Friday, July 29, 2011

Friends of the Platte River contracts 2 UW-Platteville students

Friends of the Platte River has contracted two UW-Platteville geography majors for the summer. Their job is to walk or paddle the Platte River, Little Platte River, and their tributaries to look for invasive species.

Once this field work is done they will go to the GIS lab on campus and produce maps so we know which invasive plants we have in the watershed and where they are located.


The students, Nick Flinner and Abbie Lehman hope to present their findings at the Association of American Geographers Regional Conference this fall in Chicago.

We owe a special thank you to those who have made contributions for this project: Dr. RJ Rowley in the Geography Department for assistance with the mapping and mapping gear, Mark Sethne in the Outdoor Recreation Department for renting the canoe, and Peggy Compton with UW-Extension for supplying hip waders from the Water Education Library.

Pictured above:
*Nick & Abbie with their best friend for the summer, WATER!
*Abbie on the river
*Nick in Trimble heaven surrounded by wild parsnip

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