Welcome
Rotary Adventures in the Environment
2022 Schedule
Day 1 – Monday, September 12
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9:00 Arrival at River Institute
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome / Introductions / Ice Breaker
9:30 – 12:00 Words before All Else (Thanksgiving Address) & Workshop with MCA
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch & RI Staff Talk
1:00 – 4:00 Fish Ecology: Presentation, sampling (setting and pulling nets) & processing fish (i.e. identify, measure, weigh, tag). Aging fish with otoliths 4:00 Pick up at River Institute
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Day 2 – Tuesday, September 13
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9:00 Arrive at River Institute
9:15 – 9:45 Drive to Family Earth
9:45 – 12:00 Family Earth field trip
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch & RI Staff Talk
12:30 – 12:45 Drive to site of Monarch Butterflies
12:45 – 1:45 Christina Enright – talk about Monarch Butterflies
1:45 – 2:30 Drive Back to River Institute
2:30 – 3:30 Sustainability & the environment talk from Angie Parker & Kim Bray – City of Cornwall
3:30 - 4:00 Composting & Recycling activity
4:00 Pick up at River Institute
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Day 3 – Wednesday, September 14
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7:00 – 9:00
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Breakfast with the Rotary Club of Cornwall Sunrise
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9:00 – 9:30
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Drive to Cooper Marsh
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9:30 – 10:30
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Marsh Walk
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10:30 – 12:00
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Geocaching at Cooper Marsh
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12:00 – 12:30
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Lunch at Cooper Marsh & RI Staff Talk
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12:30 – 1:00
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Drive Back to River Institute
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1:00 – 3:30
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Invertebrate Ecology: Presentation, sampling & ID
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3:30 – 4:30
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Break / Prep for Night activities
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4:30 – TBD
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Bat Ecology, Night Hike & Astronomy
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End time TBD
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Participants will be dropped off at the River Institute.
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Day 4 – Thursday, September 15
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10:00
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Arrival at River Institute
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10:00 – 10:30
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Introduction to Beekeeping – Luc St. Pierre, River Institute Lab Technician
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10:30 – 11:00
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Theory: Water Quality and Its Importance
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11:00 – 12:00
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Water Quality sampling & field testing
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12:00 – 12:30
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Lunch & RI Staff Talk
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12:30 – 1:30
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Water Quality Lab testing
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1:30 – 2:30
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Geology of Rocks and Minerals
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2:30 – 3:30
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Soil Geology
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15:30 – 16:00
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Wrap up and complete evaluation of the Adventure
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16:00
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End of the Adventure – pick up at the River Institute
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*RI Staff lunch time talks to include: Drones with Matt Windle, Careers in science with Lexy Harquail, Careers in science/ American Eels with Dr. Courtney Holden, Science and digital media with Stephany Hildebrand