Author Archives: Angela Pai

Angela was the League's Education Assistant where she taught the League's education field trips. When she is not in the redwoods you can find her working at a nursery or leading events for the California Center for Natural History.

Students from Half Moon Bay High School collect plant data as part of our Redwoods and Climate Change High School Program.

Tracking Seasonal Changes in Our Parks

by Angela Pai on July 13, 2018

What determines when shrubs bloom? The study of seasonal life cycle events such as this is called phenology, and gathering long-term data on these cycles is the focus of the California Phenology Project (CPP). Collecting data is simple, and anyone can participate. For the past couple of months, I’ve been tracking some plants in Redwood Regional Park as part of the Redwood Phenology Project by Save the Redwoods League and the East Bay Regional Park District.