This joint project (funded by Earthwatch Institute), brings together the Institute, Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC) and Maryville College. The research will add important baseline data collection with regards to the wetland habitats of the diverse landscape around Churchill. The multidisciplinary approach to consider water quality and ecology of these wetlands is of vital importance to understanding the capabilities of various species to adapt to changes in the arctic treeline environment. We hope that the students on the team will gain a better understanding of the importance of water quality and ecology and their seasonal fluctuations in these wetland environments. As well, students will learn standard water sampling techniques in the field and lab and standard ecological assessments of habitat. The variety of wildlife and plants encountered in Churchill will provide a learning opportunity for everyone! A captive audience at the CNSC will allow students to discuss their work with many.
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Student Adam Breedlove -Hi my name is Adam and I live in Kewanee, Illinois. I enjoy making movies, snowboarding, learning more about my aquarium, playing sports, and hanging out with friends. I go to Kewanee High School where I am involved in sports such as Football and Wrestling. I also participate in our schools fall play and the spring musical. Most of my friends and I enjoy playing disk golf or going to the pool. |
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Student Aza Lindsay Buchanan -Eh! I am commonly referred to as Aza. My primary habitat is in Santa Cruz, California, where inhabitants must be well adapted to sunshine and aquatic environments. Commonly exhibited behavior includes creating T-shirts, boogie boarding, reading complex, long and dull scientific novels and playing with other members of my species. |
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Student Ariel DeLeon - Hola! I’m Ariel and I'm from San Francisco, California. I love animals and spend a lot of my free time volunteering at the San Francisco Zoo in the Animal Resource Center as a Junior Zoologist. I'm a total band geek and have been playing various forms of the clarinet for the past eight years. In my spare time I enjoy reading random books, esp. sci. fi./fant., listening to music, dancing like no one's watching, playing with my pets, and hanging out with "The Lunch Group." I am a recent graduate of Lowell High School and will be attending San Francisco State University to major in Zoology. |
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Student Alexis Butler - Howdy! I'm Alexis Butler and I hail from Swansboro North Carolina. I will be a senior this year at Croatan High School (finally!) where I run cross country. In my free time I love to ride horses, listen to music, eat junk food (white chocolate chip cookies...)and car dance. During the summer I can usually be found at work where I wait tables or at the beach with my friends. |
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Student Lianna Lee - I live in Laconia, New Hampshire, and I live by my state's motto, 'live free or die.' I love skiing during the winter, and I'm also a ski instructor at my local ski area, which is a lot of fun....sometimes. I read a bunch of sci-fi, play the flute and rock out to long dead classical composers, write short stories, hang out with my amazing friends, and spend my free time outside. I recently graduated from the Sant Bani School, where the mascot is a killer swan. I will be attending Mount Holyoke College in the fall, where I hope to pursue Environmental Studies. |  |
Student Maddie Hooper - Holla, I'm Maddie Hooper, and I live in Little Rock, Arkansas with my parents, little sister, and two cats. This year, I will be a junior at Episcopal Collegiate School, where I take part in theater, Interact Club, and volleyball, despite the fact that I am extremely uncoordinated. In my spare time, I enjoy playing the piano, drawing, reading, and watching t.v. or movies. | |
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Co-Principal Investigator Dr. LeeAnn Fishback - I'm in an environmental geochemist focusing on freshwater lake and pond water quality in the arctic and subarctic regions. I've worked in the Canadian North for about 15 years and in Churchill for the last four years as the Scientific Coordinator at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre. |  |
Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Ben Cash - I am a wetland ecologist focusing on organisms that use wetland habitats. I have studied wetland communities from the Mississppi Delta, the Souhteastern Atlantic Coastal Plain, the Southern Appalachians and the Hudson Bay region. I am particularly interested in temporary aquatic habitats and the organisms that are associated with them. | |
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Research Assistant Carla Richmond This is my second year facilitating the summer SCAP teams in Churchill with Dr. Fishback and Dr. Cash. I have fallen in love with the sub-artic environment and am currently looking into a master's program that will allow me to stay in this area. |
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