Second Year Fall Field Camp

This field camp provides a hands-on, practical experience specific to environmental studies. Emphasis will be placed on field techniques and surveys to evaluate fish populations and assess their habitats (e.g. Ontario Aquatic Habitat (Lake) Inventory Survey, Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol). Students will demonstrate the proper use of field instruments, traps and nets. Students will identify vegetation types across a range of wetland types using the current Ontario Wetland Evaluation System. Small mammal live-trapping surveys will be conducted and basic radio-tracking skills will be developed using blind tests with VHF radio-collars. Students will also get experience setting camera traps and song meters and using active acoustic monitoring devices.