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2012 Rylan Nocona Sprague School: Black Hills State University Field of study: A senior at Black Hills State University, will help revise a taxonomic key to vascular plants of South Dakota by documenting 1,500 plant collections from areas near the Black Hills which were under-represented in an earlier edition. He will be working as a botany trainee with the Forest Service Student Career Experience Program. |
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2011 Maria Williams Field of study: "Graduate student at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas, will conduct research at the universitys herbarium, where she will complete a botanical inventory of Cats-eye associates." |
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2010 Yuliya Labko School: Rider University - Sophomore with a concentration in Biology Field of study: Yuliya is studying population dynamics of invasive species and preservation of local forests. |
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2009 Margaret Diddams School: Rice University Junior - Graduates 12/09 Field of study: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Will conduct research related to the effects of climate change on tree growth in native versus invasive species across North America. |
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2008 David Jakim School: State University of New York (SUNY) New Paltz Junior Field of study: Environmental Geochemical Science Field Botany & Habitat Mapping for Local Land Use Decision Making Project location: "New Paltz and Highland in Ulster County, New York" |
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2007 Ashley Russell School: University of California - Irvine Senior Field of study: Will study the problem of aluminum toxicity and its effects on both trees and plants in Costa Rica. Project location: Costa Rica |
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2006 BreAnne Nott School: Eastern Illinois University 2008 - Graduate Student Washington State University Field of study: "Biological Science Will be working on a study of the recovery of abandoned farmland in New Jersey, conducting botanical field surveys, plant collections and environmental measurements." |
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2005 Michael Schiebout School: University of Northern Colorado -Greeley Graduate Student in Biology/Botanty Field of study: Field Botany Study: The diversity of vascular plants occuring in northeastern NM which have never before been studied systematically. Project location: New Mexico |
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2004 Megan Ridder School: University of Connecticut -Storrs Freshman Horticulture Program Graduate 2008 Field of study: "Field Botany Project: Summer field assistant with Krissa Skagan at University of Connecticut monitoring NE populations of Desmodium cuspidatum, the large-bracketed-tick-trefoil." |
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2004 Marc Frank School: "University of Florida, Gainsville, FL Masters Program in Environmental Horticulture with Botany minor" Field of study: Field Botany Program: Intensive field-based course of study in the biology and systematics of tropical plants. Project location: Fairchild Tropical Garden and the National Tropical Botanical Garden |
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2003 Heather Irvine School: Cornell University Graduates 2005 Field of study: Agroforestry/Natural Resources Project: Field studies of wild and cultivated Ginseng Golden Seal and other medicinals. Plans a career in medical botany. Project location: New York State |
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2003 Kerry Weber School: "University of New England, Biddeford, ME" Field of study: To research harmful algal blooms and minimize their effects on human and marine life. Project location: Internship at Bigelow Laboraroty for ocean Sciences |
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