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Klawock to Ketchikan

gwiles July 17, 2024 3:48 pm

Guest bloggers: Amanda Flory and Mihalis Protopapadakis Carnivorous sundews found in Balls Lake muskegs. On our last full day at Prince of Wales Island, we explored the trail around Balls Lake, in Tongass National Forest. The AYS team helped us … Continue reading →

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Ketchikan to Klawock

gwiles July 11, 2024 2:00 am

Guest Bloggers: Mihalis Protopapadakis and Amanda Flory This year the College of Wooster Tree Ring Lab flew to Ketchikan for our 2024 Alaska trip. July 6th and 7th were spent in Ketchikan, where we collected samples from Deer Mountain after … Continue reading →

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Buggin’ Out at Apple Creek

gwiles June 27, 2024 4:18 pm

  Guest Bloggers: Evie Sanford and Peter Rothstein – On June 11, the 2024 Scovel Summer Research Team visited Apple Creek with Trout Unlimited to analyze the water quality through a macroinvertebrate survey. This study was performed because macroinvertebrates are … Continue reading →

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Alaska Collaboration, Ongoing and Future Projects

gwiles August 13, 2023 10:07 pm

In addition to the summer work described by Lilly Hinkley and Tyrell Cooper, the Wooster Tree Ring Lab is collaborating projects with (1) The Tree Ring Lab of the Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz, Germany. This work is part of a … Continue reading →

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Coring Trees and Flying over Seas, Hoonah, Alaska 2023

gwiles July 18, 2023 3:41 pm

Guest Bloggers: Lilly Hinkley and Tyrell Cooper Tyrell, Lilly, Nick and Dr. Wiles of Wooster’s Tree Ring Lab (WTRL) were in Juneau and Hoonah, Alaska working in collaboration with the Alaskan Youth Stewards (AYS) in order to extend our tree … Continue reading →

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Local Geomorphology and What We Learned

gwiles December 8, 2022 12:19 pm

This is a post outlining some of the work we did in Wooster’s class in Geomorphology. One of the early labs was Browns Lake Bog and the Soil Catena. The landforms in the area are spectacular – here is a … Continue reading →

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Ten Days in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

gwiles July 17, 2022 1:56 am

After spending a day in Juneau gearing up, we flew over to Gustavus, Alaska and then got a ride to Bartlett Cove in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. We then rented kayaks and headed into Glacier Bay. Shortly after … Continue reading →

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Alaska Day 5 – Juneau

gwiles July 4, 2022 2:57 pm

There are two legs to the project this summer. Lilly and Fred are headed back to the Wooster Tree Ring Lab with samples from Kake and Jacob and Jack have arrived. Jack, Jacob, Nick and I will now travel to … Continue reading →

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Alaska Day 4

gwiles July 1, 2022 9:08 pm

A view from the porch of the Forest Service cabin out into the Sound. Day 4 started in the intertidal zone at low tide. Identification of the various intertebrates included the limpet above. This large cockle was squirting water through … Continue reading →

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Alaska Day 3

gwiles July 1, 2022 2:48 pm

Coring the furthest north stand of Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata). Celebrating another successful core extraction by Siah. Banana slug on the forest floor. Mounting the redcedar cores at the Forest Service cabin. Also examining cores taken in previous years. Long … Continue reading →

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