tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3092618642849518512026-04-29T02:48:19.872-07:00Brian and Ashley's Hiking BlogBrian and Ashley's Hiking Blog is a Site about Hiking in Orange County, Southern California, and beyond featuring detailed trail write-ups, trail maps, and advice on local hikes.Brian & Ashley's Hiking Blog!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09931360309033117724noreply@blogger.comBlogger63013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309261864284951851.post-25855138773983081402025-03-26T06:51:00.000-07:002025-03-26T06:51:40.890-07:00Ashley Skalsky becomes a certified American Cetacean Society of Orange County Volunteer Naturalist A special congratulations to Ashley Skalsky, who recently completed a course offered by the American Cetacean Society's Orange County Chapter and is now a volunteer naturalist. While it may not be known to those on our hiking blog, we had the opportunity to get a center console boat this past year and have been spending lots of time on the Pacific Ocean on the weekends, goingBrian & Ashley's Hiking Blog!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09931360309033117724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309261864284951851.post-31959398107777457142024-09-06T09:04:00.000-07:002024-09-06T09:04:14.167-07:00Irvine Ranch Conservancy Celebrates the Completion of the West Loma Subwatershed Project in Partnership With OCTAAfter a decade of work, the restoration project has met success criteria and has been officially signed off by U.S. and California regulatory agencies(Orange County, Calif.) – Irvine Ranch Conservancy (IRC) is celebrating another successful habitat restoration project in the West Loma region of OC Parks’ Irvine Ranch Open Space, which marks the fourth in a series of mitigation projects sponsored Brian & Ashley's Hiking Blog!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09931360309033117724noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-309261864284951851.post-9401987230824209802024-05-22T19:45:00.000-07:002024-05-22T19:45:20.167-07:00First-of-its-Kind Project with Irvine Ranch Conservancy Brings Elementary School Through College Students Together for Habitat Restoration Research(Orange County, Calif.) – Students of all ages are coming together for one common goal, to help restore Orange County’s native lands. A collaborative partnership between Irvine Ranch Conservancy (IRC), UC Irvine’s Center for Environmental Biology (UCI CEB) and the Orange County Department of Education’s Inside the Outdoors (ITO) is engaging elementary school through college students in Brian & Ashley's Hiking Blog!http://www.blogger.com/profile/09931360309033117724noreply@blogger.com0