Smell the fresh sea air and interact with some of our coastal creatures this weekend with two fun outings offered by Trinidad Coastal Land Trust. First, there’s.
Researcher hopes to raise interest, knowledge of Cedar Lake
MARISSA PAYNE, The Gazette
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) After slipping on his waders, Danny Hughes emerged from underneath a shelter along the Cedar Lake loop trail and into the sunlight, ready to discover the wildlife that live there.
Hughes, a Coe College assistant professor of biology, was on the lookout Saturday for any plant and animal species. Could the day’s walk around the lake lead his team to find turtles, frogs or snakes?
The potential for new scientific discoveries propelled Hughes, two Coe College student researchers and a few community members forward on a 1.6-mile journey around the paved trail. Along the way, they checked about 30 boards for snakes, waded into Cedar Lake to check turtle traps and scoured their natural surroundings for any chance encounters of new species.
Vermont invites public to help with wetlands mapping
May 22, 2021
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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) The state of Vermont is inviting the public s help in mapping the state s wetlands.
People can use the free iNaturalist website or phone app and upload observations of wetland species to iNaturalist Vermont Wetland Mapping Project, according to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.
The proper management of wetlands, which filtrate sediments and nutrients from water, is key in achieving water quality protection goals, the department said. Some of the state s wetland maps are more than 50 years old.
“By using this crowd-sourcing approach, community members can help us add to and update our existing information,” said DEC District Wetlands Ecologist Brock Freyer in a written statement earlier this month. “This will allow us to offer high quality wetland maps to the public. These maps will help Vermonters plan and develop projects to avoid wetlands and