Day 5 Boring Trees
Any Questions? After removing the core from a tree, we bring it back to the lab where it will be placed in a low temperature oven to dry. It will then be sanded and have the rings counted. Why would the age of a tree be important if a researcher wanted to know if the forest was changing?

Kyle, you asked what is the exact purpose of why I am 1500 miles away from my home in a place called Churchill, Manitoba? I am working with a research team studying how The Arctic Tundra is being affected by the changing climate. The idea is to read the blog and post questions about what I have written. So please, read The Blog and ask questions…..then convince the person sitting next to you do the same. There have been five postings and a handful of questions concerning the topic. It is a ten week marking period. Two weeks is one fifth of a ten week marking period……Hint Hint Hint.

Mr. Wojo’s class from Milwaukee. He is my roommate and I can see why you want him back in Cudahy. He is a great guy and fun to work with. I am trying to convince him to move to Buffalo even though his snoring has kept me up most nights.

Miss Hyla, I will have some permafrost information and a vegetation list to you and your students by Monday. We are extremely busy, but will have a day off on Saturday…..not Sunday. There are about thirty abundant species, but less than ten that are indicator species. The indicator species are the ones of interest.