| To collect some aquatic insects for stable isotopes and identification, Michelle (an IRES student at Palo Verde attempting to develop a water budget for the wetland) prepared to cut through a thick stand of Thalia. Coincidentally, Mahmood had asked a couple of staff members to cut a trail in the same area that very day. They left a two meter wide trail through the vegetation, which made our wade much easier but also much more boring. So, Michelle and I pretended to have chopped the trail – Here’s Michelle’s first, excited, use of a machete. |  |
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