by Beverly Gingg | Feb 17, 2023 | Events and Activities, News and Views
LATO volunteer docents and Oak Ambassadors explored the spectacular Pecho Ranch on February 12,2023 with Bob Blanchard. For more than 30 years, Bob and his family have used a short-duration, high-intensity grazing system to restore the coastal prairie ecosystem and...
by Beverly Gingg | Feb 4, 2023 | News and Views, Oak Ambassadors
Watch this video to learn the basics of nature journaling with LATO docent Mary. Next time you’re out on a nature trail, you’ll be ready to try doing this...
by Beverly Gingg | Jan 26, 2023 | Events and Activities, News and Views
We’re so grateful to the network of volunteers, donors and partners who make LATO possible. We’ve had a productive year and look forward to more great adventures connecting kids, nature and land in 2023. LATO 2022 Highlights by The Land Conservancy of SLO...
by Beverly Gingg | Dec 16, 2022 | Discover Trail Life, Discoveries, News and Views, Pismo Preserve
December might be the perfect time for holiday fiestas, but it’s usually not the right time for blooming fiestas! We recently spotted fiesta flowers (Pholistoma auritum) along our private LATO nature trail at the Pismo Preserve. These native plants typically don’t...
by Beverly Gingg | Dec 1, 2022 | Discover Trail Life, News and Views, Pismo Preserve
Monarch butterflies might get all the fame, but some other insects migrate to overwinter in large groups. On our recent OA-led hike at the back of Pismo Preserve, students observed—and were amazed by—convergent ladybugs (Hippodamia convergens) that had converged into...
