Gardening Merit Badge 2011

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Environmental Impact Assessment Project -- Part 1

Environmental Impact Assessment : In this activity I will identify the items that would need to be included in an environmental impact statement for an imaginary construction project.

Step 1.
My proposed project is a Community Garden.
The vacant lot where the Community Garden will be constructed is approximately 100 feet wide by 200 feet deep. The Kenton neighborhood in North Portland will benefit from this project because familys can bond together with a great garden.

Step 2.
a. Types of animal and plant life at this site: Spiders, squrls, birds

b. Type of ecosystem: dry forest place,

c. Has it been disturbed before? maby in the far past.

d. Is it a habitat for an endangered or threatened species? Don't think so.

e. Does it slope? Yes.
Would the soil be in danger of erosion during construction? Yes.

f. Are there streams or wetlands such as swamps at the site? No.

g. Is there reason to believe important fossils or artifacts are at the site? No.

h. Are there activities on lands next to the site? Yes. Manufacting on one side, houses on the other side.

Here are photos of the site:

View looking up the slope to the south.

View looking down the slope to the north.

Some bushes and trees on the plot that will need to be removed.

manufacters to the east.

Houses to the west.

trafck to the north.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Nature Study Activity -- Conclusions

I observed two study area -- an undeveloped urban plot and a cottonwood grove. I made three visits to each area: one in mid summer, one in late summer, and one in early fall.

I saw more non-plant species, in early fall.

Some observations I made are: That early fall had more wilide life but the plants were all dieing for the wier.

The environmental conditions affected my observations Because the sessions were changing every time i went back.

Nature Study Report

I went to two plases to observe the Wilde life and nature for 1 holf houre for 3 times, kinda 3 seasions. The first place was the gaurden plot. The place wa a empty garden plot that no one used. It was full of plants that people planted a long time ago that came back over the years and weeds that come every season. Dureing the time I was there it was dry, dryer, and wet. It became no much plants because they all died and it looked flat.

The coton wood grove was in a dog park neer our house. It was a grove of cotton wood treed forming a circle of trees with really hard packed dire in the middle. This place was a favoir of spiders it looked like. There were lots of sspider webs, round ones, air ones, ground one, and spiders that did not live in webs. The grove was very dry due to that the trees did not let in much rain bt seemed to let in a lot of hot sunn light.

Environmental Science Merit Badge -- Field Study II, Part 3

Field Study II, Part 3 -- Cottonwood Grove

October 1, 2011 -- 5:30 - 6:00 pm

Early fall, cloudy and cool -- 63`F

Light breeze, light drizzle

Moss in the grove.

It is damp from the rain.

Spider web:!

Oak leavs from a babby oAK!

The plot stakes.

Grass is sharp.

The tree is getting ready to loes it's leavs.

Grass!::)!!:):!)!!:):):!):!)!:)!:)!:!):):):!:)):!)

The leavs on the ground.

Spiders are aboundent this time of year.

Atum is apawn us all.

Some trees.

Trees in the frove!!!!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Environmental Science Merit Badge -- Field Study I, Part 3

Field Study I, Part 3 -- Undeveloped Urban Plot

October 1, 2011 -- 11:50 am-12:20 pm

Early fall, cloudy and cool -- 62`F

The plot was moded for the winter.