Monday,
July 8: Estuary Field Trip
Objectives:
Experiences and discussions on the trip
will
- Demonstrate
extent of coastal erosion in a bluff area of the central basin shoreline
- Illustrate
and compare effectiveness of methods of erosion control currently in use
- Compare
central basin beach characteristics with those seen in western basin
- Examine
methods used to manage a freshwater estuary for research and education
- Synthesize
methods and tools for long term ecological research
Tentative Schedule:
7:30:
ferry to
South Bass, taxi to Miller Ferry
8:00:
Miller Ferry
to mainland. Pick up van and drive south on Rt. 53 to Rt. 2 East. Exit Rye
Beach Road, turn north to traffic light then right (east) on Rt. 6.
9:00: Meet C. E.
Herdendorf at Sandpiper Cove Apartments, Huron Plaza shopping center. View and
discuss erosion causes, extent, and control at Sandpiper Cove and compare to
Turtle Creek next door. Use images to be provided.
10:00: ˇ§Huron Islandˇ¨
Confined Dredge Facility on Huron River (east on Rt. 6).
Observe river traffic and images of sediment plume, discuss dredging
needs from previous activities. Walk to CDF and observe new ecological
community.
11:00: Old Woman Creek
National Estuarine Research Reserve and State Nature Preserve. Meet with
research manager Dr. David Klarer to see research facilities and monitoring in
progress. Walk to estuary overview and visit beach spit if possible.
12:30: Lunch at Nickel Plate
Park. Examine beach characteristics
1:30: Go west on
Rt. 2 to Rye Beach Road; Turn right onto Rye Beach Road. At the traffic light,
turn left onto SR 6). Sawmill Creek Resort is located 500 yards around the
bend on the right side of the road. Sheldon Marsh entry trail leads to the
next area of study. http://www.glhabitat.org/news/glnews63.html
has information about how the wetland came to be protected. Current happenings
are at http://www.sheldonsmarsh.org/
2:30: Start back
to Catawba, target 3:30 ferry.
Activities
and Preparations