Wetlands Science & Policy: Professor Jennifer Cole Shares What Students Learn

Photos: Gary Parzych. Music: Ludwig van Beethoven, 6th Symphony (“The Pastoral”). Video: Gerst.

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Gary Parzych (2019) writes:

I am doing an amazing stone carving internship in Vermont. And I have found an unexpected connection to wetlands….about which I learned in Wetlands Science  & Policy.

The three quarries that are on our property were first excavated in the early 1800’s and are near the base of a large hill. Until 1970, quarry operators pumped the quarries to keep the marble dry and the workers safe. Pumping massive amounts of water out of the quarries and down the hill,  the operators created a huge marsh in what was a valley/ dry flat land. Now the downhill site has saturated soils and marsh vegetation. It is clearly a wetland! Super interesting side effect of marble quarrying.