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Students enrolled in the graduate level class “Management
and Restoration of Wetland Function” are seen here in Texas
viewing coastal marshes from the sand dunes about 100 meters
north of the Rio Grande River. A crucial part of this
class is a five-day field trip down the Texas coast to the
Rio Grande River. This class is taught by Sammy King and
Andy Nyman who states “We could travel twice as far to the
east, but we wouldn’t see as much wetland variety because of
the tremendous gradients in rainfall and river discharge
between the Mississippi River and the Rio Grande River”.
Dunes
Beach Rio Grande
From
left to right, the backsides of Sung-Ryong “Jackie” Kang,
Vasessa Tobias, Abbey Tyrna, Sharon Trahan, John Gordon, Ann
Gerald, and Biao Zhong are visible. The fall 2007 trip
depended upon a generous donation by Scott Nesbit and
Natural Resource Professionals, LLC which is a local
environmental consulting firm.
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