I used a digital elevation model with the correct manipulation to create a shaded or 3-D effect on the hillsides. I created an overall map to depict a broad scale of 1:24,000 scale for quick reference with trail mileages (see image below), and then I made four maps at a finer scale 1:12,000 for increased detail. All mileages were computed in ArcMap GIS.
I am continuing my work with the local Mountain Bike club, MAMBA, to create a detailed map of the bike trails overlaid on a topo map. I am making great progress. My initial efforts for my GIS mapped 20 of the Moscow Mountain trails maintained by the club. Since then, I have continued adding additional trails to the maps with a goal of completing all 50 MAMBA trails.
I used a digital elevation model with the correct manipulation to create a shaded or 3-D effect on the hillsides. I created an overall map to depict a broad scale of 1:24,000 scale for quick reference with trail mileages (see image below), and then I made four maps at a finer scale 1:12,000 for increased detail. All mileages were computed in ArcMap GIS.
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The study aimed to determine the effects of several variables on the survival and reproduction of a Crepis bakeri Greene ssp. idahoensis Babc. & Stebb., an Asteraceae listed as “sensitive” by the BLM. The ultimate goal of the project was to be one of the few studies to empirically document the effects of an invasive species on a native plant. The study variables included: the effects of YST, the effects of exotic plant species not including YST, the effects of insect herbivores, the effects of ungulate herbivores, and the effects of YST impacted by high levels of introduced insect biological control agents. Because this species is a perennial and the study sought to answer questions at a population level, the study was designed to be conducted over multiple years. During the growing season of 2007, the Hell’s Canyon study site was consumed by the Chimney Complex wildfire. In 2008, the fourth year of the study, the extra variable of fire was added to the study of C. bakeri. Results of this study will strengthen as the project continues and will be presented to CRISSP as they are produced. Just got back from a trip up to the Trail of the Coeur d' Alenes. Had a fabulous day, weather was perfect. Here's a video clip from our trip. I am currently working with the local Mountain Bike club, MAMBA, to create a detailed map of the bike trails overlaid on a topo map. MAMBA (Moscow Area Mountain Bike Association) works to build and maintain sustainable trails on Moscow Mountain. The mountain is virtually all private property and its land owners generously let the community recreate on their property. I got introduced to MAMBA on my first visit to local bike shop. I soon discovered the vast network of trails maintained by the club and spent many a free hour exploring the mountain. When I learned of the club's needed for accurate and detailed maps of their trails, I realized that I could volunteer my time using my new GIS skills. I just completed a topo map with 20 trails mapped on it as part of my Summer 2012 GIS course in CNR. I can't wait to deliver these maps to the club! Today was the last day of summer camp. It was heart breaking to have to say goodbye to so many kids that I was lucky enough to work with for much of this summer. I committed to this summer camp program late April only after I realized I needed to stay in town for the summer to work on my thesis. I thought it would be nice to add my scientific knowledge to the program and wondered how hard it would be to explain complicated ideas to young minds. I had no idea how rewarding it would be for me or how much they might teach me in return. I definitely plan look for more opportunities like this one in the future!
I was lucky enough to assist a local 5th grade school teacher in experimenting with flip teaching (or flipped classroom)—a form of blended learning which encompasses any use of technology to leverage the learning in a classroom. The objective is for a teacher to spend more time interacting with students instead of lecturing. In flip teaching, the student first studies the topic by himself, typically using video lessons created by the instructor or shared by another educator. In the classroom, the pupil then tries to apply the knowledge by solving problems and doing practical work. The role of the classroom teacher is then to tutor the student when they become stuck, rather than to impart the initial lesson. This allows time inside the class to be used for additional learning-based activities, including use of differentiated instruction and project-based learning. The experiment worked very well and I am now a believer in Flip Teaching. Text Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_teaching
Invasiveness may be the result of ‘novel weapons’ that aid an introduced plant to outcompete evolutionarily naïve neighbours in its new range. Roots of Eurasian species of Centaurea are thought to produce allelochemicals that function as novel weapons in North America. However, a series of three experiments suggested that fungal endophytes that naturally established in seedling roots could have been confounded with novel weapons. In the first two experiments, endophtyes in roots of C. stoebe significantly reduced the biomass of naïve neighbours (i.e., Festuca idahoensis plants), compared to the effect of endophyte-free C. stoebe on F. idahoensis. For the third experiment, relative abundances of endophytes of C. stoebe in both its native and invaded ranges were determined so that representatives of the six most common haplotypes, three from each range, could be employed as root inoculants. In general, each of these endophytes again reduced the growth of naïve neighbours (i.e., Festuca idahoensis); remarkably, each also increased the growth of adapted neighbours (i.e., Festuca ovina) that were tested for the first time. Four of the six endophytes caused C. stoebe to gain a competitive advantage over its naïve neighbour that was significantly greater than the competitive advantage of endophyte-free C. stoebe over that same neighbour. Endophyte-free C. stoebe had no greater competitive advantage over F. idahoensis than it had over F. ovina. By aiding an invasive plant against F. idahoensis in a cryptic manner, endophytes could be confounded with novel weapons. However, without evidence that these endophytes are themselves native to Eurasia, it is premature to assert that they are themselves novel weapons.
Final EditsTime for final edits. We had a goal of six minutes max for the finished product. Our first cut came in at 12:14 minutes. Wow. Lots of editing needed to cut it down to 6:00 minutes. This part of the project took a lot of time—much more than we had planned for it to take. In the end, we found the best method for completing the project was to have one primary editor, with the rest of us giving that individual suggestions as to what might be cut and/or changed to make it better. Those of us not in charge of editing had to be very precise in our comments so that the ideas were understood by the editor. Once we got the hang of that communication, it went very smoothly.
The completed video is shown here. We are very proud of it. We each received A's for the class. Our hard work paid off! I was lucky enough to be invited to work for the university's science camp for kids last summer. I was shocked at how much I learned by looking at the world through kids eyes. They question everything and are not constricted into looking at issues through the established avenues that adults tend to see. There were a couple times, in fact, where the observations of my young charges gave me new ways of looking at my current research on invasive species. Kids see to have no problems looking outside the box for answers because they do not even know that a "box" exists.
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