Hopping the border

We mapped out our final plot today to determine the composition and abundance of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants on our final Warren Farm land plot. We do not need to return to the land. We took photagraphs today and used GPS to mark our center for each of the three areas of analysis, the former farmland of the Warren property, the transitional borderland and the woodland. We are now charting and analyzing our data for presentation.

While from now on, we will be working primarily on data analysis, and have no real project needs to return to Warren Farm, a return trip is still not out of the realm of possibility.  We are debating about whether or not returning to collect some specimens for the purpose of plant pressing is something that would bolster our presentation and notebook.  Of course, it is not necessary for our data, so it was not a priority, but depending on the time we have left, it would be something extra to have that would allow others to more readily identify with the experiences we have had.

Additionally, we wrote yesterday of our flooded third plot, which is still flooded.  However, one of our Jumpers came prepared today with muck boots so no one would spend the rest of the afternoon in soggy shoes.  It turned out that the water only covered about 15% of our third plot on the Warren Farm land and was only a few inches deep.  In all likelihood, it would dry in a couple days, but with the forecast of rain tomorrow and the day after that, it probably will not dry for at least the next week.