Teaching Science

A group of Plymouth State University undergraduates joined me in the field yesterday for a training session on monitoring vegetation phenology. Jessica Brennan, Amanda Hook, and Jax Huckins are our field research interns this spring season. They will be helping out Jim VanGyzen, the Rey Center research assistant, each week by collecting data on the rate of leaf and flower development of trees and herbaceous plants. Jax will work with Jim on Mount Tecumseh while Amanda and Jess will work with him on Mount Starr King in Jefferson, NH. We enjoyed a brisk afternoon in the woods yesterday where there is still plenty of snow pack. We appreciate the willingness of these students to spend a day each week in challenging spring trail conditions to help us keep this ongoing monitoring research moving forward.

(Jess, Amanda, Jax)

Posted by: Kim Votta, Research Coordinator