Umstead+Park+Volunteer+Work

=Emily Regulski Action Plan=

The past weekend, I volunteered at Umstead Park. The park was having problems with runoff from the parking lot when it rained. The runoff would make its way into a nearby stream, bringing pollutants such as heat, nitrates, and sediment with it. I volunteered to help pull weeds in cells within the parking lot. By clearing out the invasive vegetation, there would be more chance for native species to take root and provide shade to prevent thermal pollution. Pulling weeds also helped to clear up the clogging that was preventing the sand in the cells from properly absorbing the water and from letting the water reach the native species that could use it.

This relates back to our unit on water pollution and the effects of thermal pollution. Additionally, this also sort of relates back to the issues with invasive species and the effects on native life.



Here I am in The World's Grainiest Photo. Not sure what's up with that. There were a lot of weeds.