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             Student Project

Photos by John L

Purpose: Increase the population of endangered Blue Karner Butterflies in Adams County.

Observation: Site visit by U.S. Fish and Wildlife and National Resource Conservation Service confirmed the lack of habitat for the endangered Blue Karner Butterfly.

Question:  How does one increase the population of the endangered Blue Karner Butterfly in Adams County?

Hypothesis: If the students of Adams - Friendship Area Schools, working with the U.S. fish and Wildlife and the NRCS, restore 15 acres of the Easton School Forest, by selective timber reduction and invasive species eradication, then there will be a 90% increase of wildlife including the endangered Blue Karner Butterfly.

Gathering Background Knowledge:

• Transporation and Financial Mangament (Cooperatively by Mr. Stelter's 4th hr. 7th grade math and Mrs. Nett's 4th hr. 8th grade algebra class)

• Pre-project observations - April 22-24, 2008 Delayed until May - not much there to see yet
  • Mrs. Murphy's with 7th grade classes: Tree Identification, Forest Mapping of area selected, species identification, butterfly count, photographs)

•  Blue Karner Information

L.E.A.F Lesson Guides

Experiments:

UNIT One: What is the cause of the Karner butterfly extinction? (Mrs. Cote and Ms. Meyer) 

• Lessons   Broader Connections.pdf  
  •  How changes in the use of Wisonsin forests may affect the forests worldwide?
  • How forest products affect the economy, society and environment in Wisconsin?

UNIT Two: Selection of Trees for Thinning

• Lessons
  • Tree Identification  Tree ID.pdf

  •  Value of Trees  - Problem #3 Determining the "11Field1.pdf"

    see - Transporation and Financial Mangament

  • Mapping of selected area,   Forest Mapping.pdf
  • Select 75% of trees
  • Selecting clumps of trees to remain
  • Mark those trees selcted for thinning

UNIT Three: Pre-Data Collection - 

Lessons  Forest Diversity.pd

July 24, 2008 - data researchers:  Nick M, Adam R, Dylan J, Brittany M. (summer school)

 

Study Site	Marsh	Oak                               135 yr. old  oak                Lupines	Pine
Soil Moisture	wet	dry	dry
pH	6.5	6.9 - 7	6.5
Fertility	ideal	too little	too little
Sunlight	1	1 - 2	1.5
Wind	3-5 SSE
Temp	20. 25, 30	30, 30, 25	10, 20, 17
Lupines	no lupines	10 - 75+	0
Animals	Oriole-song, downy woodpecker-sighting, mole	moles, turkey-feather and tracks, deer-sighting and scrape and tracks	2 deer, scat, sighting, tracks

 

DATE	WEATHER	MARSH	PINE PLANTATION	OAK SAVANA
April 24, 2008 by Olivia and Jaylin	68, cloudy, slight wind	Mostly Sky
Temp of water		50 degrees F
Temperature of soil 1" below 1 inch above		Soil is wet	50 degrees 68 degrees
pH level		6	6
Density		39%     38% on 4/29/08	75%     52% on 4/29/08
Butterflies		2 Karners  on 4/29/08 YEAH!!!!!  And one other gray butterfly
Vegetation		sedge grass      ferns, moss
Wildlife		One blue butterfly and one winter wren         Karner Blue Butterfly, Spider
Other wildlife occurences		Buck rub

UNIT Four: Tree Cutting

• Completed by

   

   

UNIT Five: Soil Preperation

• Tree top raking?

   

UNIT Six: Seed Selection and dispersal

• Lessons
  • Collect current data regarding Karner Blue Butterfly habitat
  • What environment encourages butterfly growth, ie: plants, flowers, habitat? (Mrs. Werner)
  • Seed selection - Mrs. Rake's 2nd grade
  • Where to disperse of seeds -
  • Mapping of seeded areas

Data collection in progress:

• Plants, trees, flowers,
• Current butterfly population

Project History

• Finances
• Initital photographs
• Pictures of lessons in progress
• Up to date graphs
• Interviews
• History of idea
• Brochure to Chamber of Commerce
• Guide to butterfly gardens

Reflection/Conclusion:

Share results:

Mr. Stelter's math group will be in charge of the finances.

Some of the questions needed to be answered.

Transportation costs - Mr. Stelter's and Ms.Nett's Classes - see transportation page

Approximately how many trees will be sold.

Approximately how tall in the average stand of trees. Mr. Stelter and Ms. Netts Class - See Financial planning page

Cost to cut timber, haul away.

Timber profit

EE budget for 2008-09 school year

Mr. Ebert and Mr. Gralapp will be in charge of ecosystems and government

Science inquiry of ecosystem and relationship to how a government works