Field class hikes, camps and bikes in Great Smokies

The field course returned safely from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  The class visited Alum Cave, Clingman’s Dome and Cades Cove.  Students took overnight trips to the spruce-fir forest and stayed in shelters on Mt. LeConte and at Ice Water Springs.  The class also biked the Viriginia Creeper Trail, while sampling trail conditions and chlorophyll levels in plants.  The group cooked together and make great grilled dishes.  The classes studied forest ecology and trail and road ecology.