• Snapping turtle lays her eggs

    Brenton Slough, near Grimes, Iowa, provides a living laboratory for understanding a wetland ecosystem

  • We measure how water moves through the environment

  • You never know what you might find!

  • Come explore with us!


Brenton Slough

Objectives:

  1. To determine the annual water balance.

  2. To evaluate water quality as land use changes occur.

  3. To determine how aquatic organisms respond to changes in water quality and water levels over time.

Partners: Great Outdoors Foundation, Google, Polk County Conservation, and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation.

Student Participants: Alex Colby, Leilani Mvusi, Marshall Tentis, Phoebe Pate, Harrison Zeigler, Lucas Jackson, Avery Lawler, and Siddha Olson.

Project Timeline: 2025-2035

Reports: 2-page summary

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