You may have missed the research when it came out this February: a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science reporting on satellite studies of farmland topsoil in the nation’s corn belt, states like Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois. Jacobs co-leads a 'squirrel school,' observing rescued and orphaned juvenile squirrels as they learn normal squirrel behavior, and is contributing to a project seeking to develop robots using agility tricks learned from the rodents. Ira talks with Lucia Jacobs, a professor in the department of psychology and the Institute of Neuroscience at UC Berkeley, about her studies of the campus squirrels- from learning about their cognition, learning, and memory to recording the acrobatic movements of a squirrel on the ground and in the treetops. But how can squirrels recall where it has stashed all its stores? And what can studying squirrels tell researchers about memory, learning, and economic decision-making in other species? In many parts of the country, the lead-up to winter is a busy time for squirrels, furiously collecting and hiding acorns and nuts for the cold months ahead. Squirrel-Nut Economics And Other Agility Tricks “The sky was orange and there was ash, like big pieces of ash falling,” says Reyes’ friend Vicky Castro. “When I woke up, I did notice it was kind of cloudy,” says Reyes. Groups split up to go hiking, swimming and grilling, and Carcamo’s family prepared for their annual pupusa night later in the weekend.īy Saturday morning, however, the atmosphere had changed. “Being there, let me tell you, it’s like a little piece of paradise,” says Carcamo.

There’s only one road in and out, which dead ends at the lake. The attraction is unfiltered Sierra Nevada: Sparkling blue water surrounded by a thick forest of stately ponderosa pines and black oaks. The campground and reservoir are nestled at an elevation of about 3,000 feet in the Central California foothills a few hours northeast of Fresno. “The smell of all the pine trees and stuff, and the trees are so big, it’s really cool. They fill their weekend with jet-skiing, ATVing and hiking. Every year, they drive in from Las Vegas to meet up with an off-roading club made up of a few dozen families from across the West. “I’m telling you, we have over 200 people.”Īlex Tettamanti and her husband Raul Reyes are also Labor Day regulars. “Most of it is my family, and family that’s invited family, and those family friends have invited friends of theirs,” she says. Karla Carcamo and her parents, siblings, cousins, and countless others, mostly from the Los Angeles area, have been coming here every Labor Day for 17 years. It was Labor Day 2020, and Mammoth Pool Reservoir, in California’s Sierra Nevada, was buzzing with campers. As Wildfire Intensity Rises, So Does The Human Toll Of Blazes

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