Adventures in the Mara

Yes, that's our gearbox on the road. Trying to fix a major leak before David Post arrives in a few hours.

We are still getting all the pieces together for our experimental streams. Yesterday we checked in with the welder we hired in Narok to make...

Although things have been extremely hectic lately, I can proudly state that we haven't had any breakdowns for several months...until t...

We have our first little river prototype made! Ok, it may not look like a little river yet, but just wait until the water is flowing over gr...

We are planning to conduct an experiment in January using small, artificial stream channels. Scientists use these to experimentally manipula...

The Talek River is a pretty, lazy river.  The quality of the water in the Talek is a little "off" sometimes for a variety of reas...

Over the last few years working in the Mara, Chris and I have noticed a very interesting pattern. After the river has been low for a while...

October and November were rough months for us, in which we were hit with a series of challenges that really set us back a bit. Unfortunate...

Processing samples late into the night... As a baby bat sits on our tent watching us...

Took me two skewers to figure out where the skewers came from....recycled bicycle tire spokes. The meat was fantastic.