Spring Break
Field Ecology Course: Brazil—The Pantanal
INT 475: Field Studies in Ecology (3 credits): Spend spring
break in the Pantanal, the largest wetland landscape in the world
Instructors: Aram Calhoun (Wildlife Ecology)
Bill Glanz (Biology and Ecology )
Mac Hunter (Wildlife Ecology)
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Study sunny South American tropical ecosystems over the cold, dark
Maine winter.
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Look for giant anteaters, hyacinth macaws, tapirs, and caimans.
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Snorkel with tropical fish in a clear-water spring.
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Travel through flooded wetlands by horseback and canoe.
Tentative
course fee and schedule:
February
28 -March 12
Course fee: approximately $2500 (includes everything except
tuition, passport and visa costs, and travel to JFK airport, details
to be provided)
Interested?
Email Aram Calhoun,
calhoun@maine.edu,
and your name will be placed on our preliminary list to receive
further information. Enrollment will probably close October 17.
Email soon as Course is limited to 22 students.
Prerequisite:
INT 475 has a prerequisite of an ecology course
