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Calabar field notes, second pass.
2024-08-14 · session 03 · J. Reid

Trail conditions deteriorated past the second ridge — the rain we logged last quarter has accelerated soil migration along the south-facing slope. Ground cover is patchy, and the bauxite spoil from upstream has settled in the lower drainage in a way the 2019 survey didn't predict.

The team reset stakes at the original transect lines.1

Soil samples

Samples at stations 4, 7, and 11 show the same banding as last summer. Station 9 was inconclusive. We'll re-sample on the Friday return.

Vegetation count, by the numbers: 14 species 2 across the upper plot, 9 in the lower — both down from 2023 by roughly a third.

Next session

Bring the heavier auger. Pack two extra sample tubes. The trail to station 11 is washed out — we'll route from the eastern saddle instead.

Comments · 2
1You14:22
cross-ref this against the 2019 transect map (page 4). bearings might've drifted.
2You14:31
this is the number to flag for the report — biggest year-over-year drop we've recorded.

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