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Institute Trip Studies Land/Sea Connection Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2003 The “environment” was of particular concern in more ways than one during the Environmental Institute’s fourth spring trip, to a raw and rainy Chesapeake Bay in mid-May.
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 On the beach at Assateague Island National Seashore Albion College biology professor Doug White shows seaweed to the Environmental Institute group. "One goal of the trip was to show how heavy land use is endangering the Bay," says White. "In this respect, the contrast between the wild beach and dunes of Assateague and the complete sprawling resort development of Ocean City just to the north was an excellent fit with the trip theme ." Photo courtesy of Tim Lincoln |
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"We talked about the "state of the Bay" in
class, but ... when we were out on the skipjack and Captain Dave talked
about the state of the Bay[that's when] it made complete sense!" recalls
student Amy Hupp. "On a scale from 1-100, with 100 representing the
state of the Bay when John Smith arrived, right now, the Bay [is around]
27. They are hoping to get it to 40 by the year 2010 and ultimately
70, by 2050." |
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EI students Becky Bahr, Lacey Doucet and Matt Bernbeck watch trout below an automated food dispenser in a pond of treated mine waste water. Duquesne Light of Pittsburgh is rearing rainbow trout in its treated water to offset the costs of preventing pollution by acid mine drainage. Photo by Tim Lincoln |
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Kirk Johnson, '92, of Friends of Allegheny Wilderness (left), shows the EI class a pristine beech-hemlock forest in the Allegheny National Forest. Left to right: Kirk Johnson, Derck Burkholder, Becky Bahr, Lacey Doucet, Matt Bernbeck, Dean McCurdy, Nancy Esposito, and Wes Dick. Photo by Tim Lincoln |
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EI students overlook an experiment testing the long-term effects of added carbon dioxide on a tidal marsh at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center near Annapolis, MD. Photo by Tim Lincoln |
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