evalent than hear on campus. Just by taking a walk through campus you can see that the trees are not in very good shape. The trees leaves are discolored and the bark is patchy in some areas. Airborne ozone, formed when volatile organic

My methods of collecting data were simple. Most of my data collection was through observation and samples. All I had to do was take a walk around campus and look up. I could identify the different types of trees that looked unhealthy. With this form of observation I could also look at how trees in different area where affected differently. I collected bark and leaf sample that had traces of chemicals on them. I went to the lab and determined what types of chemicals where on these samples and determined which ones where the major problem for the trees. Also the USDA was a big help in pointing me in the right direction. They have been researching certain forest declines and possible effects of air pollution on forests for many years. Also the NAPAP or National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program helped me coordinate my acid rain research activities.

My goals for this project are very obvious goals. I wanted to find out exactly what types of chemicals or pollutant were the major problems for these trees. I wanted to identify weather or not this was localized on campus or if it was a problem for the entire region that we live in. I used the research that I collected to figure these goals out and determine a simple solution for these problems. Also during this project I came to a realization that Acid rain is a very large problem as well as pollution. These trees have a lot of chemicals flowing directly into their roots everyday through rivers and underground water sources.

viously there are things that the normal human has not control over like the cars regulations but the average American does not even think about what they are doing every time they are starting up there cars. It should be this generation of collage students that thinks about it too. It is going to be our children that have to deal with this issue much more than we will. If the kids of today on this college campus want their children to be able to live as freely as we have then there has to be a change and thing have to be done now to change people thinking on

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