Students are precisely determining the cross-sectional profile of the Wallops Island beach after winter storms using a total station. View is north toward Assateague.
Alternative Fall Break... Carson style...
Shippensburg University has organized an alternative fall break service learning opportunity for students in honor of Rachel Carson’s 100th birthday and more importantly, in honor of her contributions to science, conservation, and society.
Whether through scientific, social, cultural, archaeological, or political perspectives, our objective is to immerse students in discussions about the issues behind conservation yesterday, today, and in the future. Moreover, and most importantly, we hope that students will outline for themselves the important connections and responsibilities they have at home in central Pennsylvania to what goes downstream to the Chesapeake Bay and indeed into The Sea Around Us.
Shippensburg University would like to recognize and thank the organizers of the Rachel Carson Centennial Book Club including Nancy Pollot and Anne Roy of the FWS, as well as the author, of The Highest Tide and guest moderator, Jim Lynch for suggesting this field notes blog as a platform for sharing our experiences in conservation. They are also to be recognized for their spirit and vision for integrating this field notes blog into the book club's discussion for October on Carson's book The Sea Around Us.
Be there no doubt, Carson's voice and vision for the future is still alive and well. It is in no small part because of the dedication of the amazing people who share her visions and have made this centennial celebration possible. We welcome you all to please share in this vision. Feel free to contribute your comments and enrich the discussion with your rich perspectives. Moreover and most importantly do something today to ensure Carson's message remains alive and well far into the future.
This program is made possible by the Women’s Center at Shippensburg University, in coordination with the University Honors Program, the Departments of Geography-Earth Science, Political Science, and Sociology-Anthropology.
***Phragmites Removal Assateague Island Cleanup Day
Monday October 8, 2007
***Deal Island Oyster Day
Tuesday October 9, 2007
***Homeward Bound... Agricultural Best Practices... Keeping our end of the deal.
Horseshoe Crab
This is a specimen of the female xiphoshurian Limulus polyphemus.
Which side of the barrier island?
Washed up during high tide on the ocean side beach are a number of specimens of bivalves. The oysters (Crassotrea virginianicus) and ribbed mussels (Geukensia demissa) come from both the sound side (behind the island), while other species come from off-shore region (in front of the island). How does this happen?