... ever hear of them?!"
When I sat down to eagerly watch Season 4 of Stranger Things, I was not planning on thinking about California Native Plants. But only a...
amanda smith
Jun 10, 20223 min read
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Keep Pacheco Wild!
I was approached by Stop The Pacheco Dam Project to design a sticker and t-shirt for their work to "Keep Pacheco Wild" and stop the...
amanda smith
Apr 27, 20221 min read
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