<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/studentsuccess/stem/articles/patch-forestry-glendora.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>03/28/2022</pubDate><title>Turning Outdoor Passion to Purpose</title><author>Dr. Patricia A. Rasmussen, Guest Columnist</author><image><img src="/studentsuccess/stem/articles/images/patch-forestry-glendora.jpg" alt="group shot of the forestry class visiting the Sequoia National Park"/></image><caption>Citrus College instructor Robert Goodman is joined by more than two dozen students during a field trip to Sequoia National Park in spring 2017. The group posed by the remnants of a 1,700-year-old sequoia tree that was, at one point, 26 feet wide. </caption><thumbnail/><display/><description>With the San Gabriel Mountains as a fitting backdrop, Citrus College WRF students study ecosystems, wildfire and natural history while gaining agency internships, field experience and preparation for transfer.</description><tags><tag>academics</tag><tag>stem</tag></tags></item>