Common Product Presentations

Today we presented the work that we had been doing all week to each other and to the professors. Again, we had some time to finish up work in the morning, so I took the opportunity to sleep in- It was awesome to sleep until noon again as I hadn’t had the chance in a couple of weeks. At about 2:30 everyone gathered in the barn and we ran through all the groups- geology, archaeology, bare ground, vegetation, georeference, hydrology, and UAV. It was really interesting to get to see what everyone had accomplished and it helped round out my understanding of the valley and gave me some insight to my own focus. After each presentation there was lots of thought provoking questions from both us and the professors, which I thought really added to the whole thing. After a break for dinner, we gathered again to discuss potential directions for each of our personal projects. Everyone seemed to be interested in researching the freshwater seeps, so instead of fighting my way into that area I’ll probably focus on understanding more about the hydrology of the watershed. Of particular interest to me is the existence of the wetland area at the back of the watershed. It doesn’t really make sense to me that it would be there and doesn’t seem particularly explained by anything the geology group found. Hopefully with some of the tools we have, especially the UAV’s, I can gather some remotely sensed data that can shed some light on this.