COSTA MESA – They are replanting history. Biologists, engineers and others have transformed a corner of Fairview Park into an ecosystem that likely thrived there 3 million years ago. Today, …
Writing his master’s thesis on the rare Western pond turtle, which frequents UC Irvine’s San Joaquin marsh, Barry Nerhus discovered his calling in restoration ecology. Soon after, he founded Huntington …
Trapping rare native turtles in an Irvine marsh yields this surprising finding: they have plenty of personality. Biologist Barry Nerhus, 28, spends his days catching dozens of southwestern pond turtles …
