Pisgah National Forest in Asheville, North Carolina
Students spent the summer working with U.S. Forest Service biologists studying succession patterns in deciduous forest. Students participating in the summer internship are: Caroline McGuire (University of Texas at San Antonio), Laura Daniels (Our Lady of the Lake University), and Nia Lawhorn (Northeast Lakeview College).
Nia Lawhorn (left) and Laura Daniels (right)
with forest sampling equipment
Laura Daniels measuring the distance to a tree
Caroline McGuire measuring the diameter of a tree
Nia Lawhorn recording data
Laura Daniels (far left) and Nia Lawhorn (far right)
working with U.S. Forest Service biologists
Caroline McGuire measuring and identifying a tree
recording GPS location of study plot
taking a lunch break
Bent Creek Experimental Station in Asheville, North Carolina
Torrence Campos, Brooke Farr, and Maddison Ortiz completed the 5-week internship.
July 2023
Maddison Ortiz at UTSA processing soil samples from the Bent Creek Experimental Forest for microplastics.
