Last Thursday Meeting

So our meeting went well with Dr. Entrekin. We realized as a group that we kind of aren't good writers but that our ideas are pretty solid. Dr. Entrekin really helped with our methodology and how we are to sample. That really helped us because a lot of the paper we read were way out of our expertise and involved super hard sampling techniques. But the ideas that they had flowed pretty well with the project that we are doing. I feel that we are now more aware of what we need to be doing and sampling won't be difficult with what our group is trying to sample. The new Maumelle sites that we visited will work well for our project I think. Being by an a. apartment complex, b. a newly built baseball complex, and c. a golf course are pretty legitimate sites. Even though the second site by the baseball complex was kind of disappointing at first, I think we all are aware that urban sites aren't necessarily natural... a ditch of some sort definitely shows signs of urbanization, which is perfect for this project. I thought it was really neat how Scott showed us the different wetlands that are still very natural around Maumelle. Gives us something pretty to look at while we're testing at these urban sites.