{"id":94,"date":"2018-12-05T15:31:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T20:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/?p=94"},"modified":"2019-03-19T20:43:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T00:43:45","slug":"last-visit-before-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/tcschnei\/2018\/12\/05\/last-visit-before-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Visit Before Break!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before winter break, I had to visit my phenology spot one more time. Admittedly, it was a struggle to get there on my broken, decade-old, cheap bike. I didn’t think to wear gloves so my fingers suffered in the freezing air. I passed the Aiken Forestry Research Lab, which was built on the open land in 1973. According to UVM’s website, it was originally a Sugar Maple Laboratory not owned by the university. It became a Forestry Laboratory in the 80s, and UVM didn’t acquire ownership of it until 2013. When I got there, though, after stopping to fix my bike’s chain, it was totally worth it. I was the only person in sight, and a soft silence filled the air. The once lush meadow is now deplete of any grasses or wildflowers, which gave me a much better look at the solar panels in the distance. The panels were installed in 2012 and are a source of renewable energy for the University. I walked down the path as light snow began to slowly fall.<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/p>\n

Spear Street Forest Service Lab Transferred to UVM. (n.d.). Retrieved from https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/rsenr\/news\/spear_street_forest_service_lab_transferred_uvm<\/p>\n

Renewable Energy Projects. (n.d.). Retrieved from https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/arch\/renewable-energy-projects<\/p>\n

Weird But Fun Little Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

On my way back to my bike, I saw something frozen in the snow. Upon closer examination, I realized it was a vole.<\/p>\n

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Frozen vole found on the path<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His body was in tact, but half of his body was frozen to the ground. I thought of my younger self, burying dead mice I would sometimes find in my yard, against the discretion of my mother. I reverted back to my childhood ways and placed her on a leaf. I then placed her inside a fallen down tree and covered the entrance with the leaf. I know an animal will probably still come along and eat the dead vole, but my 10-year-old self would be proud.<\/p>\n

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The little vole’s resting place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First to Last Visit Comparisons<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The path in October<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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That same path in December<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The meadow in October<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The “meadow” now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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