Monday Evening
It was great to read all your questions and comments tonight! I've had a busy day here, and have already learned a lot. To answer your question, Erika, we had a very interesting presentation this morning from a scientist about Global Warming.
In the afternoon we went out into the field. The woman in the middle is one of the scientists. They set up eight one hectare plots; half of them have been logged (tall, straight trees removed for the wood) and four are control plots (nothing removed). We are going to try to identify and tag some of the trees tomorrow in one of the plots. Here is a map of the plots. I haven't seen any white pines or hemlocks! I did see a few white oaks and red maples, but a lot of the trees are different.



Here are some questions I want you to answer~

Did you look at the map and think about if the bay is salt water or fresh water? Is it attached to the Atlantic Ocean?

Look up what a hectare is. How many meters is it in length? Width?

We are going to identify deciduous trees with no leaves on them!! How do you think we can identify them?

Here is the sweet gum tree I told you about. And no, you can't chew the gum ( I asked)
Miss you all! It was nice to hear from you, Mrs. Finnegan. It is cold here (below freezing) but tomorrow is supposed to be warmer.
MS.Bennett