Getting Ready

WHEN: October 23-27, 2006
WHAT: Earthwatch Research Team, "Forest Caterpillars"

WHERE: New Orleans, Louisiana

Soon our team of five educators from California, Maine, and Massachusetts will be meeting Dr. Lee Dyer, a biologist and his assistants in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tulane University in New Orleans. Dr. Dyer has been compiling data on caterpillar populations for over 10 years in Louisiana, Arizona, Costa Rica and Ecuador. We will be collecting information on caterpillars both in the lab and outside in forest ecosystems damaged by Katrina and Rita to understand the impact of the hurricanes on caterpillar populations. The Expedition Briefing describes in detail the goals of Dr. Dyer's research, the project location in New Orleans, and our daily schedule.