Summary by Kai Delman
Photographs by Hailee Heidick
On the 20th of February, The Bee Group and Garden
Club made another successful journey to Florida canyon. Our group consisted of
18 students and 4 advisors. We first learned about bones from an archeologist
from UCSD. We looked at bones that we found on a previous adventure. The archeologist taught
us that all mammal bones are similar, and that bones finish growing their ends
at adulthood. We studied the bones, hypothesizing that the bones were from
cattle. We reached this conclusion because the bone seemed to have been cut by
a man made tool, which suggested that it was going to be eaten. These practices
were common about a hundred years ago, so this bone was probably a hundred
years old. After this great experience, we continued on to community service.
We trimmed down eucalyptus trees that were engulfing native plants like
California Buckwheat. After trimming many invasive plants, we moved farther
down into the canyon and focused on cutting down St. John’s Wort, an invasive
plant that is not native to San Diego. This was a really fun, successful event!
Thank you, volunteers!
