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Science students survey salamanders
Oct 5, 2001 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
Upper School Science instructor Owen Kinney guides his students in their passionate quests for knowledge –and salamanders. Yes, salamanders. Part of the learning experience in the Upper School’s new Georgia Natural Science course is to explore nature. And that’s just what Kinney and some of his students did when they traveled to Pigeon Mountain, Ga., Saturday, Sept. 29. Their task was to trek up the mountainside in search of salamanders.
The salamander survey was part of an ongoing effort by the Pigeon Mountain Grotto (a local chapter of the National Speleological Society) to locate and record rare or endangered animal and plant species in the area. This is an attempt to thwart Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, from expanding a 100-acre rock quarry to 800 acres.
More information about Pigeon Mountain can be found at www.pigeonmountain.org. For more photos and information on the expeditions of Darlington’s Georgia Natural History class go to Owen Kinney’s Web page on the School’s Web site.
The salamander survey was part of an ongoing effort by the Pigeon Mountain Grotto (a local chapter of the National Speleological Society) to locate and record rare or endangered animal and plant species in the area. This is an attempt to thwart Vulcan Materials Company, a New Jersey corporation, from expanding a 100-acre rock quarry to 800 acres.
More information about Pigeon Mountain can be found at www.pigeonmountain.org. For more photos and information on the expeditions of Darlington’s Georgia Natural History class go to Owen Kinney’s Web page on the School’s Web site.
