Wetlands Projects & Internships

Some Wetlands Projects Conducted at BSU

• Lakeshore restoration and re-vegetation on Lake Bemidji
• Fish and macroinvertebrate surveys in waters of the Big Bog in northern Minnesota
• Organic matter input from peatlands into adjacent lakes.
• Impacts of forest management policies on nutrient processing in small, forested wetlands.
• Influence of prescribed burning of forested watersheds on aquatic plants.
• Diversity of algae and invertebrates living within fluids held by Pitcher-plants.
• Faunal communities associated with different wetland plant communities

Internships Related to Wetlands

• Minnesota DNR- Forested wetlands
• Beltrami County Soil and Water Conservation District (MN)- restoration of shoreline vegetation
• USDA Forest Service - Movement of organic matter through forested watersheds