Introduction

Led by the San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy, students learn about the  importance of Lake Hodges and the surrounding area to local wildlife and  overall watershed vitality and health. They are introduced to wildlife monitoring  and survey techniques and become citizen scientists for the day collecting  valuable data for the San Dieguito Citizen Science Monitoring Program. Students  then split into teams to look for animal tracks & scat, search for reptiles &  amphibians, look and listen for birds, and test the quality of the water collected  in the reservoir.