This will be short, and I'll update more with data and pictures in about a week.
Good News! Six students joined me today in the Rice Beds Creek State Wildlife Area, braving wood nettle, blackberry brambles and bee stings (game over, time to go home) to collect nearly 300 vital statistics on the ash trees and their associated community of tree species. It was a great day, and we'll all keep some pretty awesome memories.
"Marco!"
"Polo!"
"Meow!"
These were the things heard echoing through the forest as we attempted to keep our transect lines and stay in contact with each other. It was fun watching this bright crew of students begin to develop the fieldwork culture that will make days fun and the work results most excellent!
Students learned to use the Garmin GPS units very, very quickly. Tech geniuses! And they got the tree species down to tested science in a hurry too!
Thanks, crew, for a great morning. Great Work!
Sincerely,
Brian Collins
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