Day 4
The morning found us learning and exploring the wetlands on Tamposiland. Our guest speaker, David, teaches the wetlands ecology and management course at UNH. In just the few hours we spent on wetlands ecology I had a million ides running through my head about our project. I have to say I have a connection to water, fresh or salt, and I just always want to know what is under the surface. Beaver creek (picture to the left) has a beautiful edge with many aquatic and terrestrial plants. Oh and there is a beaver lodge but nobody home. These beavers worked really hard and are considered a keystone species because there damning allows for a wetlands teeming with life. This wetland continues to be an important ecosystem in Tamposi although the beavers may have moved on to setup camp somewhere else.
The afternoon was spent with a facilitation and brainstorming our project ideas. There are so many great proposals that is difficult to figure out what I would like to work with. Ultimately, I would like to do a project that benefits the public. I would like the public to appreciate and care for what could literally be in their backyard. My strong interests, once again, would be to do something related to aquatic species or with the history of the Tamposiland.
See you next week!
1 comment:
Hi Yvonna,
As a fellow fisheries observer, the ocean is such a rich and mysterious ecosystem. It is very apparent we can not see below the surface. Terresterial ecosystem seems to be out in the open but like the ocean most of its life is below the surface in the dirt and soil. I am glad you are getting a chance to explore the woods.
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