cornell wilderness term at the a.c.m. wilderness field station
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Cornell Wilderness Term at the A.C.M. Wilderness Field Station. September 2002 Courses in ecology, geology, philosophy & politics. Learn about and experience one of America’s outstanding wilderness areas. Cornell Wilderness Term at the A.C.M. Wilderness Field Station. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Cornell Wilderness TermCornell Wilderness Term at the A.C.M. at the A.C.M.
Wilderness Field StationWilderness Field Station
September 2002Courses in ecology, geology, philosophy & politics.
Learn about and experience one of America’s outstanding wilderness areas.
Cornell Wilderness TermCornell Wilderness Term at the A.C.M. at the A.C.M.
Wilderness Field StationWilderness Field Station
The pictures and commentary that follow describe the The pictures and commentary that follow describe the A.C.M.’s Summer Program at the Wilderness Field Station. A.C.M.’s Summer Program at the Wilderness Field Station.
For more information on the Summer Program go to For more information on the Summer Program go to http://www.acm.edu/wfs. http://www.acm.edu/wfs.
This information is reproduced with permission of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.This information is reproduced with permission of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.
“We have the chance to
experience the wilderness and to be a part of nature and learn from it.”
- WFS student,summer 2001
Photo by Donn Branstrator
“I acquired skills that will carry me through a career
in any type of scientific research.”
-Ben Thwaitssummer 2001
Photo by Donn Branstrator
“My experiences at the ACM Wilderness Field
Station have been some of the most fulfilling and life
changing I have had.”
- Shanta Hejmadi, summers 1998 and 2000
Photo by Donn Branstrator
Photos by Donn
Branstrator
Welcome to the Wilderness Field Station!
An instructor’s cabin (above).
Prof. Hadow and a student near
the student dorm.
The lab building (far right).
Students at the swimming rock, a popular activity. Photo by Harlo Hadow
The cook’s cabin.
Below: the building with
the sauna and wash
trough/ laundry area.
Classes at theField Station
Left: Observing pictographs on Agnes Lake. Photo by Roger Powell
Ornithology students with a gull chick (above) and a red-winged blackbird.
Photos by Harlo Hadow
“It is an amazing opportunity to experience such beautiful wilderness with someone guiding and teaching
you about the complexities of it.”
- Craig Plowgian, summer 2000
The Canoe Trip
Planning a route for the trip (right), packing food
(below), and learning the canoeing strokes.
Photos by Harlo Hadow and Donn Branstrator
Setting out on a trip.
Photo by Donn Branstrator
Sighting a bull moose on Agnes Lake.
Photo by Harlo Hadow
A Bald Eagle nest on Basswood Lake.
Photo by Harlo Hadow
A beaver dam along the Range River,
and a wild iris.
Photos by Donn Branstrator
“After paddling for a while, you are ready to portage and at the end of the portage, you are ready to paddle again.”
- Jill Rabe, summer 2001
The McNiece portage (left) and portaging between lakes.
Photos by Harlo Hadow (left) and Kathy Shea (above)
Resting after a portage in Quetico (left). Photo by Anne Capistrant
Campsite on Sarah Lake (right).
Photo by Donn Branstrator
“I learned that life can be simple, dirty, smelly -- yet so completely wonderful.”
- WFS student, summer 2000
Grilling dinner (above). Photo by Harlo Hadow
Kawshapiwi campsite from cliffs on the other side of the lake (left).
“When the world is your classroom and you have to paddle and
portage to get across it, you learn sometimes
surprising things about yourself, your character,
and your stamina.”
- Shanta Hejmadi, summers 1998 and 2000