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Monadnock Ecological Research & Education Project
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Crevice Community Monitoring
Adopt-a-Crevice Community
What are Crevice Communities?
Why should we study them?
Top of Monadnock, September 2008
Crevice communities are the small pockets of vegetation that thrive on rocky terrain on the top of mountains. These communities are specifically adapted to the extreme conditions we find on exposed summits in the northeast. These pockets of life are often small, and therefore very susceptible to human disturbances, including trampling and climate change. It is important to monitor these communities so we can assess how humans have an impact on them and mountain ecosystems. MERE currently is monitoring five of these communities, to observe how they are altered by the changing climate and hiker impacts.
Join our program!
Engage your students in inquiry-based learning where the results are applied to real world scenarios. We are looking for high school or college classes who are interested in joining our Adopt-a-Crevice Community research initiative. Participating in the project can help high-school teachers address many science standards including science process skills, earth space science, life science, science technology, engineering and mathematics grade span expectations. Take the learning outside, while you help us track changes on the summit of Mount Monadnock.
For more information please contact Peter Palmiotto.
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