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Show a r t i Page 14 - December && dmiiSmim i 11 2QQQ i EDUCATION Uintah Basin Standard students participate in survey at Ouray National USU 4 Wildlife Refuge f i 1 TREE Left to right: Physical therapists Russ M uir, Cris Bart and Courtney Theener, and teacher Terri Mitchell, Sorenson, Dalsing, with AES students Tait Mitchell, Winston BrinkerhofT. Bret Wilcox, and CHR1ST-MAT-H Jesse Jessup. Altamont 6th graders create tree "Christ-Math- " said. Mrs. Mitchell and her 6th grade math and art students decided to extend a small thank you to the physical therapists in appreciation for the help she has received from them. They decided to decorate a Christmas tree to place in the physical therapy area. Ornaments which the art and math students created make use of math shapes and principles. Knowing that they would be on public display motivated the students to do their best work. As they created the ornaments in shapes of cubes and triangles, the class discussed principles of fractions, geometry, origami, andchoice ofattractive colors and designs. Students Winston BrinkerhofT, Jesse Jessup, Bret Wilcox, and Tait Mitchell helped set up and decorate the tree, commentingthat the pretty tree would give physical therapy patients something interesting to look at while they are being stretched. By Edith Marett, Altamont Elemen- tary Librarian l As Terri Mitchell, sixth-grad- e math teacher at Altamont Elementary, prepared to mount a "tame hone for a little jaunt last summer, she had no inkling that the hone would behave inamoet uncharacteristic way. The hone had no intention . of being ridden that day, and within seconds Terri found henelf tying in the dust, in excruciating pain from multiple fractures of her wrist, pelvis, and tailbone. t With excellent medical care from doctors at Uintah Basin Medical Clinic,Mitchellsiqjuriee have largely healed, but she must still undergo extensive physical therapy to regain fiill use ofher left wrist and hand. She has nothing but praise for the excellent help she has received from the Physical Therapy group connected with the hospital. They are a professional but kind and caring corps, she I i ii. m i am.se-- 4 - m prime. v rtP Faculty and students from the Uintah Basin Branch Campus ofUtah State University are surveying the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge for small mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. The Reftige has managed waterfowl for the last 35 years, however, there has been little work on small animals. The US Fish and Wildlife Service funded the project to develop baseline information on the small animal species that occur on the refuge. Dr. Rich Etchberger, Extension Assistant Professor at the UBBC is the principal investigator on the project. The project also is being supported by the Jack Berryman Institute from Logan, Utah. Undergraduate students from the UBBC work as wildlife technicians on the monthly sampling at the Reftige. Students from the UBBC who work on this project get valuableon the job trainingexperience. Atypical session at the Refuge includes setting small mammal traps just before nightfalL The traps are baited with peanut butter and set in grids throughout the Reftige. The next morning the traps are checked and the animals that are caught are identified and recorded. In classes at the UBBC students learn about the Global (GPS) and then apply that knowledge in the field to locate trapping sites. The UBBC has GPS hardware and software for students to use in class and on research projects like this one. During the rest of the day at the Refuge, students walk along grids to search for reptiles such as lizards and snakes. This technique is called active searching and is designed tocover lotsof ground. During the search four atudents walk in a line about 3 feet apart. The length of the search can range up to a mile. As the students move along, they identify and record any snakes and lirards they observe. Beginning in the spring of 2001, the project will start looking for amphibians on the Refuge.Frogs, toads, and salamanders are some of the species that will be targets ofthe search. The Reftige has lots of habitat for amphibians along the Green River and in the wetlands adjacent to the river. Researchers will be spending many nights on the Refuge during the spring using strong lights to seek out amphibians. Spring is the beet time to search for amphibians because this is their breeding season) Frogs and toads are calling at this time and are easier to locate than at other times of the year. This project is valuable for a number of reasons. First, it helps to identify small animals that occur on the Refuge and second, it pinpoints species that are missing from the Reftige ecosystem. Since the survey started in June of 2000, 29 mammal, 11 reptile, and 3 amphibian species have been identified. This includes d the garter snake, the western harvest mouse, and the sagebrush vole, three species previously unrecorded in this area. For more information about this project or the natural resource program at the UBBC,contact Dr. Etchberger at U I i ' 789-610- 0. SURVEY USU students Dixie SadlierandChadLuckexamincadecr mouse at the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge. The students are wearing respirators and rubber gloves to prevent exposure to Hama virus. state-of-the-- POST GRADUATE Robert V. 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