Florida Canyon Adventure 2-20-14

Summary by Kai Delman

Photographs by Hailee Heidick

     On the 20^th 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!