Biodiversity Month

Wild Lands Explorations - Crestridge Ecological Reserve

Event type: Other - Nature Hike
Hosted by: San Diego Natural History Museum
Date: May 18, 2002
Time: 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. PST
Where: El Cajon, San Diego County
Cost: $59 - $69

Program in cooperation with the State of California Department of Fish and Game. Van transportation is provided to all locations. The California Department of Fish and Game and the San Diego Natural History Museum have a joint cooperative agreement promoting ecological conservation and public education in Southern California. Each party brings specialized skills and resources to address the growing emphasis on habitat and species conservation in the region. Working together, the Department and the Museum can accomplish conservation and education goals that would be difficult to achieve working separately.

Crestridge Ecological Reserve, located between El Cajon and Alpine, is one of those special places where natural habitats and wildlife are protected and managed in perpetuity. Hike along paths through chaparral and sage scrub-covered slopes, live oak woodland, and grassland. Observe the native plant and wildlife inhabitants, including Orange-throated Whiptail, Cooper's Hawk, Nuttall's Woodpecker, Oak Titmouse, Lazuli Bunting, and Rufous-crowned Sparrow. Insects such as the Tiger Swallowtail, Behr's Metalmark, California Sister, stink beetles, and harvester ants may also be seen.

Class Code: P2-370-20

For more information contact M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. PST:
Wendy Eng-Rytell
Phone: 619/255 0241
Fax: 619/232 0248
Email: weng-rytell@sdnhm.org