SMSC Fall 2026 Adventures

Tag: wildlife

  • Macroinvertebrate Sampling in the Shenandoah River Watershed

    The focus of class this week was sampling water in the Shenandoah River and in streams that feed into it. At each stop along the watershed, each team had the same two tasks. The first of these was running a test for the chemical we were assigned (nitrate in the case of my team). The…

  • Ecological Monitoring

    This week we did a lot of going out, looking for animals, and recording what we found. This was to give us first-hand experience with ecological monitoring, which is essential for conservation. To have any idea of what steps should be taken to preserve the biodiversity of an ecosystem, you need to know what species…

  • Learning About Protecting Wildlife in the US

    The class material for this week focused on the history of environmental protection laws in the US, as well as what is happening with them in the present day. We learned about how the extinction of species such as the passenger pigeon, as well as disasters that resulted from mismanagement of the environment like the…