Sunday, July 24, 2016
7/20
Beca, Connor, Nola, Kat, Gracie, Oliver
Len, and our Host David Lopez. David explained his work on the effects of road dust on SkyRockets. The rangers took copious notes.
David points out several of his research specimens.
Thank you David, for taking the time to impart some of your knowledge!
Gracie, Nola, Kat, Connor, Beca, Oliver, and Len take a relaxing few moments by the river to reflect on what we've learned.
Nick Wasser and Denny Ramirez discuss the black flies and their relation to Skyrockets.
Kat did this field study of the trees just outside and across the street from the the town hall. Another candidate for the cover of this years book.
Friday, July 22, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Wing of a Fly - Nola
Wing of a Fly
By Nola
Usually a menace
But when stilled
And magnifyed
An incredible sight
It's wing
Is like
A puffy mattress
Covered entirely by
Tightly stretched
Plastic wrap
Infused with silver
And the sheets of this
On each side
Are pinched together
With luxurious blue thread
The Bees - Gracie
buzzing around from a to b and all the way to z people think I will sting you but I will not it is time you realized you depend on me.
My Morning - Connor
9:05 AM, I arrive at the town hall of Gothic . Then I am told that we are going to meet Mr. David Lopez and learn about his project. I was very exited at this because I'm interested in the relationship between people and plants, his project is about the effect of road dust on plants.
9:45 AM we are at the river, we see the black rock Mr. Lenny tells us about and we sit on it. We fill in the new ranger (Kat) about ourselves and the camp. We are directed back to town hall and when we get back we eat our snack and discuss our findings and teachings on our expedition this morning.
This Morning July 20 - Beca
This morning I walked into the town hall but there was only one person form my group. Once everyone arrived it all went by fairly quick. Everyone got ready to go meet Mr. David Lopez, he works for Dr. Nick Wasser and Dr. Mary Price. We were seeing if road dust would affect the polyngrains on the plant we call Skyrocket. We learned that the furthest the plant is from the road, the more polyngrains the plant would have. The closer the plant is to the road the bigger the chance the plant has to die.
Monday, July 18, 2016
7/13 Galls, Sloths, Photosynthesis, Cliff Swallows, Fossil Beds.
Ian Billick visited with the rangers to discuss his job as the director of RMBL as well as his work with ants and mutualism..
Ian left our rangers with a research question. Are Sloths able to photosynthesize or is the photo synthesis process occurring on their backs a case of mutualism?
Our field study today was concerned with drawing and watching our resident cliff swallows.
The willow tree between the town hall and the visitor's center is host to several types of plant galls.
Mites will hatch from these, more later.
After lunch the rangers hiked up to the fossil beds, Oliver is preparing a photo exhibit of the fossils the rangers found for his Gothic Geology study.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
July 6th Pics
RMBL Rangers Removing Invasive plants on the road to the billy barr center. Summer intern Marcus shows the RMBL Rangers the right technique and which plants to pull out.
Jenny was very generous with her time, she talked to the Rangers about her restoration work in downtown Gothic,
July 6th Ranger Activity
Journal Entry July 6th – Emma P.
Today I started off my day by getting on the bus at 9:00 am,
going to Gothic, Colorado. I was going to a camp called RMBL also known as the
Rocky, Mountain, Biological, Labs. We started the camp off by picking invasive
weeds. We walked around with Jenny Reithel who is a scientist here. We went
around and picked the invasive weed Yellow Toad Flax. We learned how to get rid
of weeds. You can pull them, use pesticides, or harmful pesticides, you can
also use insects. One other way to get rid of invasive plants is called Bio
Control. Bio Control is where you take native bugs to the invasive plant where
they eat the plant. The cons of Bio Control are that the bugs might eat
everything else before they eat the invasive plant. Some ways the invasive
plants can get to other places are overseas, animal scat, can get stuck to
clothing, and lastly can travel by car. While we were picking the invasive
weeds the weather was very nice. It is a partly cloudy day about 60 degrees. It
is just so beautiful here in Gothic Colorado. As I look around a see an
abundance of wild flowers, yellow. Purple, blue, and green. I am just so very blessed
to be here in such a beautiful place.
Two Poems From Connor
Two Poems From Connor
Haiku
When the plants come in
We have to pull them so they
Don’t come back again
Poem
You have to pull the bad weeds
Because it’s something we don’t need
It may not be their home
But they take over the small biome
We have to pull them out
So we can study about
What they do
So we don’t have to go through
The pain to research
With using google search
A Poem by Nola
Journal entry. RMBL Sophie S.
Today I
started my day at RMBL getting off the bus around 9:00 a.m. We walked to Town
Hall and met the scientist we worked with, Jenny Reithel. Jenny talked to us about
invasive, non-invasive, native and non-invasive plants. After we took some
notes and talked a little more, we took a walk and pulled the Yellow Toad Flax,
which is an invasive plant. There are many different ways to deal with invasive
plants. The first one is what we did, pulling them up, another way is weed
killer, and insects actually work too. An insect like a caterpillar eats away
the plant little by little. And the last way is Bio Control. After we helped
out Jenny with the invasive plants, we came back and had snack, and started
writing these journal entries. I can’t wait for what else we will do today! I
have had so much fun already, and am so lucky to be able to have this
experience.
A Poem by Nola
Paradise of Birds
Hidden just beyond sight
Is a metropolis
Of birds
Of all kinds
And they share
This paradise
Equally
All but the crows
And mosquitoes
Who interrupt
The finches
And red-winged black birds
And bluebirds
And all their friends
As they serenade
The community
In their
Mystifying
And glorious
Language
That has
Forever
Enchanted man
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
June 29th in review
Ari poses for a silly picture. He helped make the day fun as well as informative.
Gracie on the bus. She's working on flower ID with Sophie today.
Dr. Oktay discusses soil properties, permeability, and porosity with the rangers.
One of the many flowers Sophie and Gracie are identifying for their summer project.
Owen overlooking the falls.
Oliver put together a display of the rocks of Gothic for the open house on June 30th.
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