The Bulldogs Write about the Winter Monitoring at Jackson Bottom Wetlands

“I went to Jackson Bottom.  I went to Riparian mapping.  I drew a map of an area.  I did wildlife tracking.  We put our tracking stations on a hill.  I went to water quality.  I loved going to Jackson Bottom.” (K. T.)

“I went to Jackson botton wetlands.  When I was there I went to video. In mapping I found some snacke skin.  It was cool.  I went to video documentation.  I got to use a camera.  It was fun.  I also went to microscopy I saw a snail, a lady bug, a spider, and a worm it was fun.“ (G. H.)

“My class went to Jackson Bottom wetlands.  I saw a Mayfly, Water boat men and tadpoles at the macro station.  I went to wetlands mapping. I got to use binoculars. I went to microscopy.  I saw through a microscope  and saw things up close.  It was  so fun I would like to go to Jackson Bottom again.” (M. C.)

“I went to Jackson Bottom Wetlands.  I went to water Quality.  We got to get water from the river a if it was healthy for the fish.  I also went to tracking.  We put our ink tracker stations on the hill and we are going to see if any animals leave tracks.  I then went to photo point.  We got to get a camera, a compass, and a measuring tape. We got to take pictures.  I had a good time at Jackson Bottom.” (Ma. D.)

I was at Jackson Bottom Wetlands. I went to vide documentation. I was using the boom mike. I Intervewed J. H. We also intervewed K. T. I had to crouch down so the watchers wooldn’t see me. I went to micro-scopy. I looked at a spider.  When I was at Riparian Mapping I saw a worm.  I had fun on the field trip.” (A. A.)

  “I went to Jackson Bottom Wetlands.  I went to video documentation first.  It was awesome. I worked the video camera. We took an interview of riparian mapping and macro.  I also went to riparrian mapping.  I got mixed up with the bushes. Our group got interviewed. Then I went to wtare quality.  Our team and and the other team had to make the water sky blue. When we got to school I almost fell asleep” (G. S.)

“I went to Jackson Bottom Wetlands.  My stations were Wildlife Tracking, Poto Point, and Macros.  My ink traker was the first one done.  I put mine on the hill first.  At Poto Point I got to hold a thing that looked like a phone.  I got to take two pictures.  At macro I got to use the D Net.  I got to a lot of bugs and other things. I had fun at Jackson Bottom Wetlands.” (Mo. D.)