Location: White Oak Bayou
Time: 1:30 - 5:00
Name: Kyle Sliger
Friday, our environmental practicum class spent some time in the field for some initial preparations and training. First, we spent some time at the degraded site by the power lines learning to properly use the Tremble GPS units. Although most of us have worked with them before, it's nice to brush up on a useful skill. We then proceeded to set up our outdoor camera at the degraded site in order to monitor water levels. Next we visited the two pre-impacted sites and installed our cameras and discussed the different habitats to be studied and the methods with which to do so. The next site we visited to install our final camera was the control site. Here we learned how beavers could alter the hydrology to the extent that trees were rapidly dying off in the area due to too much water. This site was beautiful and I expect to see a lot of birds to study while I am there.
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