Biodiversity study begun at Selah

Despite the challenges of a lengthy drought coupled with many excessively hot days in 2011, the Bamberger Ranch Preserve embarked on the beginning of a several-year biodiversity study, led by Dr. David Ribble with Trinity University out of San Antonio.  Pit fall traps were placed in 14 different ecosystems around the ranch in January 2011 and with the assistance of grad students and Steven Fulton, a variety of snakes, small mammals and other critters have been documented and preserved for scientific research.  The initial goal is to get a baseline of what animals are currently residing at Selah and what, if any, changes occur with future climate fluctuations.