Week 10
August 8th – 12th The survey data report is finally finished! I conducted a final series of edits on the report after communicating with Shorna, and completed changes to the draft. This report draft was then sent to all members of the planning committee for review before our meeting at the end of August. I also finalized [...]
Week 9
August 1st – 5th In continuing to tie up loose ends for WAM, this week I mailed thank you letters to all the artists who painted rain barrels and the participants of Adopt-A-Spot cleanups. I uploaded and organized all the pictures on our camera from past WAM events, and pictures of all eight of our [...]
Week 8
July 25th- July 29th In terms of progress on the Watershed Steward Program this past week, I finished editing the survey data report and sent it again to Shorna, Allison, and Carolyn to look over for final edits before it is sent out to the entire planning committee. I also sent out an email and a [...]
Week 7
July 18th – July 23rd In somewhat of a lull in some of my other work, I began recreating a fish game for kids that had been ruined by water. The game involves fish native to the Hudson, so I researched about a dozen different fish, their scientific names, pictures, appearance, size, food sources, and [...]
Week 6
July 11th – 16th Throughout the week I continued adding to my spreadsheet of watershed training programs and workshops, including addition of other states’ Master Watershed Steward Programs and similar, and the data Chris (last year’s intern) compiled. I researched to add to the spreadsheet, and organized what I had, so it is easier to [...]
Week 5
July 5th – 9th, 2011 Like other weeks, a good portion of my work was continued. I kept finalizing details and materials for Adopt-A-Spots, organizing my research of watershed programs into a spreadsheet, and editing the draft data report (including additional data analysis on time respondents spent taking the survey). I contacted another artist who [...]
Week 4
June 27th – July 1st, 2011 In terms of WAM events, I continued emails further organizing Adopt-A-Spot cleanups. I looked over the Press Releases, so they are ready to be proofed before sending out. I finalized letters to all of the state and federal representatives of Ducthess County, letting them know about Watershed Awareness Month [...]
Week 3
June 20th-24th, 2011 My third week continued with work for Watershed Awareness Month and the Watershed Steward Program. I began compiling my notes and graphs into a draft report to summarize the survey data, with graphs for each question and explanations of what the graphs illustrate. I looked to Shorna’s research reports as examples for [...]
Week 2
June 13th-17th, 2011 Continuing my work from my first week, I finalized and sent my letters to both potential artist groups for rain barrel painting as well as groups for Adopt-A-Spot cleanup events. For organizations that responded about Adopt-A-Spots, I organized with them when, where, what time, and how many people, as well as sending [...]
Week 1
June 6th-10th, 2011 My first day started out constructing a general To Do list of my goals and responsibilities for the summer with the two people I work with most at the Cooperative Extension in Dutchess County–Alison Chatrchyan and Carolyn Klocker. Because I was largely unfamiliar with the expectations and already completed work on the [...]