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I am Lynn Larsen, your biology instructor of the Malheur Fieldtrip.
I have been teaching biology at PCC longer than I sometimes like to admit.
I received my Master's Degree in Biology at Portland State University specifically
studying the effects of dwarf mistletoe on lodgepole pine trees in the
Cascade mountains. I've had a variety of jobs in the field of biology including
wildlife rehabilitation for the Audubon Society (can you say ducks in the
bathtub?....). I've always been an outdoors girl and I torture my
friends with a running dialog of the plants and animals we see along hiking
trails, rivers and in tidepools. Currently I spend a great deal of
my time with my quarter horse "Husky" trying to convince him he really
is a trail horse and not a big fuzzy lawn ornament. |
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I am Melinda Hutson, the geology half of this team. I've got a background
in geophysics, geology and planetary science. I got my Ph.D. studying
meteorites (ROCKS FROM SPACE!!). I keep hoping a really rare kind of meteorite
will fall onto my house's driveway, but that hasn't happened yet. I'm amused
by the way Lynn enthusiastically points out plants and birds when out in
the field. I find myself complaining that the blasted vegetation is covering
up all of the really neat rocks. I'm the only geologist I know of
who wears skirts or dresses in the field. I do occasionally get caught
on the vegetation when scrambling up or down a slope. I have a husband
who is also a geologist specializing in meteorites, and a rather demanding
cat (aren't they all). |
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Peter Ritson hasn't had a chance to write his bio yet (and he'll probably
want a different picture). Peter bridges biology and geology, and
he brakes for snakes. |