tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137339894180205982.post7259182559997878147..comments2022-12-15T15:43:58.267-08:00Comments on Your Hurricane Creekkeeper: Pack 85 at PARA ParkJohn L. Wathenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01140840127236193125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137339894180205982.post-81750315797595429602012-09-27T06:14:23.626-07:002012-09-27T06:14:23.626-07:00Thanks Doug, I fully agree. What we have in Hurric...Thanks Doug, I fully agree. What we have in Hurricane Creek is a treasure chest of knowledge.John L. Wathenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01140840127236193125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7137339894180205982.post-80858086691708448322012-09-25T12:33:16.840-07:002012-09-25T12:33:16.840-07:00Great work and great ideas, John! For some of thes...Great work and great ideas, John! For some of these kids this will probably be the start of a life-long interest in not just this creek, but the outdoors and nature in general. Hopefully, some will come back and do projects at the M Bend area as Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts or biology students from high school, college, or graduate school. <br /><br />My life-long interest in biology got a huge boost when my family moved near Eslava Creek in Mobile and the nearby branches and swamps, which had not been channelized or drained in those days. This sort of experience is very important in a person's development.<br /><br />As you and others have said before, the Hurricane Creek area is a priceless resource for research in any number of fields, including limnology, ecology, geology, archaeology, history, and paleontology to name a few. The proximity to the Univ. of AL and other schools should make it extremely convenient for student projects. I think useful and meaningful class trips could be taken in as little as a two or three hour lab period, for example, to collect water samples to be examined for phytoplankton and zooplankton back in the lab. <br /><br />Carol even thinks of the area as a sort of "refugium," a place where species of all types have survived because of shelter from destructive human interference. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553614139974572289noreply@blogger.com