Jan 19, 2022
Annie Taylor, UC Berkeley PhD student and IGIS GSR has been awarded no less than 3(!) new grants to fund her PhD research. Congrats to Annie! The awards are:
- Research Grant from Joseph A. Myers Center for Research on Native American Issues
- Natalie Hopkins Award and Grant from the California Native Plant Society
- Sally Casey Research Scholarship from the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society
These are all funding her research at Año Nuevo State Park, where she is working with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to study the biodiversity of cultural plants in a unique coastal grassland ecosystem with decades of frequent fire stewardship.
Stay tuned for more about her work.
By Nina Maggi Kelly
Author - Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Author - Director, Statewide IGIS Program, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist