Pecho Ranch Tour

Pecho Ranch Tour

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...
Lady Beetles

Lady Beetles

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...