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Louisiana swamp study fuels ecology minded students
Audrey Sawyer leads 35 St Josephs Academy honors biology students on a field study at Alligator Bayou. The class tests water quality at eight sites around East Baton Rouge Parish while planting 50 cypress trees. Data from salinity acidity nitrates phosphates bacteria and temperature is stored on laptops and tracked for ecological trends. The field work blends classroom science with hands on observation and data collection, drawing praise from teacher Linda Messina and student Alicia Pensock amid initial fears from mothers accompanying the trip.
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