BudBurst-a-Thon

March, 2007

Dear GLOBE Teachers,
Dr. Rico Gazal of Glenville State College is asking for your help. 

In the next few weeks, the Yellow Poplar will experience budburst and he is hoping you and your students can help collect as many observations as possible, especially in WV.

To facilitate this, he has provided a simplified Budburst Protocol, a Yellow Poplar information sheet, and an Excel data sheet.  Please use the links below to download these:

Protocol:  http://wvglobe.org/budburst/protocol.pdf

Yellow Poplar:  http://wvglobe.org/budburst/yellow_poplar.pdf

Excel Data Sheet:  http://wvglobe.org/budburst/worksheet.xls

 
Also, here are some photos of a WV Yellow Poplar bud:

Picture 1:  http://wvglobe.org/budburst/yp1.jpg

Picture 2:  http://wvglobe.org/budburst/yp2.jpg

Picture 3:  http://wvglobe.org/budburst/yp3.jpg

After you observe budburst and complete the spreadsheet, please email or snail mail it to Dr. Gazal. If you have any questions you can contact him directly:

Rico M. Gazal
Assistant Professor of Forestry
Department of Land Resources
Glenville State College
200 High Street
Glenville, WV 26351
 
Phone: +1-304-462-7361 ext. 7372
Fax: +1-304-462-8709
email: rico.gazal@glenville.edu