PUBLIC RESEARCH

Mechanism
before claim.

A field method is useful only when its observations can be traced, tested, challenged, and repeated.

01 / FIELD CONTEXT
Public USGS aerial and topographic context for Morongo Valley and the surrounding wilderness
MORONGO VALLEY / REGIONAL CONTEXTPUBLIC USGS AERIAL + TOPOGRAPHY
PUBLIC BASE MAPNO PROJECT SITING OVERLAYS
Public base imagery and contours: USGS The National Map. Foundation-authored station, transect, and construction-planning layers are intentionally omitted. Not for navigation.
OLD GLORY PEAK CORRIDOR

Start with place.

The field program begins in Morongo Valley with terrain, fault, ecology, and access context. Final station locations remain subject to field reconnaissance, safety review, and land permission.

PUBLIC-INTEREST FIELD SCIENCE

Measurable, repeatable, and shared with the people who steward the land.

Every claim backed by a mechanism.
Every measurement tied to a place.
02 / METHODS
FOUR DISCIPLINES

Observe across systems.

Methods connect geophysics, ecology, community health, and systems science while keeping validated measurements separate from exploratory hypotheses.

Established measurementActive protocolActive hypothesisDesign inspirationA status describes the maturity of the work—not a positive result. Design inspiration is kept separate from research claims.
01ESTABLISHED MEASUREMENT

Environmental geophysics

Magnetometer transects calibrated against USGS reference data. Rock observations, magnetic susceptibility, and water-quality measurements are tied to documented field stations.

02ACTIVE PROTOCOL / PRE-DATA

Mycelial and ecological networks

GPS-stamped soil observations, fungal microscopy, moss documentation, ant census work, and camera traps build a repeatable picture of ecological change.

03PENDING ETHICS REVIEW

Community psychophysiology

HRV and cortisol methods remain inactive until ethics review and informed-consent approval. Human-participant data will be de-identified by design.

04ACTIVE HYPOTHESIS

Network and systems science

Documented measures test how ecological and human networks behave. Exploratory relationships remain hypotheses until replicated with appropriate controls.

Controls before conclusions.
Null results published.

Claims change when the evidence changes.

03 / ROADMAP
PROVE FIRST · BUILD SECOND

From first point to public method.

Each stage produces something useful before the project adds physical or organizational complexity.

01MONTHS 1–3

Map the baseline

First 50 GPS-tagged points · magnetometer transects · ecological survey · public field log preparation

02MONTHS 4–6

Validate methods

150 survey points · water-quality baseline · ecological network mapping · ethics-review preparation

03MONTHS 7–12

Run the fieldwork

Sensor network · growing trial · camera traps · first annual open dataset

04MONTHS 13–18

Share the method

Second survey cycle · land-manager workshops · replication protocol · manuscript preparation

04 / PUBLIC LIBRARY
OPEN METHODS

Read the method.
Trace the evidence.

Public protocols and de-identified outputs live here. Partner planning, fabrication, finance, and unreleased working documents do not.

PDF01

BIO-001 Psychophysiology Protocol

HRV, cortisol, control matching, and statistical plan. IRB approval pending.

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PDF02

Informed Consent Template

Consent language prepared for independent ethics review before participant work.

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PDF03

Ecological Network Survey Protocol

Soil, fungal, moss, ant, and camera-trap methods in preparation.

PROTOCOL / IN PREPARATION
CSV04

Open Dataset — Survey Points

De-risked field observations published after collection and quality review.

DATASET / PENDING FIELD COLLECTION