Don't Mess with Texas!  Michelle Sanford is shown workin' on the diminutive California strain of wetland skeeters.  She recently received a Ph.D. from Texas A & M.  Even though they grow things bigger in the Lone Star State, 50,000 of the SoCal buggers per trap night is enough to make anyone say "Yee haw!"

 

In addition to learnin’ all the latest techniques in the entomological sciences, working in this lab has permitted Jennifer Henke revisit one of the favorite activities from the halcyon days of her childhood…makin’ mudpies!

 
 

Lou Randall loves the smell of DEET in the morning while sampling mosquitoes in the San Jacinto Wetlands.
 

Parker Workman is either hawking some weird form of refreshment or is hot on the trail of some folks purported to be from France.  The tell-tale signs of fiberglass and aluminum cans cannot be seen in this picture, but the orange hat in the left of the photograph is evidence that these folks have been visiting stormwater BMPs alongside the freeway.
 

Dave Popko and George Peck could have gone surfing today but who can pass up transplanting vegetation when it is probably near 110°F.

 
 
Text Box: Karrie Chan… the brains behind this operation! This rare photo was taken during one of those infrequent periods when her movements slowed below light speed. A lab helper extraordinaire who never complained about anything …well… except for the "facilities" on the Big Island.
Text Box: "I wonder what the effects of home brew are on wetlands?" muses Joshua Jiannino.
Text Box: "Dudes…the 1-meter centers for planting bulrush stop at the edge of the wetland!" Alex Van Dam and Vincent Raikhel customize one of Fleet Services' vehicles. Fleet Services hates mud on the bottom of its trucks…at least this will be easier to wash off.

Some of the folks in the lab, July 2005.  Left to right: Dave Popko, Joshua Jiannino, Peggy Wirth, Bill Walton, Michelle Sanford.
 
Text Box: We are not really sure what Hannah Gould is doing here in the Prado Wetlands, but think it may have something to do with scaring the 6’ alligator. Before leaving for Yale, she left us with the following words of wisdom, “When exiting the boat, always watch that first step.”

Donald Beasley, the old version, tormenting Anopheles larvae.
 

We are not really sure what Hannah Gould is doing here in the Prado Wetlands, but think it may have something to do with scaring the 6' alligator.  Before leaving for Yale, she left us with the following words of wisdom, "When exiting the boat, always watch that first step."