Hank's Phenology Blog

My sight is an almost fully natural area that has been saved from the total limitation that human interaction cause on natural sights, however, since the institution of UVM has spared centennial woods from this fate I was lucky enough to spend some time in my phenology blog space. Since centennial woods is a protected […]

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Ethics- My sight seems to be fairly important to people for a number of reasons. First off, there is half of a place marker that’s porpoise is illegible at my sight meaning someone had importance for that specific spot. Secondly I rarely, if ever see trash or severe human disturbance at the sight. Social Construction- […]

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Limits/signs of resource use: Some kind of land marker Mysterious land marker missing half of its plack is a sign that humans to create resources in the past used the area. Cattle were once grazed and driven where the forest now grows. There were also possibly crops grown in the area at one point in […]

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I found from research the the 65 acres of woods at Centennial was previously used as an area for grazing farm animals, just like much of Vermont. The switch to academic studied preservation land was made by the university in an attempt to conserve your environment and teach young minds about its importance at the […]

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The species of vegetation I was able to identify: Birch, Asch, Maple, Pine, Beech, Mosses, ferns, shrubbery such as Barberry, much of these ground species died off as winter approached. Species of animal i was able to identify: Fisher Cat, Pileated woodpecker, Common Grey Squirrel, a number of finches and a flacon from time to […]

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As you can see from my two photo gallery postings the changes in my phenology spot mostly consisted of leaves falling off of trees. Other than that the large dead logs in my area became far more rotted and lost a lot of biomass as time passed. I believe that, due to the action of […]

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Thinking about my phenology spot as a social ecological system is an interesting and ultimately useful exercise. It is interesting to think of it a social-ecological system because that exactly what its. It is an ecological system that was created and is now influenced and protected by society. It is a useful exercise because it […]

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Money’s Bay image:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooney%27s_Bay_Park#/media/File:Mooney%27s_Bay,_Ottawa.JPG Over break i visited Mooney’s bay which is a park where track and field events, dragon boat races, huge volleyball tournaments and lots general recreation and exercise occurs in an environment close to a city but very far removed from urban climate. Trees, grass and a large body of relatively clean water […]

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