Down%20Stream%20Adventures

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Down Stream Adventures
2002 Governors Institute of Vermont
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Georgiana Lanius
Scott Walch
The local computer man known for speaking his
mind and making us laugh.
Got stinging Nettles and by the powers of heather
fixed it, but not before her sandwich rolled in
the water.
Lisa Roberts
All around sports girl with extremely high
standards and a cruel attitude towards stuper stud
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Peter Mellinger
Leslie Kingsley
Peter the Stuper Stud is very talkative and makes
a good goalie...
Leslie is known for her misquito bites and
sunburn. She managed to keep a positive attitude
and contribute to the group.
Jereme leBlanc
Jereme is the modern day Romeo who knows quite
well how to scale balconies. He is also the
group film maker.
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Dakota Allstadt
Andrew Cook
Dakota is an avid dancer and gymnast. She is
well known for leading our morning stretches.
He is the curly haired criminal and always finds
a way to lighten the mood.
Michael Ialeggio
Mike is an amateur wrestler who knows very well
how to flop Stuper Stud. He is also an awesome
soccer player.
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Michael Tefft
Perry Vasta
Perry is someone who speaks her mind. Known for
insect bites although she wears 3 sprays.
Mikea real Vermonter and local Baywatch stud.
He is a real funny guy and is known well for his
tremendous cannon ball.
Meghan Ward
The trooper of the group even when she couldnt
stand the mugginess. She stayed with us until
the end of the tour.
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Nate Poore
Nate was an interesting guy. He was known for his
stories like the cat, or worm, right Nate? Nate
is an expert fly fisher.
Paul Bierman
Heather Fitzgerald
Heather is obsessed with trees. She has taught
us every detail about trees that we now know.
Paul mainly taught us about the equipment. He has
made us little geologists.
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What We Learned

• Buffer strips on the bank serve many purposes.
• It maintains plant and animal life while keeping
  chemicals out.
• point bar where we learned about the history of
  the sand bar, and equipment used for field
  studies.

Day one
Day two

• Populations of animals that live in the
  Intervale need riparian buffers and undisturbed
  fields to successfully reproduce and live in the
  area.
• point bar where we played detective and
  discovered the history of that land.
• the conclusion that the closer to the river we
  got the newer the land and trees were.

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Day three

• Went canoeing and learned about how cows pollute
  the water.
• We tested velocity, length, and temperature as
  well as making a measurement of how much water
  flows through the Winooski river .

Days four and five

• Day four we went organic strawberry picking and
  then to a wood burning power plant to learn how
  the power supplied to the UVM dorms is created.
• Melosira (boat) to study water quality, sediments
  and aquatic life.
• Day five, looked at specimens under the scanning
  electron microscope while the other group went to
  the library.

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