Join TERC scientists for a fun, interactive on-the-mountain tour at Palisades Tahoe Alpine Meadows in partnership with the US Forest Service. Do you love to ski/snowboard and science? This is a unique opportunity for you!  Learn about the research and education of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC), the environmental history of Alpine Meadows, and the role of the US Forest Service and public lands at Palisades Tahoe. 

This program happens at 1:00pm on Fridays beginning mid-February through the end of March. Tours will last approximately 1 hour. In the event that on-the-mountain tours are cancelled for inclement weather or unsafe snow conditions, the presentations will be alternatively available at 1:15pm inside the Alpine lodge.

Featured Scientists:

February 21 - Citizen Science Tahoe 
Education and Outreach Director Heather Segale discusses ways TERC is working to increase environmental literacy and stewardship action in the Tahoe Basin and ways for YOU to get involved. 
 

February 28 - Bees in Winter Survival Mode 
Where do the bees go in winter? Are they hibernating? Dr. Rachel Vannette from the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nemotology discusses how bees overwinter.
 

March 7 - Forest Ecology: Fire and Ice
TERC Staff researcher Aaron Vanderpool discusses the new and novel ways UC Davis researchers are innovating ways we reforest following wildfire.
 

March 14 - Microplastics Extraction
The work of a chemist often goes unseen due to closed, sterile lab environment. Steven Sesma shares the painstaking work of removing and individually counting plastic particles found in Lake Tahoe. 
 

March 21 -  Navigating the Waters of Tahoe
Being on a boat most days in Tahoe may sound nice, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows. TERC's boat captain, Mike Cane discusses the ups and downs of limnology and what we are finding during regular monitoring.
 

March 28 - AUVs from Tahoe to Antarctica
We collected over a million data points across Tahoe during 
the Caldor fire in hazardous conditions. We measured ocean temperatures below the ice shelves of the Antarctic. Dr. Alex Forrest and Graduate Student Kenny Larrieu explain how.