Adventures
Here, you can join us as we venture across Northern California to explore the natural settings central to our work and to assist fellow scientists with their research projects.
The Delta
Our Lab Team hit the road for a field trip to the local rice paddies and the Cosumnes River Preserve to get a closer look at the land where we work and conduct our studies.
Hungry Hollow
The SAWS Geophysics Lab used a towed transient electromagnetic (tTEM) instrument pulled by an ATV through Hamerness, Smith, and Williams Ranches in Hungry Hollow to map the electroresistivity of the soil in the area. A 2800ft fiber optic cable is buried under the Hungry Hollow Canal and connected to a Distributed Temperature Sensor (DTS) to measure the temperature along the canal as water percolates into the ground.
Bullseye Pistachio Orchard
At the Bullseye Pistachio Orchard, an EM-38 instrument is used to measure the resistivity of the soil. The instrument is placed on a sled which is pulled by an ATV or side by side.
Paso Robles and Terranova
The SAWS Geophysics Lab tested Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instruments in Paso Robles and Terranova for Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) research.
Lookout Slough
Day 2 of the Delta Stewardship Council Adaptive Management Conference (October 2025) included a field trip to Lookout Slough, a recently restored wetland.
Bullseye Pistachio Orchard Tour
We toured a pistachio farm with Matthew Roby, a biometereologist on SAWS.
Salton Sea Tour
We toured new migratory bird habitat being developed in collaboration with California Fish & Wildlife.
