Crystal Cove Alliance helps students study the ecosystem

Dec. 17, 2015 12 AM PT

Crystal Cove Alliance hosted its first Field Science Saturday to give participants the chance to explore Moro Canyon and investigate the health of the area’s ecosystem.

The free event included 22 participants and will become a monthly activity in January, according to a news release.

Participants visit Bern’s Environmental Loop at Crystal Cove to collect data about the soil, water and plants. Data collected will be shared with local researchers and fed into a new environmental dashboard for Crystal Cove State Park, the release states.

The alliance is the official nonprofit partner of Crystal Cove State Park and designed to preserve the cultural, natural and historic resources of Crystal Cove.

For more information, visit crystalcovealliance.org.

Alicia Lopez

Alicia Lopez left Times Community News in 2015 after serving as city editor for the Coastline Pilot and Daily Pilot. She covered Southern California since 1993: Costa Mesa as a columnist and freelancer; the Inland Empire, Tustin, Costa Mesa and Newport Beach as a page designer; and Orange, Hemet, San Jacinto and Tustin as a reporter and photographer. She cut her teeth at the Daily Californian at UC Berkeley, where she earned her bachelor’s degree.