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EGSC Provides Great
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The EGSC summer students have returned to their universities to resume their education. We wish them well and will miss them and their hard work. During their 10 week internship, they had the following types of assignments:

Map of Counties in the Chesapeake Bay

Causes and Consequences of Land Change in the Watershed of the Chesapeake Bay: Inform Decision-makers for Paul Hearn, Dianna Hogan, and Peter Claggett
Riparian Forest Buffer Mapper

Causes and Consequences of Land Change in the Watershed of the Chesapeake Bay: Testing the Riparian Forest Buffer Mapper for Lesley Milheim and Peter Claggett
Ecosystem Analysis in South Florida

Land Use Portfolio Modeler—Ecosystems Analysis in South Florida for Paul Hearn, Dianna Hogan, and David Strong
Developing Lanscape

Best Management Practices Designed to Improve Developing Landscapes for Dianna Hogan and Paul Hearn
Atmospheric Correction Techniques Using IDL-ENVI Interactive Sessions

South Florida Landscape Dynamics: Atmospheric Correction Techniques Using IDL-ENVI Interactive Sessions for John W. Jones

Collage of Great Falls and GPS In addition to the interesting and challenging project work, which they formally presented at our EGSC Wednesday seminar, they will remember the people they met and places they visited both on and off duty.

Their activities included:
bullet GPS Field Trip – led by Lee De Cola (fig. set 1)
bullet Weekly Seminar by EGSC staff
bullet Meeting other scientists like the former Puerto Rican Water Science Director, Willy Rodriguez
bullet Attending biology, geology, and water USGS seminars
bullet Sampling of the local and regional cuisine
bullet Sharing delicious Puerto Rican dishes, and other facets of their lives
bullet Hiking at Great Falls, Virginia (fig. set 2) and at Bear’s Den in the Blue Ridge Mountains
bullet Dinning in the suburbs of Ashburn, Virginia and the Blue Ridge, Virginia
bullet Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees game
bullet White water rafting, Pennsylvania
bullet Site seeing in Washington, D.C.
bullet Attend concert
bullet Salsa dancing

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