Governor's Academy

The Governor's Academy (GA) students and teachers have been participating with PIE LTER through student summer internships.The internships connect 1-3 students each summer with researchers conducting studies of fish, crab, mussel and snail populations and marsh plant surveys in hayed and non-hayed marshes.

Some of the internships have developed into independent student projects where the data is contributed to the PIE LTER. Data sets include populations of mussels and snails in tidal creeks around the Rowley River, Rowley, MA.

During the school year The Governor's Academy teachers and students have been conducting marsh vegetation transect surveys near their campus in the marsh off Middle Road (Thurlow's Bridge), Newbury, MA. The marsh survey data is made available for PIE LTER.

 

The Governor's Academy (GA) teachers and students have been participating with researchers investigating populations of mussels and snails in tidal creeks around the Rowley River.

GA Rowley River Mussel and Snail Presence:

Year File Description File
2002 GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 2002 HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail2002
2001 GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 2001 HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail2001
2000 GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 2000 HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail2000
1999 GA mussel and snail presence in Rowley River tidal creeks during 1999 HTL-TC-RO-GA-MusselSnail1999

 

The Governor's Academy (GA) teachers and students have taken several vegetation surveys near the Middle Road bridge, on the Parker River. Survey Transects extend away from the river edge. Presence/absence is recorded for one meter intervals.

Governor's Academy Middle Road Vegetation Transects:

Year File Description File
2000 GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2000 MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2000
2002 GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2002 MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2002
2006 GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2006 MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2006
2007 GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2007 MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2007
2009 GA Parker River Middle Rd. vegetation transects during year 2009 MAR-PR-GA-TransMiddle2009