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White Bass by Kerissa Nelson Grantsburg High School
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What is Grantsburg Science Club and Research Biology?

We are students at Grantsburg High School who are involved in ongoing research projects in partnership with the National Park Service, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Fisheries Department at the University of Minnesota, and the Biology Department at Macalester College. Through these projects, we engage in hands on research while providing useful information about our local environment, and the species present in that environment.

Our Philosophy:

"Never doubt that a committed group of amateurs can contribute mightily to science."

-Aldo Leopold

St. Croix River of Life by Kerissa Nelson

"St. Croix River of Life"
Courtesy of Kerissa Nelson
2005 Graduate
Grantsburg High School
Winner of the 2005 United States
Junior Duck Stamp Contest

Current Projects:

Determining Microhabitat Selection of the Recently Discovered Sand Snaketail (Ophiogomphus smithi) in McKenzie Creek, Polk Co. WI.

Documenting the Distribution of Tree Species in Burnett Co. WI.

Past Projects:

GLOM 2006: Great Lakes Odonata Meeting
in Grantsburg June 22 - 25th, 2006.

Summer 2005: Mussel Communities
of the St. Croix and Select Tributaries

Spike
(Elliptio dilatata)
Courtesy of INHS

Summer 2005: Dragonfly Communities
of the St. Croix and Select Tributaries

Blue-eyed Darner
(Aeshna multicolor)
Courtesy of Digital Dragonflies

For more information about our research program, please contact Matt Berg, GHS Biology Teacher and Local Project Coordinator at (715) 689-3197 (home) or (715) 463-5165 ext. 112 (school). You can also email him at mberg@grantsburg.k12.wi.us.

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