Day 8: awesome b&b
Woodlands plantation had some amazing refurbished buildings. Nice sunsets and some awesome food.
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Showing off our green thumbs
Posted from Fresno, California, United States.
It was a warm day in the delta, but well worth the manual labor to create a community garden!
Planting a community garden in Buras
Coming and Going
We have had a great time on the islands, and have had many successes, but unfortunately all things have to come to an end (for some of us). Team leader Paul and Dr. Dilly’s intertidal team headed back to the mainland, while team members Chris and Rebecca, stayed behind to complete the 3 weeks worth of surveying the MPAs. Even though the university is on spring break, the research must go on!
The intertidal group came back early because they will be presenting their research which is titled “Channel Islands Intertidal Ecology: Past, Present and Future” at a Council on Ocean Affairs, Science and Technology (COAST) undergraduate research conference.
April marks a very busy month for us, as we are going to be doing a lot of STEM outreach, including building ROV’s with high and middle school students, along with mentoring some middle school robotics club students! We will be making three short trips to the Channel Islands with the kids, aboard the NOAA research vessel the R/V Shearwater and deploying ROVs!
We’ll be posting up videos soon with some of the highlights of what we saw, as mentioned before, here’s the video of the harbor seal headbutting our ROV!
Buras Food Garden
We are back in Buras, LA planting another garden!
IRLC Students Describe Their Research
Developing the ability to communicate in professional settings is an important skill. Often a researcher has only 30-seconds or a minute to explain a complex research topic to another scholar. In the IRLC students are asked to develop a short presentation–an elevator speech–aimed at describing their research to someone familiar with their field.
Lisa Clark is a Junior and a Political Science major working on understanding the social dynamics that promote, or undermine, bipartisanship in Congress. In this clip she explains her research.
Miguel Velazquez is a Senior and a Nursing student. His research centers on feelings of self-efficacy among Nursing students. In his short speech he describes why self-efficacy is important.
A look at the Gulf
Posted from Fresno, California, United States.
On the way to work on the garden, we got a quick peek over the levee to see the Gulf.
NOLA environmental issues .
One can cleary see the consequences of allowing a river to flow in a permanent path. However, change of sedimentary regime, salt water intrusion, coastal erosion, and land development are also some of the factors that are contributing to the overall issue.
Mississippi River side of road:
Land near the Mississippi River has healthier vegetation due to Lower levels of salinity.
Gulf of México side of road :
Increasing water salinity due to the mentioned factors are taking a toll on the vegetation near the Gulf of México.
Road snack !
Pork liver sausage , and some NOLA hot sauce to go with it . Food here has yet to disappoint.
Day 8: big industry in Louisiana
Traveling down freeway 23 we can clearly see examples of the big oil companies in Louisiana. This facility featured below is one of chevrons refineriers.
