This site is comprised of text and images associated with a summer fieldcourse through forests and coastal ecosystems of the northwestern United States. The course is offered through the Department of Biological Sciences at Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas. The instructor is Mark Eberle. A series of links will take you through various aspects of the course. Files in the "Highlights" link include several images. These webpages should print reasonably well using 0.5-inch margins. Some webpages with photos could take a while to load with a slooww connection. Most recent update of pages on this course website: 19 January 2008.

Upcoming Sessions      Course description, itinerary, list of      items to bring, and information for      instructors teaching a similar fieldcourse. Highlights from Previous Trips      Virtual fieldtrip with images and      biological summaries of ecosystems. On-line "Lecture"      Summary of general information on      natural history related to the course. Study Guide      With a link to a Microsoft Word file to      be completed before the fieldtrip. List of Available Field Guides      Adobe Acrobat file (pdf). Links to Related Websites

Standing on a rock in the Hoh River, Olympic National Park, Washington, is a gray bird (facing to the right) known as the American Dipper. Dippers live near mountain streams throughout the West. Photograph by Dave Wildeman, July 2002

CLASS OF: 1997: Camille Biel, Korrie Chapman,           Alaina Elliott, Jennifer Matiasek,           Jennifer Nylund, Lisa Tholen 1998: Sara Carrell, Eric Hargett,            Amy Hiser, Rosalie Schmidt 1999: Erin Bogan, Janet Robertson 2000: William Cook, Donna Cooper,           Nichole Lambrecht, Mary Schmidt 2002: April Green, Eric Hoch,           Coronda Hoy, Dave Wildeman;           Nichole Lambrecht (apprentice) 2004: Erik Bartholomew (planning trip) 2005: Aaron Austin, Curtis Wolf 2007: Jessica Bitner, Luke Hind,           Pat Riese, Chris Schuler,           Kole Stewart, Mike Taylor,           Joy Zumbahlen 2009:

The dipper now has its head in the water (facing left) to search for food. Dippers dive and move among rocks in clear, fast-flowing streams to feed on aquatic invertebrates and fishes. Photograph by Dave Wildeman, July 2002

Key words: Pacific Northwest, temperate rain forest,
Oregon Dunes, Olympic Mountains, Cascade Mountains, Sierra Nevada,
       estuary, estuaries, tidepools, tide pools, field course, field study

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