Page 7 - Demo SS Fall 2016

summer Interns explore stream Flora
and Fauna
Tinplate
Tin is a lady, yielding and light,
A lady of luster, noble, yet slight,
Well suited to iron, rugged and hard,
Yet subject to rust, unless she guard
Him in his weakness; and he for hers.
Plated yea married Each better endures.
She bringing service And he, his strength.
Both yielding their best traits to the smith.
JRN
January 2001
The poem, Tinplate, was written by J.R. (Bob) North, who received a 2016 Environmental Artistry Award. See article on page 4.
Three Shippensburg University geo-environmental students, Acacia Snedaker, Emily Heckman and Megan Leeper created a project during their 2016 summer internships with Renfrew Institute. The project identifies and illustrates different flora and fauna commonly found in and along the Antietam Creek in Renfrew Park and other local watershed areas.
The interns shared their project with visiting Italian high school students in July. [See photo, right, and article on page 19.]
The project
includes a scale
model of Antietam
Creek, representing
the East and West
branches that come
together to form the
main Antietam, which flows on into Maryland. The confluence of the two branches is where Iron Bridges Road and Lyons Road meet Potomac Street just south of Waynesboro. Therefore, much of the lower half of the model is in Maryland.
One of the display boards includes flora and fauna found in the stream (fish, crayfish, water flea, etc). The other board has flora and fauna found on lands along the stream (rabbit, birds, sycamore tree, brown water snake, fishing spider, etc.).
The display was created for the window at 32 West Main Street in Waynesboro, the headquarters office of Antietam Watershed Association (AWA). The goal was to make the display eye-catching and colorful with- out too much text or small print.
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Shippensburg University geo-environmental students (left to right) Acacia Snedaker, Emily Heckman and Megan Leeper were interns at Renfrew Institute in summer 2016.
Photo by Emma Lewis
To construct the exhibit, the interns used some recycled materials as well as craft supplies purchased especially for the project. The dis- play will be used for future exhibits at public events where AWA and/or Renfrew Institute are involved.
Photo by Melodie Anderson-Smith