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Smith College Engineering Students Join the Earth Team
![Smith College engineering student Cora Olson surveys the Town River channel near West Bridgewater, Massachusetts](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920150117im_/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/thisweek/images/olsenmed.jpg)
Smith College engineering student Cora Olson surveys the Town River
channel near West Bridgewater, Massachusetts |
Starting in September 2005, Cora Olson and three other Smith College
engineering students worked for eight months as Earth Team volunteers restoring anadromous fish
access to spawning and rearing habitat in the Town River channel near West
Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Along with NRCS staff and partners, the volunteers
researched fishways, planned and developed alternatives for the site,
prepared construction specifications, a design, and a cost estimate for the
project. Over the course of the project, NRCS and partner agency engineering and
resources staffs provided reference material, technical guidance, and assistance
to the students. They also surveyed the project site and monitored the
students' progress.
Your contact is Diane Baedecker Petit,
NRCS public affairs specialist, at 413-253-4371.
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