Bat Vardeh is the LAMS Field Trip chair, in charge of organizing and coordinating all of the field trips hosted by LAMS. Bat is also the founder of Mushroom and Foraging Women of Southern California, a women's group dedicated to creating a safe outdoor space for all female identifying people. Bat has been featured in: The LA Times, The OC Register, Yoga Magazine, the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, and several other media publications.