07 October 2020: First Day in the Field

Hey Everyone!

A little introduction for the first journal entry. I'm Matthew Sheik and I'm a graduate student at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. I'm studying environmental science and policy and my thesis is this here checklist. As I complete this project, I'm hoping to refine and improve my plant taxonomy skills and one day become an herbarium curator. As an undergraduate I got to work with 3 curators that have all helped me discover where I belong in the botanical community and have helped guide me to where I am today.

Although I've been to the park (from now on going to be mentioned as SHSP), this week on Friday (9 October 2020) I'll be collecting plants for the first time. I'm going to go out there once a week from now until everything ~closes shop~ for the winter. Expect observations to be uploaded pretty soon!!

-Matthew

Posted on October 7, 2020 06:34 PM by matthewsheik