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“Bait in a Bottle” method at Clarks Creek: Photo Gallery

Sample collection 5 3 2011

Two students standing in front of a wooden railing. The student on the right is holding stapled papers and a spiralbound notebook in one hand and a small square bottle in the other. The student on the left is holding a binder.
Three students squatting down on a creek bank. The student on the right is across from the other two, holding a small square bottle with water in it. The student closest to the camera is using a hole punch to put bits of leaf in the bottle. The student behind her is holding some leaves in her hands.
A student with glasses holds up a sword fern with heart-shaped holes punched in some of the leaves.
A student squats down by the edge of a creek bank. The water looks fairly shallow, but fast-moving. There is a small downed tree in the water adding complexity to the flow. The student is holding a container in one hand, reaching down to collect a water sample. In her other hand is a slightly larger container.
A student shows the newly-grown foliage at the end of a small fir branch, resting it on his open hand. His other hand holds the end of the branch and a set of clippers with orange handles.
A student with glasses and small hoop earrings stands at a wooden railing with a hole punch in one hand and a leaf in the other. A small square jar with its top off is in front of her.
Three students stand facing toward the right of the frame.. The student on the left is holding a leaf out to the third student while the second student watches. The third student, on the right, holds an orange binder and is reaching her hand into a small clear container with something green in it.
Two students stand on a creek bank facing each other with their bodies but looking at the water. On the ground between them is a small square bottle with water in it. The ground is mostly covered in small shiny green leaves and behind the student on the left is some skunk cabbage.
A student in sunglasses holds one palm face up with a small square bottle resting on it. The bottle has water in it, and green things is floating towards the top.
Three students walking on a rocky dirt path with lush green foliage on either side. The student in front is holding up some papers toward the second student with a small red and black device held in the same hand behind the papers. The third student is just walking behind them.

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