River Summer
River Summer 2006 Schedule
 
MODULE 1
NY/NJ Harbor
MODULE 2
Lower-Hudson
MODULE 3
Mid Hudson
MODULE 4
Upper Hudson
MODULE 5
Adirondacks
(Note all docking locations are still tentative)         Download 2006 Schedule (.doc)
MODULE 1- NY/NJ Harbor
Embark: 79th Street Boat Basin
Disembark: Piermont Pier
7/6 1700 Module 1 participants Arrive
Orientation
Peter Rona discussion of the Hudson Canyon
7/7 0800-1200 AM- Kelsey Jordahl & Frank Nitsche- Faculty/Student
Title of curriculum: Mapping the Hudson Channel
  1300-1700 PM- River Summer Staff & Boat Crew - Faculty/Student
Activity: Trawling, CTD, Coring, Plankton
  1900-2100 EVE- All
Activity: Data workup
7/8 0800-1200 AM- Kevin Farley (Faculty only ) & Brian Mailloux- Faculty/Student
Title of curriculum: Water quality in the NY Harbor
  1300-1700 PM- Alan Molof - Faculty only
Title of curriculum: Wastewater treatment - CSOs (Yonkers Wastewater Treatment Facility tour)
  1900-2100 EVE- Activity: Lee Paddock to discuss accountability in environmental decision-making
7/9 0800-1700 AM- Roger Panetta- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Panoramas of the Hudson River (time allocated to include time for product)
  1900-2100 EVE- Module Project Work
7/10 0900 Module 1 participants project presentations & Evaluations
  1200 Students Depart
MODULE 2- Lower-Hudson
Embark: Piermont Pier
Disembark: West Point
7/10 1700 Module 2 participants Arrive
Orientation
  1900 Michelle Land - Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Legal Issues on the Hudson River
7/11 0800-1200 AM- Marilyn Power- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: The Political Economy of the Hudson River Environment: the case of the Yonkers Waterfront
  1300-1700 PM- River Summer Staff & Boat Crew - Faculty/Student
Activity: Trawling, CTD, Coring, Plankton
  1900-2100 EVE- All
Activity: Data Workup
7/12 0830-1030 AM- Liz Norris & Patrick Martin - Faculty Only/Industrial Archeology
Title of curriculum: Industrial Archeology of Foundry Cove
  1030-1700 AM- Eric Lind - Faculty/Audubon
Title of curriculum: Case study of a Brownfields clean up/Foundry Cove
PM - Bob Cassidy & Tim Kenna- Faculty/Student
Title of curriculum: Case study of a Brownfields Cadmium
PM - Dorothy Peteet - Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Constitution Marsh -Ecology and Paleoecology
  1900-2100 Eve - All
Activity: Data Workup
7/13 0800-1200 AM- Meryl Nadel & Susan Scher- Faculty/Student
Title of curriculum: A Historical View of Social Organization Children's Camps in the HR Valley
  1300-1700 PM- Steven Schimmirich- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Geology of the Hudson Valley
  1900-2100 EVE Project Work
7/14 0900 Module 2 participants project presentations & Evaluations
7/14
  1200 Students Depart
MODULE 3- Mid Hudson
Embark: West Point
Disembark: Waryas Park
7/14 1700 Module 3 participants Arrive
Orientation and John Cronin - Sunset Highlands Tour
7/15 0800-1200 AM- Lucy Johnson & Students - Faculty only
Title of curriculum: Denning's point historic and prehistoric sites - SEQR issues
  1200-1400 PM- lunch and Boat ride with students
  1400-1700 PM- Ted Eismeier -Faculty /Student & Ian MacDougall - Newburgh Rep -
Title of curriculum: The New Political Economy of the Hudson River Valley/Newburgh
  1900-2100 EVE- All
Activity: Data/Project Work
7/16 0800-1100 AM- Ted Eismeier- Faculty /Student
Title of curriculum: The New Political Economy of the Hudson River Valley/Beacon
  1200-1900 PM- Martin Stute - Faculty only
Title of curriculum: Black Rock Forest Stream Hydrology
Dinner at Black Rock Forest
7/17 0800-1200 AM- Alan Berkowitz - Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Human Settlements as Ecosystems
  1300-1700 PM-.Peter Groffman - Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Riparian Zone Ecology
  1900-2100 EVE project work
7/18 0900 Module 3 participants project presentations & Evaluations
  1200 Students Depart
MODULE 4- Upper Hudson
Embark: Kingston - Hudson River Maritime Museum
Disembark: Kingston - Hudson River Maritime Museum
7/18 1700 Module 4 participants Arrive
Orientation
  1900 Steve Stanne (Betty & the Baby Boomers)- the role of music in the history of the Env. Movement on the Hudson River
7/19 0800-1200 AM- Brian Jensen- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Hudson River Fisheries
  1300-1700 PM- Steven Schmmrich- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Geology of the Upper Hudson Valley
  1900-2100 EVE- All
Activity: Data/Project Work
7/20 0800-1200 AM- Elizabeth Hutchinson- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Seeing the Catskills through the Hudson River School
  1300-1700 PM- Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, Tim Kenna, and Margie Turrin
Title of curriculum Riverscope - Zebra Mussels/CTD & Transect
  1900-2100 EVE All Daniel Farkas to help with project work - Faculty/Student
Title of curriculum: GIS for data presentation
7/21 0800-1200 AM- Melissa Everett- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Two Ways to Love A City
  1300-1500 PM- Gautam Sethi - Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Environmental Economics
  1500-1700 PM- Lee Paddock- Faculty Only
Title of curriculum: Accountability in Environmental Decision-Making
  1900-2100 EVE ALL
Activity: Data/Project Work
7/22 0900 Module 4 participants project presentations & Evaluations
  1200 Students Depart
MODULE 5- Adirondacks
Begin: AEC
7/23 1400 Module 5 participants Arrive AEC
  1500-1800 Bruce Selleck- Faculty Student
Title of curriculum: Lecture - Introduction to Bedrock Geology of the Adirondack
  1930-2100 Eve- Discussion: Goals of Adirondack Module
7/24 0830-1000 AM-Colgate's Outdoor Education Program Colgate students
Activity: Packing and gear dispersal for 'Leave no Trace" hiking/camping at Mt. Adams site - Colgate Outdoor Ed. staff
  1000 Depart for Mt. Adams site, hike, setup camp - Colgate Outdoor Ed. staff
  1400-1800 PM-Colgate's Outdoor Education Program staff
Activity: Mapping, Site Location & GPS
  1930-2100 Discussion
7/25 0830-1700 AM-Bruce Selleck
Activity: Tree identification exercise
  1900 EVE- All
Activity: Review of results and discussion
7/26 0800-1000 AM- Colgate's Outdoor Education Program staff
Activity: break Camp & Hike out
  1030-1300 PM- Ray Masters
Activity: Tour McIntyre Furnace site tour & overview of mining history
  1400-1700 PM- Bruce Selleck
Activity: Tree count/water sample data - GIS mapping project
  1930-2100 EVE-Project Work
7/27 0830-1200 AM- Staff
Activity: Water Quality Analysis at AEC labs; GIS data input
  1330-1700 AEC Staff & students
Activity: Tour water quality monitoring facilities and related research projects at AEC site (AEC Staff or Graduate students)
  1930-2100 EVE- Activity: Lecture/Discussion - Adirondack Land Ownership and the Adirondack Park
7/28 0800-1200 AM- Elizabeth Hutchinson
Activity: Adirondack Museum - Blue Mountain Lake - Tourism & Image of the Adirondacks
  1400-1700 PM-Lani Ulrich
Activity: Challenges of Economic growth, sustainability and Environment - Lani Ulrich, CAP-21; tour of Old Forge Village and environs
  1900-2100 EVE- Project Work
7/29 0900 Module 5 participants project presentations & Evaluations
  1200 Students Depart
 
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