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Beyond its status as a world-class PGA Tour venue, the Torrey Pines Golf Course serves as a unique case study in balancing high-intensity recreational land use with the preservation of a sensitive coastal ecosystem. Torrey Pines - PRKE

Detail the Eocene age rock formations, such as the Torrey Sandstone and Ardath Shale, that provide the unique, nutrient-poor substrate these trees cling to. torrey pines

Introduce the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve as one of the last stretches of un-built, natural Southern California coastline. Beyond its status as a world-class PGA Tour

Examine the "pressing question" of habitat connectivity between the reserve and other natural areas to maintain biodiversity and keystone predator balances. that provide the unique

Discuss how the Pinus torreyana is indigenous to only two small areas: the Del Mar headlands and Santa Rosa Island.