Victoria Dreitz and Malene Shannon (Univ.
Miami) band and track the movement of the Snail Kite.
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Laura Brandt (U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service) and Frank Mazzotti (UF) check eggs in a crocodile nest.
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Jerry Lorenz (Nat. Audubon Society) with
drop-net for measuring fish health and abundance in a dwarf mangrove zone.
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USGS (Deb Willard and Bill Orem) take
a soil core to analyze the history of a drowned tree island.
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Dale Gawlik (SFWMD) measures the weight
of young wading birds.
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Laura Brandt and Ken Edwards (U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service) measure an alligator.
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Tim Towles (FL Game & Freshwater Fish
Comm.) measures the diameter of a Ficus on a tree island.
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Phil Darby (Univ. FL) bands endangered
young snail kite.
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Dept. of Interior scientists evaluate
the health and recovery of the panther population.
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ShiLi Miao (center) and co-workers (SFWMD)
hold up a cattail clone.
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Fred Sklar and Mike Korvela (SFWMD) measure
soil erosion and sedimentation in mangroves.
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Dale Gawlik (SFWMD) and Arnold van der
Valk (Iowa State) use metal detectors on a drowned tree island to find
pipes that were once used to mark study sites.
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Patti and Phil Darby (Univ. FL) capture
and track the elusive Apple Snail.
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