Fieldwork, eight hours; research group meeting, three hours; one-, three-, and four-day field trips. Limited to senior Geography and Geography/Environmental Studies majors. Enrollment by application. Field focus on California vegetation and its response to current and future climate change. Students learn to collect field data, and to conduct field vegetation research. Students learn to work as professional research consultants in teams, develop consulting research proposals, consultant assessment reports, and present those reports orally and in written format to clients. Field trips to Mojave Desert, Great Basin Desert, pinyon pine woodland, pine-fire forest, alpine treeline, White Mountains, Sierra Nevada, and coastal pine and redwood forests. P/NP or letter grading.