(sorry about the break, my computer's battery died)
Anyway, there are some new developments regarding Westminster's campus ecology. First, there's the privet that we tried to eradicate. Johanny, Westminster has a serious infestation of Chinese privet and in the spring we tried to go out and get rid of a large patch of it. Unfortunately, we only cut away at the big bush and didn't apply herbicide as we had planned since we didn't have it yet. As such, when I went to check the site a couple weeks ago, I found that there are new shoots coming up off the stumps of the old ones. Bummer! The class of '09 definitely has their work cut out for them. On a lighter note, I was talking to one of my friends' younger brothers and he mentioned that he was looking for an idea for his eagle scout project. I suggested that he help with wood duck habitat on campus, and he responded entusiastically. So that means that Westminster could potentially have first rate habitat for blue birds AND wood ducks on campus! Woot! These last points are just a couple of my musings, but working at the summer camp I would see blue herons and red tailed hawks almost daily. Now how cool is it that Westminster provides habitat for these creatures in thick of human development? I feel like WISOR or the Campus Conservation Corps could do something really cool with those two species. Now, after that update, Johanny, anything exciting to report from Earth?