My favorite part about the Texas trip was getting to spend a weekend on Matagorda Island. The warm weather, the beautiful sunsets, and great fishing made it one of the most fun experiences in my life. On the first day, we boated to the island right around sunset. As soon as we docked, we spent […]
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From snow and cold to hot and breezy was a shock to the body. After the long drive full of excitement about what was to come, Port O’Connor was the first stop on the tour of Southern Texas. The coast was my favorite part of the trip. From traveling around, I have always enjoyed experiencing
My name is Austin Juhnke. I am from Fargo, North Dakota and graduated from Fargo South High School before moving to Valley City. I am a Senior at VCSU in my last semester working on my Fisheries and Wildlife Degree with a focus in Fisheries. In my free time I enjoy hunting, fishing, and trap
If you’ve never been to the coast, you should definitely try to make your way out there. For me there’s nothing better than a subtle breeze that carries the smell of salty ocean air. Oh yeah, and there’s sun; so much skin reddening, soul warming sun, but don’t worry, that subtle ocean breeze makes your
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The day started off early and windy, and of course the wind would blow from the worst possible direction, south. by the time we were done at the grocery store getting gear we would need for the coming events we all knew it was going to be a long kayak trip. unloading the kayaks and
Texas Field ecology was a great trip, but I feel the most rounded day was when we kayaked the ocean and had the opportunity to do some salt water seining. The day started with a kayak trip through the mangroves. The trip out to the beach we had a very rough paddle, being the winds
Big thicket, Texas Freshwater Fish Sampling 4/23/17 On our way to Texas we stayed at Big Thicket for two full days. Each day the class divided into two groups. One group would do fish sampling with Dr. Willams and the others would do canoeing and plant identifying and collections with Dr. Dennhardt. On the
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Drew Aronson Texas Trip Lauren Dennhardt and Casey Williams 5/8/2017 Fish Seining Anytime we got to seine for fish was my favorite time. When we got down there I was surprised to see what they call creeks. Their creeks are like our rivers up here. The first day I got to seine on this trip
On April 21, we left for a 10-day road trip to different areas south of our homeland of Valley City. We started off driving 12 hours to Big Thicket where we stayed for two nights. First day we seined fish and insects. Which is what’s pictured. You can look at the Long-Eared Sunfish that our
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After our first night staying at the Big Thicket Field Research Station, the crew was up early for our first field experience in East Texas. The class was divided up into two vans, one with six students and the other with eight. The van I was included in was the fifteen-passenger van with eight students
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