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Scenic Saturday: The pretty side of stream restoration

Some days, working in restored urban streams is quite enjoyable. The picture below is one of our field sites for a multi-year study of the downstream effects of stormwater management. This is Edwards Branch, and it is one of the … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, environment, fieldwork, geomorphology, photos

Scenic Saturday: Year End Reflections

The last day of the year saw me doing field work in my very favorite spot in North Carolina, a short drive from Charlotte which takes me to a place that feels worlds away. I was collecting the final dataset … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, fieldwork, photos

Our Highly Allochthonous travels in 2011

As 2011 draws to a close, ’tis the season for retrospectives, and we’re surprised that no-one this year seems to have started up the travel meme that has been so popular in the geoblogosphere in the past. After all, it … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, fieldwork, photos

Scenic Saturday: Wood in Streams

One of our field trips in my Fluvial Processes class takes the students to the lower reaches of Mallard Creek, the urban stream that drains the northern portion of Charlotte, including our campus. For most of its length, Mallard Creek … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, environment, geomorphology, photos, publication, science education

Scenic Halloween Saturday

As the leaves turn and colder nights draw in, let us journey to a mysterious country that holds an even more mysterious glowing orange pit. Halloween is upon us, so could we be looking on a newly-opened gateway to the … Continue reading

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