Pollution

Pollution is a very serious thing is parks. Trash can ruin the landscape and endanger the animals that live there. In our park there was trash cans to regulate litter, but most of them were over flowing leaving trash strewn all over the place.









Our park has 3 large trash cans, and one smaller trash can right at the beginning of a trail. These three trash cans we have observed get emptied regularly every week. This does not stop them from being overflowing in some cases. Each large trash can when full (which it gets every week) holds 11091.94 in^2 of trash and the small trash can holds 6650.28 in^2. Altogether these cans hold 39,926.1 in^2 of trash. Our park is 1000 acres and the area we observed was 9.42 acres so the amount of trash per 9.42 acres is 93.51 in^2.

Pollution is a very big issue in the environment and my park is doing a very good job trying to regulate it. Also the people that use the park are very respectful and want to keep the park clean as well.

Spring Times a Comin

 In my park I looked for the sign of new life and the differences from winter time to spring time. Mostly the change from brown and all dark colors to light lively colors like greens, reds, and yellows of new coming leaves and buds.

I also saw a large increase in animal activity in the woods as I walked there were countless squirrels and a woodpecker in the distance. Most of the trees were already budding and popping so it was hard to see through the already dense foliage. 

One big part of spring is pollination. This is done by insects and some animals, but is largely done by wind. Pollination can be seen through trees and flowers. There is self pollination and cross pollination. Self pollination is when one plant pollinates itself from one flower pollen to another. The same pollen from one flower cannot pollinate itself. The flower needs pollen from a different flower from the same plant, or a different flower of the same species. Cross pollination is when the pollen from the same species of plant pollinates another plant in its species. 

trash