Progress Report (#3) 4-8-03

This topic submitted by Austin Kleon (KLeonaw@Muohio.edu) on 4/8/03. Additions were last made on Thursday, April 10, 2003. Section: garr/green

We got quite a lot done today...Laura
and I hopped in the Honda and drove around Hueston Woods investigating while Lia and Dean contacted the elementary schools about establishing a group discussion with the kids about creeks. The science coordinator of Marshall wasn't in, but we have email addresses now, so that should make communication easier.

Laura and I found out quite a bit today at Hueston Woods. First, we found out the name of the Naturalist at the Nature Center who takes the kids on creek walks. His name is Andy Farrell. He was out of the office, but we're setting up a meeting to talk with him on Thursday. He should be quite a resource. The lady at the park office looked at us kind of
funny when we said we wanted to know where kids hang out near water (she replied, well NOWHERE this time of year, duh). Regardless, she showed us some hotspots, which are circled on the maps.

If you look, there are two Fossil Collection Areas on both sides of Acton Lake (both on different sides of the damn. Both sites are places we stopped on our field trip on Saturday (the NW one was with the rope swing and the SE one was the bridge with the fisherman). Particularly interesting is the fact that there is a softball diamond and a sled hill right next to the NW site, which is also upstream from the dam. There's not much around the SE site. Coincidence? We're not sure, maybe Farell will sort it out for us.

Regardless, we figured these two sites COMBINED with the beach site would be perfect for water testing. One is upstream from the dam, the other is downstream, and the beach area is right in the middle by the lake. There should be significant differences in the three (but also maybe not). We saw quite a bit of that funky brown foamy organic matter that Bill pointed out on Thursday by the SE bridge site. We're planning on doing the tests tomorrow, as our running around took a while. Hueston Woods is a huge place!

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