Ancient bald cypress
Saw some amazing old growth bald cypress at Corkscrew Swamp, in south Florida. This is a great place to visit if you are into trees or birds especially.
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Coring Hemlock in Savage Gulf TN
Endured some brutally cold conditions and sometimes dangerous positions to sample eastern hemlock in Savage Gulf, TN for a larger project looking at temperature signal of hemlock in the eastern US.
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
The Bon Secour NWR provides some of the most stunning natural beach habitat you are likely to encounter in Alabama. It’s home to a variety of coastal plant and animal habitats
Deadening Alpine Trail
Hiked the Deadening Alpine Trail with some of my students. It winds through a steep slope next to Lake Martin though what was once a long leaf pine forest. The stumps of the virgin trees are still quite solid and there are many 300+ year old trees that were not cut
Water pipe?
I had read that people used wooden water pipes in the 19th century but had not seen one. This section of long leaf pine was used in 1830s Mobile. It si displayed in the Ft Gaines museum on Dauphin Island.
Smells like Grapico
I never noticed that Kudzu blooms smell like Grapico soda.
The Bettersize has landed!
CoRPs members Lisa Davis and Becky Minzoni recently supervised the successful installation of a Bettersize particle size analyzer for group research. This instrument was funded by UA, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Geography and Geology Departments based on a collaborative proposal developed by CoRPS. This instrument will radically improve our groups ability
Cahaba Lillies
Going to see the Cahaba Lillies in bloom is always a great reason to get out on a beautiful river.
AAG New Orleans
My colleagues and I will be giving talks and hosting sessions on Paleofloods at next weeks AAG meeting. Come hear all about it! Past Perspectives on River Environments 1: Flood Reconstructions in Locations Outside the U.S. Napoleon B2, Sheraton 3rd Floor 08:00 am Past Perspectives on River Environments 2: Flood Reconstructions in the Mississippi River
Increasing community resilience in coastal watersheds of Alabama…
Super excited that US EPA will be funding our project on streamflow reconstruction in Alabama watersheds (Increasing community resilience in coastal watersheds of Alabama by risk assessment of past, present and future trends in hydrologic and hydroclimatic extremes). It is imperative that Alabama develop a comprehensive state water policy and understanding the long-term variability of