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Coastal California Dreaming: A Taste of Real Science

  • by Nate Bossier
  • September 15, 2022

 

Nate Bossier is 23 years old, born and raised in Novato California. Recent graduate of Santa Rosa Junior College, Nate is transferring to Cal Poly Humboldt and majoring in Freshwater Fishery Biology.

Let me set the scene. It’s 5:30 am in the morning and I’m driving through thick fog blanketing the roads of West Marin. I’m heading to my first fieldwork outing, and thinking “man, I really signed up for this?”  This was the beginning of a truly eye opening and fulfilling internship with my mentor and UC Davis PhD student, Priya Shukla.

A person in a black and blue wet suite standing in front of a calm ocean coastline.

Nora Frank

  • Husbandry and Data Manager
  • White Abalone Captive Breeding Program
Bodega Marine Laboratory
University of California Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, PO Box 247, 2099 Westshore Rd, Bodega Bay CA 94923
Alyssa Frederick

Alyssa Frederick, Ph.D.

  • Director, White Abalone Captive Breeding Program
  • Bodega Marine Laboratory
  • Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute
Bodega Marine Laboratory
University of California Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, PO Box 247, 2099 Westshore Rd, Bodega Bay CA 94923
Megan Moriarty

Megan Moriarty, DVM, MPVM, PhD

  • Free-ranging wildlife health veterinary resident
  • UC Davis Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center
  • California Department of Fish and Wildlife
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Investigations Laboratory
1701 Nimbus Road Suite D, Rancho Cordova CA 95670
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