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BY KAREN ROBISON
Rappahannock News Writer
On May 4, more than 70 students and environmental educators met for the annual Seventh Grade Conservation Field Day. Students with a high interest in natural resources were chosen to participate in this special, hands on day.
They joined other seventh graders (and selected high school students) from nearby schools in Culpeper, Greene, Madison and Orange Counties. After traveling to Madison County’s Pathways Retreat & Education Center owned by Barbara Shuldiner and Marci Smith, students joined one of four teams that rotated to different learning stations along the Robinson River.
Each student received hands on education in stream channel evaluation, soils, riparian buffer and stream monitoring.
• In Stream Channel Evaluation: Joe Thompson, Resource Conservationist, Debbie Fisher, RCC Watershed Coordinator and Brad White, Conservation specialist gave students a hands on look at river morphology or, as they learned during their training, “fluvial geomorphology.” The concept of channel dimension and pattern as a product of hydraulic force (energy) was explained, and a pebble count was conducted to approximate the average water velocity of the Robinson River.
• In Soils: students got a chance to get in a soil pit and examine a soil profile. Jim Sawyer, Soil Scientist, taught them about the different soil layers and how soils form. Dana Ernst, Soil Conservationist, taught students to estimate soil texture
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