<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/biologist-offers-community-illustrated-field-guide.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>11/24/2025</pubDate><title>Biologist Offers Community‑Illustrated Field Guide</title><excerpt>Amanda Sparkman, Westmont professor of biology and director of environmental studies, has released the third volume in the “California Wild Neighbors” series, “Neighbors with Fur: A Family Guide to California Backyard Mammals,” with illustrations by Westmont professors, staff, students, alums, children and others in the community. “I hope it offers something for readers of every age who feel a new or renewed sense of connection with their wild neighbors,” she says.</excerpt><author>Scott Craig</author><image>
            
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