Until Next Time
As tedious and tiring as the last week has been surveying the swamps, I am going to miss it.
Tulane Service Learning
We were joined today by a team of undergrads from Tulane University. (Soon to be Dr.) Jayur Mehta‘s Intro to Environmental Science students joined us at Woodlands Trail. This course primarily serves students looking for a GE in the sciences, also counting towards their two-course minimum of Service Learning experiences needed to graduate.
We integrated the Tulane University students in with our CSU Channel Islands students with a 1-to-1 ratio. This worked quite well with our more experienced students being able to teach the new-to-the-swamp Tulane University students the lay of the land and the species at hand.
Locked & Loaded
Using a sub meter GPS system with arcmap to locate permanent study sites.
These marked PVC pipes are a visual indicator of our permanent monitoring plots.
Day 10: Joint Job
Dr. Huggins teaching Tulane students about native and non native species. Tulane and CSUCI will be working together today to collect valuable woodland data.
Woodlands Concervancy’s Facebook page
Check out Woodlands Conservancy’s Facebook here. They’ve been posting about the work we’ve been doing at the park as well as other activities around the park such as the ongoing bird banding project and free nature hikes that they offer to the public.
Friday Night Fun
Paul Sanchez rocked the stage at Chikie Wah Wah’s this evening. He was even generous enough to give us each a signed copy of his CD. The highlight of the night was when the fiddle player of the Mulligan Brothers performed with Paul. The performance was so moving!
Waterlogged at Delacroix
It was a little wet out there today. Delacroix is at a lower elevation than the Woodlands site, so retains much more water (which we had fun sloshing through!)
