Dawson Los Monos Canyon Reserve sits along the (once) perennial Agua Hedionda Creek in Vista, California and contains habitats such as Southern riparian woodland, coast live oak woodland, inland sage scrub, mixed and chamise chaparral, and mixed grassland of native bunchgrasses and introduced annuals.
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Twice a year in the spring and the fall, NRS staff, community, and school volunteers get together at the Dawson Reserve and along multiple other sites along Agua Hedionda Creek to examine the water quality by measuring water chemistry, invertebrate sampling, stream velocity, and physical habitat. |
| You will find two weather stations on the Dawson Reserve: one in the meadow (shown) and one up on a ridge. These stations continuously collect data on temperature, rainfall, windspeed and direction, and atmospheric pressure. The data are stored in a database accessable online to anyone by clicking here. |
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In spite of Colony Collapse Disorder occuring throughout the United States, the bees love the Dawson Reserve! They have moved in under the research trailer on five separate occasions and have been removed successfully each time.
If you are interested in research on bees, we can help you set up hive boxes. |
| The research trailer is available for small classes and overnight researcher use. Telephone, wireless internet, full kitchen, and bunkbeds (sleeps up to 3)
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