Brush Creek Report April 24‚ 2006 Surveyed March 27‚ 2006 Section V03 Instructor-Brigitte Thompson Partners-Britney and Jordan Introduction Brush Creek is a nice river that we are trying to figure out what kind of pollution and other things in the creek. The purpose is to see if Brush Creek is at the level for people to able to get into it and be safe. My hypothesis is that the creek will have little pollution around the site area. The expected outcomes are that we will find
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Amphipod Reburrowing Assignment 1. What is the problem or the question to be solved? The question that was presented was how the pollution in the water is effecting the benthic organisms that have limited movement if at all and they can’t escape the pollution around them. 2. What is the hypothesis that was tested? The hypothesis was that if the contaminated sediment in the water affected the Amphipods burrowing‚ then the reburrowing time for L. Plumulosus amphipods should increase. 3. What are
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Hiking the Appalachian Trail after college Greetings College Graduates my name is Tyler Anderson and today I would like to take some time to encourage you to hike the Appalachian Trail before you head off into the world and start your new lives and careers. There is one book that you should take the time to read called “A Walk in the Woods” by Bill Bryson. In this book Bill Bryson is planning on hiking the entire 2‚220 miles of the Appalachian Trial. He wanted to reacquaint himself with nature
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location‚ while others argue that Appalachia is a location‚ running the same path as the Appalachian Mountains. Others even argue that things such as coal‚ music‚ or the attitudes of rebellion and freedom define the location of Appalachia. According to this video and the Appalachian Regional Commission‚ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3b8LnloTtw) Appalachia is “a 205‚000 square mile region that follows the Appalachian Mountains for more than 1‚000 miles.” It includes all of West Virginia and parts of
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Tammi Sweet Appalachian Studies March 8‚ 2011 Pre Modern Appalachia I read a little history for Pre modern Appalachia and learned that from 1770 to 1820 pre modern Appalachian Mountains was settled primarily by people with Scottish roots. They were mostly from Scotland and Northern Ireland. They engaged in a “kitchen garden” economy (Gary Farley). This basically just means they made the land their own and lived strictly off of the land. People during this time were more interested
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References: Appalachian Regional Commission. Retrieved July 16‚ 2013‚ from http:// www.arc.gov/appalachian_region/TheAppalachianRegion.asp Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Clark‚ Sara (2008). Defenders of Appalachia: The campaign to eliminate mountaintop removal
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to plant her roots with her immediate family. How are their actions in the first chapter influenced by the Appalachian mountain life? Sources: "Appalachia" Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation‚ 26 Feb. 2013. Web. 26 Feb. 2013 This web page cover a wide variety of topics that define the Appalachians. It does not go into great detail about the topics‚ but it cover many aspects of Appalachian history‚ culture‚ and economy. The article does touch and early life in the region‚ which is when the book
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LITR221 Due: 23 November 2014 Granny (Mis’ Cayce) A Unique American Woman What makes Appalachian Americans unique? Starting with characteristics one that most Appalachian’s share is an intense desire for freedom. “Freedom to live as they pleased‚ with lots of space to themselves– “elbow room”‚ as Appalachian Daniel Boone used to say. People who settled Appalachia were not inclined to be bound to institutions‚ religious or otherwise. Those ties and that external authority were part of what
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Chapter 1- Bill Bryson and his fam have just moved to "a small town in New Hampshire" Wanted to walked the entire Appalachian trail‚ longest hiking path‚ Bryson was a nature person‚ he wanted to feel like a mountain man. Many people didn’t have faith that Bryson could complete the path‚ instead of incuringing him they tell him all the horrible things that happen along the trail. Bryson is disappointed that his friend Katz has gone back to drinking. While hiking Katz ends up missing‚ they were
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Palm Springs‚ California has been a vacation home and party city for many years now‚ despite the heat people still flock over here to vacation and heres why! The name of the town comes from the Hot Springs found in the Indian Canyon. The ancestors of this lovely town are known as Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Today the town is split up among the natives and everyone else. There are a lot of areas where the land is referred to as “Indian Land’ and they have full rights to do whatever they
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